It‚ there is obvious sibling rivalry and antagonism between Orlando and Oliver‚ and between Duke Frederick and Duke Senior. In Act I‚ a prevalent theme is sibling rivalry. It can be shown through the conflict between Oliver and Orlando as well as Duke Frederick and Duke Senior. Shakespeare suggests that jealousy contributes strongly to sibling rivalry through the parallels that can be drawn through Duke Frederick and Oliver. Both are jealous of their brother’s popularity and become paranoid. Oliver
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“My Last Duchess” refers to the Duke of Ferrera’s late wife‚ in which he has recently been widowed due to her unknown death. As we read the title‚ the use of “MY Last Duchess” provides the fact that the poem is being told in first person‚ being the Duke himself. In the poem‚ he is having a showing of this beautiful painting on the landing on the grand staircase done by Fra Pandolf‚ allowing people to see his late wife‚ apparently a young and lovely girl. The Duke begins then reminiscing about the
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relating Alfonso‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ who used to live in 16th century. Theme The central themes are influence‚ power‚ marriage‚ egotism and aristocracy. It is likely to utilize blanket terms like love or death while commenting on the themes‚ yet love doesn’t appear to take part in on the mind of the duke heavily. In any case he doesn’t love women; although he does adore the painting plus gets joy from threatening the messenger by
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consequently the Duke after he takes the throne‚ saying that “a Fool should be faithful to his master until the very end‚ after all others have deserted him. Good or bad doesn’t come into it. Every leader needs his Fool. There is only loyalty. That’s the whole thing. Even if he is clearly three-parts bonkers‚ I’m his Fool until one of us dies [sic]” (Pratchett 171). The Fool was expecting to serve Felmet until death‚ regardless of what either of them thought. He was going to stand by the Duke even in the
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Browning exposes the innermost characteristics of the Duke of Ferrara. The Duke is the speaker of the poem and is hashing out the details of another marriage with an emissary from a Count when he draws a curtain to reveal a magnificent fresco of the Duke’s Last Duchess. The emissary voices a question about the expression on her face‚ an “earnest glance” of “depth and passion” (line 8)‚ prompting the Duke’s monologue. Looking upon the artwork‚ the Duke praises “Fra Pandolf’s hands” which worked “busily
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Fra Pandolf. Boasting about the painting on the wall‚ the Duke adopts a cold and dispassionate tone when talking about his wife. Mentioning ambiguously that the Duchess is ‘[his] last’‚ it is implied that she is no longer alive. … I call That piece a wonder; now; Fra Pandolf’s hands… The word ‘now’ is foregrounded by a caesura‚ offering the unnerving realisation that the
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loosely based on historical events involving Alfonso‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ who lived in the 16th century. The Duke is the speaker of the poem‚ and tells us he is entertaining an emissary who has come to negotiate the Duke’s marriage (he has recently been widowed) to the daughter of another powerful family. As he shows the visitor through his palace‚ he stops before a portrait of the late Duchess‚ apparently a young and lovely girl. The Duke begins reminiscing about the portrait sessions‚ then about
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what happened in the beginning of the poem to show she was being sarcastic of her ex’s “greatness” The Duke‚ in his story‚ brought up the hints of what he did slowly through the poem‚ whereas the woman waited till the end for her story’s climax. Both ways‚ in my opinion‚ are very effective. I see in both poems that the narrators bring up what they liked about their partner to another person‚ the Duke to the Count’s representative‚ and the women to her new boyfriend. Now after stating those points‚
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presentation in ‘My Last Duchess’ is a relationship that has no equality between the Duke and the Duchess. This is shown through the title of the poem. The word ‘my’ is a possessive pronoun and it connotes with the fact that someone has ownership over something else; in this case the Duke has ownership over the Duchess. The Duke is objectifying the Duchess and the word after is ‘last’ this suggests that the Duke has had more than one wife and they are his objects‚ they are not their own person‚ they
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control over his Duchess. In this poem‚ a Duke is showing a portrait of his first wife to a servant of his future father-in-law in his private art gallery. He keeps this portrait behind a curtain that only he can draw. Throughout this poem he also reveals his personality as an extremely controlling‚ jealous man. He shows the reader his personality by describing the portrait of the duchess. In a sense‚ he shows his true feelings he had towards her. As the Duke is describing how the duchess was easily
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