THE POWER OF THE DUKE IN “MY LAST DUCHESS”

Abstract

In Robert Browning's "My final Duchess," a portrait of the selfish and electricity loving Duke of Ferrara is painted for us. although the duke's monologue appears at the surface to be approximately his past due wife, a close studying will display that the mention of his closing duchess is simply a side notice in his self-critical speech. Browning makes use of the dramatic monologue shape very skillfully to reveal us the controlling, jealous, and arrogant traits the duke possessed with out ever bringing up them explicitly.