"My Last Duchess" as a dramatic monologue. OR A critical analysis of 'My Last Duchess'.

 

"My Last Duchess" as a dramatic monologue. OR A critical analysis of 'My Last Duchess'.

Browning's poems are studies of the character.  They are studies of the other men.  The poet stands apart and gives his characters a platform and lets them speak to us, and as they speak they unfold their character.  It was for this purpose that Browning invented a new genre of poetry known as dramatic monologue or dramatic lyric.  It has a few well-defined characteristics.  It is a compromise between the drama, the soliloquy and the lyric.  The author keeps himself entirely in the background and so it is essentially dramatic.   As only one character speaks it is a monologue.  The monologue is essentially a lyrical outpouring or a subjective self-examination.

       

     "My Last Duchess" is one of Browning's finest dramatic monologues.  The poem proves that Browning is a matchless master of this kind of poetry.  The poem also reveals the poet's deep understanding of human character and capacity to present it in the most dramatic and impressive manner.  As in the other monologues here also the chief character is the speaker of the monologue.  Here there is only one listener, who does not speak anything at all.  The central character of our poem is an Italian nobleman who intends to marry the daughter of a rich count, whose agent is the silent listener.  As his speech goes on we come to understand the character and outlook of the man.  As he narrates his relationship with his wife point by point our understanding of him gets widened.  Browning is a master of delineating the complex inner life of men.  Here we find the Duke talking about his last Duchess, but in fact he speaks more about himself..................................................................................

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