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Flashcards by chloe oconnor, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by chloe oconnor
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is the time and place? | 16th century in Ferrara |
| What is the POV? | It is a dramatic monologue therefor its 1st person making it a bais view. |
| What is the ideology of the poem? | Browning is outlining and highlighting how badly women were miss-treated- " that is my last duchess painted on the wall" |
| What is the characterisation of the poem? | The husband is possessive and controlling." my last duchess on the wall" and he is also a powerful and respected man. " as if she ranked my gift of a 900 year old name with anybody's gift" |
| what is the destination of the poem? | the poem has a secret listener who could be his new wife's father so he tried to explain that he wasn't the only bad person in the relationship she was sinful as well- "for calling up that spot of joy" |
| What is the context of the poem? | The fact that she may have been unfaithful could be the reason why she is dead and why the duke is explaining him self- "or blush, at least she thanked men- good, but somehow- I do not know" |
| What is the setting of the poem? | They are at a gathering and to put an end to the conversation he states " we'll meet company below" |
| What is the form of the poem? | it comprises rhyming pentameter lines. the lines don't employ end-stops; rather they use enjambment. Consequently rhymes do not create a sense of closure but rather remains subtle drive behind the dukes speech. |
| historical background of the poem? | poem harbours much significance: the Italian Renaissance held a particular fascination for browning and he represented the flowering of the aesthetic and the human alongside the religious and the moral which allows brown to explore sex violence ad aesthetics- the lushness of the language belies the fact that the duchess was punished for her actions. |
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