My Last Duchess Flashcards
1
Q
My last duchess name meaning
A
“My” personal possessive pronoun.
“Last” there are more gone and more to come
2
Q
How we know she’s dead
A
“As if she were alive”
3
Q
How do we know he knows it’s not necessarily true
A
“A heart-how shall I say- too soon made glad”
The - shows it’s either genuine or wrong
4
Q
His hubris, patriarchy and possessiveness
A
“My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name”
5
Q
The wife was depressed
A
“All smiles stopped together”
6
Q
Patriarchy leads to depression
A
“I gave commands then all smiles stopped together”
