The Psychology Of The Duke In "My Last Duchess"

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English

 

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Elizabeth T

 

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November 20, 2014

 

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Throughout the poem, the Duke employs both tact and conciliation as he conveys his message, or more appropriately, his demand to the messenger without actually revealing his actual attitude in person. At the very beginning, the Duke comments on a painting containing a portrait of his Last Duchess. “I call That a piece a wonder,” (Line 2 – 3) He feels very proud by referring the painting as a piece which connotes his consideration of his wife as a mere object...
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He then goes on to discuss the charming expression that his wife wore in the painting. “for never read Strangers like you that pictured countenance… How such a glance came there; so, not the first Are you to turn and ask thus” (Line 6 – 13) Such an amazing expression that seemed to urge everyone who looked at it, ask him how did that expression come to her face, since he was the only one to control the curtains covering the painting; in other words, this is another way of explaining that only he alone has, or has had the desire for, possession and control over the Duchess...
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