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One of the poems we has studied earlier on in the semester was the one called My Last Duchess. This was a very interesting poem and here are a couple of thoughts over it...This is written as a dramatic monologue. The duke seemed to be a very jealous, controlling, and possessive man. It's very likely that he killed her, because she couldn't become his. Since he couldn’t reall control his the duchesses smiles. Also I thought it was interesting to see that Browning wrote the poem in such a way that while the Duke was trying to make himself look favourable, it actually showed the opposite. (irony)Heres a thought to consider. Slightly, very slightly, the Duke isn't completely evil, well he's evil but I think some parts are understandable. It's not strange to want the person you love to treat you specially in some way. The late Duchess probably was a caring, compassionate, and sheltered person. She wasn't able to express love for him that would make him secure, since she treated everyone the same. I think she was a little clueless, unknowning, dense, about her actions and how they affected people around her. And I don’t know but maybe they could have talked about what was bothering them and that could have been a much simpler way of creasing out the wrinkles in the relationship or whatever it was that was really bugging the duke, because the way Duke handled the situation was definitely didn't not the best way to deal with the problem.