Azita Lir
Domineering Passion
I would like to talk about the poem My Last
Duchess. In this poem, I could see that on one hand, the duke was domineering
because he was not pleased and satisfied whenever his wife was with the
other men in lower rank. He thought that he was the only man who could
possess and get along with. On the other hand, in line 45, it says I Gave
Commands, which showed his powerful. Actually, the duchess was easily pleased
by a compliment and she loved everything. One thing which made the duke
disliked most was her frequent contact with the men who was in lower rank
and he believed that she should feel honor for the high social position
that he had given her. Although he did not like this kind of relation happened
on her wife but he preferred not to stoop for he believed that by doing
so, it would lower his rank, therefore, he tried to give commands.
Since his first wife had died, he was going
to remarry and before doing that, he had made to his second wife clear
that she should behave herself and never path the same road as his first
wife had done. She should mind her conduct well. This, the duke did not
say it apparently to her but through the lines that I had read, it seemed
that we were the silent listener and as if the duke was taking to the reader.
Actually, the duke did not really respect her as a duchess and does not
treat her like one because he had shown his power and domineering over
her by commanding her.