Language Flashcards
(15 cards)
My Last duchess
Possessive and alludes to Ferrara which is about someone who killeddd their wife.
Criticism of the treatment of women
That
Objectifies his duchess
As if she were alive
Ambiguous His wife is now dead or she isalvie in painting
Fra pandolfs
Repetion which his him bragging
Now
Didn’t regard her so highly when she was alive
(Since none….)
Parenthesis reveals duke is controlki g
irony
List of great qualities which encourage reader to like duchess
My gift of nin hunted year old name
Proud and opretentious
(Which I have not)
Iambic pentameter and dramatic monologue
quote marks is dialogue
Reveals dukes antithesis pf the duchess
lessoned
treated her like a child
juxtaposition as if alive
hints at fair play
taming a sea horse
draws parallel to own behaviour