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Robert Browning. Robert Browning. My Last Duchess. Biographical Information. Mostly educated at home by tutors. Brilliant, undisciplined, determined to be like Percy Bysshe Shelley. Lived at home, supported by parents until he married at age 34. 1845 – wrote to Elizabeth Barrett - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Robert BrowningRobert Browning

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Robert BrowningRobert Browning

My Last Duchess

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Biographical InformationBiographical Information

• Mostly educated at home by tutors.• Brilliant, undisciplined, determined to

be like Percy Bysshe Shelley.• Lived at home, supported by parents

until he married at age 34.• 1845 – wrote to Elizabeth Barrett• 1846 – secretly married

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Biographical InformationBiographical Information

• Poetry emphasized error, weakness, and viciousness of characters.

• 1861 – wife died; moves back to England with son.

• Known as “the other great Victorian poet”

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My Last DuchessMy Last Duchess

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Background InformationBackground Information

• Dramatic monologue – speaker who is not the poet addresses the listener who does not speak.

• In this poem, the speaker is negotiating another marriage.

• Speaking to a representative of future wife’s father.

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Background InformationBackground Information

• Duke of Ferrara –• Alfonso II (fifth

Duke) Renaissance Nobleman

• 1st wife was 14 – left her for 2 years

• Came back and she died a year later

• It is believed that she was poisoned.

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• According to the book, My Last Duchess by Robert Browning is based on

• The narrator of My Last Duchess keeps his wife

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• List at least 6 words that best describe the personality of the narrator of My Last Duchess.

• Browning is known for his rich detailing in his poetry. What are some details about the narrator’s life do we learn about from the poem?_

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• What did the narrator of the poem accuse the last Duchess of doing? What does he do in response?

• What are at least 3 symbols in My Last Duchess? How are these significant to the poem’s overall theme(s)?