My Last Duchess - Power and Conflict
- Created by: lydsg123
- Created on: 10-04-21 11:04
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- My Last Duchess
- Form
- Dramatic monologue
- written in iambic pentameter
- Reinforcesthe Duke is is conversation with the visitor
- written in iambic pentameter
- Rhyming couplets shows the Duke's desire for control.
- Gets carried away with his anger through the use of enjambement
- He is unstable who is obssesed with power
- Dramatic monologue
- Structure
- Poem is framed by the Duke's gallery
- Duke gets caught up in talking about the Duchess
- Robert Browning
- Things the Duke says about the Duchess sounds innocent
- They often had more sinister meanings
- Status
- Status was important for the Duke.
- Cares how others see him.
- Status was important for the Duke.
- Power
- Duke felt he needed power and control over the Duchess
- Saw her as one of his many possessions
- Feelings and attitudes
- Power - Duke proud of his possessions and status
- Jealousy - did not like the Duchess being favourite
- Enjoys power
- Jealousy - did not like the Duchess being favourite
- Power - Duke proud of his possessions and status
- Form
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