Friday, September 20, 2019
Interpretation of Robert Brownings My Last Duchess :: essays research papers
I read a critical article on Robert Browningââ¬â¢s ââ¬Å"My Last Duchessâ⬠. I confess it was harder to find something in the NCLCââ¬â¢s than I wouldââ¬â¢ve thought. There was a considerable accumulation of critiques on Browningââ¬â¢s work, but very little on ââ¬Å"My Last Duchessâ⬠. à à à à à The article I found concentrated mostly on the Duke in the poem, and our reactions to him, stating that ââ¬Å"[t]he utter outrageousness of the Dukeââ¬â¢s behavior makes condemnation the least interesting responseâ⬠¦Ã¢â¬ The title of the article was ââ¬Å"Sympathy versus Judgmentâ⬠. Some of its points are that the Duke controls the entire poem, that it being a monologue was significant, and that he is almost easy to sympathize with and like. The article discusses Ferarraââ¬â¢s nature and his self-involvement which allows the goodness of the Duchess to ââ¬Å"shine through the Dukeââ¬â¢s utterance.â⬠à à à à à It goes on to speak about sympathy in general and how Browning ââ¬Å"delighted in making a case for the apparently immoral positionâ⬠, how he found dramatic monologues the best form to do so, and how he went about it.à à à à à It keeps going for a couple more pages on things which I will not go into because they have little relevance to any interpretation of ââ¬Å"My Last Duchessâ⬠. The article as it pertained to my poem was fine; I wish I could have found one which went into more depth as opposed to just discussing immoral characters and our empathy for them. I didnââ¬â¢t particularly care for the lawyerly torrent of words that were used, either. I am not ignorant and appreciate the need for words of longer than two syllables when discussing literature (or anything more serious than an episode of ââ¬Å"Friendsâ⬠, in fact), but I found it more difficult than usual to get through this article. I found it unconscionably wordy and it felt at times as though he was just stringing fancy words together because they looked all important lined up. However, thatââ¬â¢s just my opinion. à à à à à I was gratified to see that this critic agreed with my interpretation of the Duchessââ¬â¢s demise, viz., the Duke had her murdered. The theory advanced by my brilliant and magnificent Professor had been that the Duke gave her so many orders and restrictions that she pined away. I had been looking at his famous line ââ¬Å"And I choose/never to stoop.â⬠He married her for her beauty but would never lower himself to tell her when she angered him.
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