1 / 11

Robert Browning

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

Download Presentation

Robert Browning

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. Robert Browning

  2. Robert Browning My Last Duchess

  3. 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 • 1846 – secretly married

  4. Biographical 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”

  5. My Last Duchess

  6. Background 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.

  7. Background 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.

  8. According to the book, My Last Duchess by Robert Browning is based on • The narrator of My Last Duchess keeps his wife

  9. 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?_

  10. 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)?

More Related