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A Duke's Dominance Dooms Duchess
The poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning, portrays women as property during the Renaissance period in Italy. This dramatic monologue is written with the use of heroic couplets; however, the punctuation is left open preventing the rhyming scheme from being distracting. The internal narrator is a duke speaking to a Count's representative during arrangements for his next duchess. The duke ....
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.... it was not him alone that provided her with such joy, but perhaps it was flattery from the monk that caused her cheeks to redden. She must have misassumed a statement from the monk as complimentary, and returned the compliment by blushing.
The duke describes his duchess as having a zest for life. She is able to find happiness in anything, and likes everything she sees. This angers the him because he wants to be her only source of happiness. It is discouraging that ....
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