My Last Duchess

My Last Duchess

duke points portrait of duchess out to visitor
1. duke says her expression was for everyone, not just him, he's annoyed
  1. he stoped duchess flirting, but doesn't say how
    1. the duke&visitor walk away&duke is marrying again
FORM
1. dramatic monologue
  1. speaking to you-powerful
2. iambic pentameter
  1. natural
3. enjambement
  1. natural
4. caesura
  1. natural
5. rhyming couplets, - educated
  1. steady, regular, stately
STRUCTURE
1. combination of things he mentions
  1. duchess' behaviour
  2. proud family history
  3. reaction
  4. make him sound unstable
DRAMATIC IRONY
1. what duke says is innocent but have sinister meanings - ambiguous
POWER
1. he felt the need to have control and power over duchess
2. he saw her as a possession
STATUS
1. really important to duke - he cares about it
FEELINGS & ATTITUDES
1. Pride
  1. possessions//status
2. Jealousy
  1. he hated how duchess flirted with other men
3. Power
  1. enjoys having the control over painting unlike the actual duchess
duke and duchess have different opinions
1. 'such stuff/was courtesy, she thought , and cause enough/for calling up that spot of joy
  1. duchess:thinks she's polite
  2. duke: think she's unfriendly.inappropiate
duke's anger
1. 'her looks went everywhere'
2. duke wanted to be the only one
3. duchess was nosy
duke confronting duchess
1. 34-43
2. he'd lower his status
3. 'who'd stoop to blame'
4. he'd appear jealous: weakens him

Resource summary

	Created by 09BHampshire about 10 years ago