Power and Conflict - My Last Duchess (Browning)

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  • Created on: 27-02-22 14:28
In the quote "my" or "I" what device is used?
pronouns
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"My" does what to the Duchess?
objectifies her
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"I" shows what about the Duke?
(2)
self obsession
vanity
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Here we can see the demonstration of what?
masculine power
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This may also represent the control the Duke had over who?
the duchess
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And the what?
narrative
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What structural device is used in this poem?
enjambement
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This enjambement may represent the speakers lack of what?
power
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And lack of self what?
self control
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Despite being dead the wife still what?
still can control her husband
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This shows the Dukes what?
emotional outburst
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What is the form of the poem?
dramatic monologue
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This only allows us to see whose what?
the Dukes perspective
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This may reflect what?
the control he had over the Duchess
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The iambic pentameter and rhyming couplets also do what?
reinforce that idea
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This shows mans what?
misuse of power
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And shows the control the Duchess has even tho?
she is dead
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In the quote "Neptune...taming a sea horse" what device is used?
metaphor
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Who was Neptune?
God of the sea
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This may reflect the Dukes what?
(2)
unpredictable and destructive nature
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This shows how ______ the Duke is?
dominating
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And also reflects the idea of a what society?
patriarchal society
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This is due to the size of a ?
sea horse
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In relation to ?
Neptune
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Context
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Browning wanted to convey how what of those in power?
(3)
pride
corruption
immorality
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There was a conflict between who?
renaissance vs victorian england
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Victorian England was where we saw changes in what?
attitudes towards women
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We also saw conflicts between?
science vs religion
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Religion considers women as what?
inferior
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We also see a conflict in what power?
Masculine power vs women
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Card 2

Front

"My" does what to the Duchess?

Back

objectifies her

Card 3

Front

"I" shows what about the Duke?
(2)

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Here we can see the demonstration of what?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

This may also represent the control the Duke had over who?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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