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context behind my last duchess:
narrator is a historical figure, duke of ferrara, browning was a fan of shelley, set in 1560's written in 1561, the duke's wife died suspiciously
themes?
-power of humans (he has control over the painting and his duchess)
-pride
-memory
-identity (duchess identity taken away)
compare to: power of humans
-ozymandias
-London
-storm on the island
-tissue
-checking out me history
compare to: memory
-prelude
-remains
-poppies
-war photographer
-emigreé
-kamikaze
compare to: pride
-ozymandias
-the prelude
compare to: identity
-charge of the light brigade
-poppies
-tissue
-emigreé
-kamikaze
-checking out me history
language, structure and form
dramatic monologue,
rhyming couplets - symbolise his control,
iambic pentameter - mimics real speech, enjambment - duke carried away with anger + passion, unstable + obsessive,
dramatic irony + pride
quotes: ... will be ...
dowry, disallowed
arranging next marriage, objectifying woman (dowry is a payment paid by the brides family) buying woman
quotes: ' my gift of a ........ years old ....'
nine hundred, name
possessive and pride for his family name
quotes: ' how shall ...'
I say,
struggles to express his irritation to the situation