You will need to have read the poem, "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning. You can find this poem under the TAB, but I will also attach it under the bottom. Remember your formatting: (heading), a sam

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Professor Coleman

English 102 (1131)

14 June 2020

Poem Quiz for “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning

Directions: Please read the poem, “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning at LEAST five times. Please, consider going online and finding more information on “My Last Duchess” so that you may understand the poem more clearly. After you have finished researching your understanding of the poem, “My Last Duchess”, type out the questions and answer the questions in complete sentences. If you do not type out the questions and answer them in complete sentences I will not grade your work. Once you have finished this quiz, you must save it and send it as an attachment, through Canvas. To assist you with this assignment, please feel free to use the Figurative Language Terms list that you completed as well as a list that I will attach under this assignments tab. This assignment is due Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 11:59pm OR IT WILL DELETE. This assignment is worth 100 points.

1. What are some themes in the poem, “My Last Duchess”?

2. What are some symbols in “My Last Duchess”?

3. Does the poem end the way you expected? How and Why?

4. What is the central/primary purpose of the poem?

5. What is the role of women in the poem?

6. How does class, status, and title affect your perception of the characters in the poem?

7. What impression of the Duchess is the Duke trying to convey to his listener? What impression of her is actually communicated by his comments? Use details to support your answer.

8. Why do you think the Duke (speaker of the poem) mentioned the last painting of Neptune taming a sea-horse?

9. How would you describe the Duke?

10. Why would the Duke be considered an antagonist?