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A 3 page analysis of Robert Browning’s My Last Duchess. No additional sources cited.
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woman who is clearly dead at the time his poem was written. While this is a poem that has been analyzed from many perspectives it still stands as a fascinating
poem that can still be discussed and analyzed. The following paper contrasts the characters of the narrator and the duchess, illustrating how the narrator is a man with insecurities whereas
the woman was not such an individual. My Last Duchess by Robert Browning The first hint that the narrator is insecure comes when he is showing off this
painting of his duchess and indicates that he is the one who controls who will and will not view the painting, illustrating how is insecure and perhaps does not even
trust the duchess in death. He tells the reader, "none puts by/ The curtain I have drawn for you, but I" (Browning 9-10). At this point it seems that perhaps
he is just being secretive but the reader realizes he is a jealous man, a man of insecurities as he notes, "Sir, twas not/ Her husbands presence only, called that
spot" (Browning 13-14). This indicates how he was a man who felt she was turning her eye and happiness to other men as well, further illustrating his insecurities and
also illustrating how she was not a woman who was likely insecure. As the poem moves on the narrator informs the reader even more about how he was obsessed
with his wife, and how insecure he was about her affections and her joyful character. He illustrates how "She had/ A heart how shall I say? too soon made glad,/
Too easily impressed; she liked whateer/ She looked on, and her looks went everywhere" (Browning 21-24). Clearly he was a man who did not like her being happy about anything
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