My last duchess

• Who wrote My Last Duchess?

  Robert Browning
• What is My Last Duchess about?

  It is about a previously alive duchess
• Cast in bronze for me'

  Trapped, strong and possessive and ownership
• Her looks when everywhere'

  Thinks she is flirting and cheating on him with others
• Nine-hundred year old name'


  Quote showing the marriage gave status and power (forced?)
• Repetition of 'my'

  Possessive pronoun, implies controlling and objectivising
• She is a 'sea horse'


  Creature to be used and replaced after use
• Notice neptune'


  Allusions to Neptune the god of ocean (himself)