PPT-“My Last Duchess”

By Robert Browning Robert Browning Married Elizabeth Barrett Browning also a famous poet Wrote plays as well as poetry Critics claimed his poetry was too difficult to read Perfected the dramatic monologue. by Robert Browning. Duchess. When you hear the word ‘duchess’, what do you think of? What do you expect?. Last Hands Look Glad Painted Stands Glance Name She Design Passion Cherries Alive Pictured You White Wonder Sit Husband Blush Cheek Wrist Paint Gift Throat Faint Joy Disgusts Commands Object My Bronze Stooping Rise Smiled. By Robert Browning . Brief Biography. That’s my last duchess painted on the wall ,looking as if she was still alive. I call that piece a wonder now: Fra . pandolf’s. hands worked busily a day, and there she stands. BOSOLA. Purpose of the Character. He is an objective or quasi-objective voice that comments on the concerns of the play and comments as though he is somehow above or beyond them. Driving force behind the play . By: Robert . Browning. Presented to you by:. Brianna Taylor&. Trevaughn. Kidd . My Last Duchess. By: Robert Browning. Robert Browning was one of the famous poets of the 19th century (Victorian period). He's particularly well-known for his early monologue, "My Last Duchess.". When can cheap talk be believed?. We have discussed costly signaling models like educational signaling.. In these models, a signal of one’s type is credible if the cost of a signal differs between types and it doesn’t pay to send a false signal.. ‘My Last Duchess’. A Duke. A. portrait. of his . w. ife . o. n. the wall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tRRmABj51w. What can we find out from the poem’s title?. Who . is the speaker of the poem?. Duchess. When you hear the word ‘duchess’, what do you think of? What do you expect?. Last Hands Look Glad Painted Stands Glance Name She Design Passion Cherries Alive Pictured You White Wonder Sit Husband Blush Cheek Wrist Paint Gift Throat Faint Joy Disgusts Commands Object My Bronze Stooping Rise Smiled. My . Last . Duchess. What do these words imply?. First Impressions. . What is the poem about?. . Who are the characters in the poem? . . Who is speaking? (voice). . . (This is quite a difficult poem to understand). Lesson 5. LO: To . explore. the male perception of the Duchess’ . sexuality. . and our own perception of it.. Images of The Duchess. Gemma . Arterton. – Sam Wannamaker Theatre, 2015. Eve Best. ”. Modernism and Virginia Woolf. Modernization. New means of transportation, such as the steamship, the railroad, the automobile, and the airplane.. Other technologies, such as the telegraph and the telephone.. An explication by . Anh. -Thu Pham . a. nd Amy Chen. Time Period and Style: Victorian. This poem is composed as a dramatic monologue, a format that Browning is best known for. . The aforementioned Duke of this poem is based on the real Duke of Ferrara, Italy, Alfonso II, whose first wife died just three years . Malfi. . (Plot and . Characterisation. ). 1.1. ◦ Antonio and . Delio. provide social commentary on court. ◦ . Bosola. enters, angry at the Cardinal. ◦ Ferdinand commissions. . Bosola. to spy on the Duchess after convincing her to hire him. By Robert Browning. Reading of My Last Duchess. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xIVg0qwTj4. About Browning. Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright. He wrote during the Victorian period. His mastery of dramatic monologues made him one of the greatest poets of his time. Read , understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.