My Last Duchess
- Created by: Ellagaskell
- Created on: 01-03-18 20:08
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- My Last Duchess
- "Fra Pandolf"
- Repetition of the painters name suggests self pride
- Form of bragging about his wealth
- Link with London due to control and abuse/excess of flaunting of wealth and power.
- "(Since none puts by/The curtain I have drawn for you)"
- Parenthesis represents control
- Nobody has the power to show the painting other than him
- obvious due to his sheltering of the painting; added to emphasise control.
- shows the duchess is now under complete control of the duke and can only be seen by others when he condones it.
- Nobody has the power to show the painting other than him
- HOWEVER
- "She had/A heart--how shall i say?-too soon made glad/Too easily impressed"
- Lack of power made him kill his wife.
- Felt that she was too appreciative of the attention she received.
- Wanted her to smile at nobody but him.
- "Then all smiles stopped together"
- Used his power and command to have her killed; linking with power of humans and how the Duke has used this to kill his wife.
- Willing to sacrifice "happiness" and "smiles" in order to prevent his wife from being appreciative.
- "Then all smiles stopped together"
- Wanted her to smile at nobody but him.
- Felt that she was too appreciative of the attention she received.
- Lack of power made him kill his wife.
- "She had/A heart--how shall i say?-too soon made glad/Too easily impressed"
- Parenthesis represents control
- "Fra Pandolf"
- Conclusion: Overarching irony as it is not about the Duchess but about the controlling, jealous and arrogant nature of the Duke
- Linking powerfully
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