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    The document provides an analysis of the dramatic monologue "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning. It summarizes that the poem is spoken by an Italian Duke showing off a portrait of his late wife to a future son-in-law. Through the Duke's words, the reader learns that he had his wife murdered because he wanted complete control over her and his household. The Duke took offense when others paid his wife compliments or gifts, as he saw her as his possession. In the end, he asserts his power over her portrait in the same way he wished to control his wife when she was alive.

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    Adramaticmonologueisapoeminwhichasinglespeakerwhoisnot
    thepoetrecitestheentirepoematacriticalmoment.Thespeaker
    hasalistenerwithinthepoem,butthereaderofthepoemisalsoone
    ofthespeakerslisteners.Inadramaticmonologue,thereaderlearns
    aboutthespeaker'scharacterfromwhatthespeakersays.Robert
    Browningissaidtohaveperfectedthisformofwriting.Oneofhis
    mostfamousdramaticmonologuesis"MyLastDuchess."
    ThespeakerinthepoemisanItaliandukewhoorderedthemurderof
    hiswifeandisattheoffsetofthepoemshowingofftheportraitto
    hisfuturesoninlaw.Browningletsthereaderknowinaroundabout
    waythatthedukeonlyshowstheportraitofhislatewifetoselect
    strangers.Indoingthis,thespeakerisabletoshowoffhiswealthto
    thestrangerandheseemstoenjoytellingthesepeoplethestoryof
    howheorderedhertodeath.Thespeakertriestoconveytothe
    peoplethatheshowstheportraittothatheisincontrolof
    everythingthattakesplaceinhishousehold.Inlines89,thespeaker
    interjects"sincenoneputsbyThecurtainIhavedrawnforyou"In
    thisline,thespeakerissayingthathedoesn'tdrawthecurtainfor
    justanyone.Hehasdrawnthecurtainparticularlyforhisfuture
    soninlawandheshouldfeelprivilegedbecausetheportraitcanonly
    beseenunderthespeaker'scompletecontrol.
    TheDukebelievesthatheshouldbeshowncompleterespectandbe
    thecenterofattentionwhileinhishome.TheDukethoughthiswife
    shouldbeforhimandhispleasuresonly.HedidnotlikeitwhenFra
    Pandolf,theartistwhopaintedtheportraitsaid:
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    "FraPandolfchancedtosay'Hermantlelaps
    Overmylady'swristtoomuch,'or,'Paint
    Mustneverhopetoreproducethefaint
    Halfflushthatdiesalongherthroat."
    totheduchessinlines1618.Andthenagaininlines2728,theduke
    tellsabouthowsome"officiousfool"broughthercherriesfromthe
    orchard.

    Thedukealsocouldnotstandthefactthattheduchesstreated
    everyoneandeverygiftequally"allandeach/Woulddrawfromher
    aliketheapprovingspeech,/Orblush,atleast"(lines2931).The

    dukethoughtofhiswifeasoneofhispossessionsandshecould
    neverbetreatedashisequal"E'enthenwouldbesomestooping
    andIchoose/Nevertostoop"(lines4243).Nowherportraitis
    behindacurtainandhehasabsolutepoweroverit,justlikehe
    thoughtheshouldhavehadoverhiswifewhileshewasalive.Inlines
    5456,BrowningalludestoGreekmythologywhilemakingthe
    comparisonofhowtheduketamedhiswifelikeNeptuneandthe
    seahorse"NoticeNeptune,though/Tamingaseahorse,thoughta
    rarity,/WhichClausofInnsbruckcastinbronzeforme!"

    Theduketriedtohavecontroloverhishouseholdatalltimesandit
    seemslikeheistryingtoconveythattohisfuturesoninlaw.Heis
    alsotalkingtoaservantasthereaderfindsoutattheendofthe

    poem.Thereadercouldtakethatastheduketryingtotellthepeople
    inhishouseholdthatheistheultimatepowerofthehouseaswellthe
    peoplethatliveinit.

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