Analysis of My Last Duchess by Robert Browning :: Robert Browning, My Last Duchess

A dramatic monologue is a poem in which a single speaker who is notthe poet recites the wide-cut poem at a critical moment. The speakerhas a meeter within the poem, but the reader of the poem is also oneof the speakers listeners. In a dramatic monologue, the reader learnsabout the speakers character from what the speaker says. Robert cook is said to have perfected this form of writing. One of hismost noteworthy dramatic monologues is My Last Duchess. The speaker in the poem is an Italian duke who uniform the murder ofhis wife and is at the take outset of the poem showing off the portrait tohis future son-in-law. Browning lets the reader know in a roundaboutway that the duke only shows the portrait of his late wife to give terra incognitas. In doing this, the speaker is able to show off his wealth tothe stranger and he seems to enjoy telling these people the story ofhow he staged her to death. The speaker tries to convey to thepeople that he shows the portrait to that he is in control ofeverything that takes place in his household. In lines 8-9, the speakerinterjects since none puts by The winding-clothes I have drawn for you Inthis line, the speaker is facial expression that he doesnt draw the curtain forjust anyone. He has drawn the curtain particularly for his futureson-in-law and he should feel privileged because the portrait keep onlybe seen under the speakers hump control. The Duke believes that he should be shown complete respect and bethe center of attention while in his home. The Duke aspect his wifeshould be for him and his pleasures only. He did not like it when FraPandolf, the artist who pied the portrait said Fra Pandolf chanced to say Her mantle laps Over my ladys wrist in like manner much, or, Paint Must never hope to reproduce the faint Half-flush that dies along her throat.to the duchess in lines 16-18. And then again in lines 27-28, the duketells about how several(prenominal) officious tantalize brought her cherries from theorc hard. The duke also could not stand the fact that the duchess treatedeveryone and every benefaction equally all and each / Would draw from heralike the approving speech, / Or blush, at least (lines 29-31). Theduke thought of his wife as one of his possessions and she couldnever be treated as his equal Een then would be some stoopingand I choose / Never to stoop (lines 42-43).