October 3, 2008

Free Response

Our discussion of My Last Duchess caught my attention in class. The poem is mysterious and the question of whether or not he killed his wife kept crossing my mind. To me, the poem feels like its a murder mystery. It's gives off the vibe that he killed his wife and he's proud of it even though he really can't say much about it. I remember reading this poem in high school and it caught my attention then as well, so I was really excited about hearing more about it in class.

1 comment:

english 3 said...

i agree i was left with the same question did the duke kill his wife or not? I think he did because like the poem said she was flirtatious and friendly and the duke didnt like that which seems like a good motive for murder to me for his conrtoling personality.