第20次开课

开始:2025-08-26

截止:2025-12-31

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15/19周

成绩预发布时间 2025-12-28

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河北师范大学
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河北师范大学
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河北师范大学
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邢台学院
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河北师范大学
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对Robert Browning的提问

By iuqj4CFz 5天前 6次浏览

Question: How does the dramatic monologue form in Robert Browning’s "My Last Duchess" contribute to the characterization of the Duke and the exploration of themes such as power, jealousy, and moral corruption?

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  • iuqj4CFz 5天前

    Exploration of Central Themes

     

     

    - Power: The monologue’s one-sided structure mirrors the Duke’s unchecked power—he dominates the conversation (and the Duchess’s life/death), with no counterpoint to challenge his tyranny, embodying the abuse of aristocratic power.

     

     

    - Jealousy: His rambling complaints about the Duchess’s “too easily impressed” nature are a stream of jealous grievances, making jealousy the driving force behind his violent actions and central to the poem’s critique of toxic possessiveness.

     

     

    - Moral corruption: The Duke’s casual admission of murder, paired with his focus on trivialities (e.g., the Frà Pandolf portrait) immediately after, shows moral decay rooted in aristocratic entitlement—he views human life as disposable to preserve his pride.

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  • 杨静怡 5天前

    Browning’s dramatic monologue in My Last Duchess lets the Duke unknowingly expose his tyrannical power, crippling jealousy, and moral corruption through his self - serving address to the envoy: his casual admission of the duchess’s murder lays bare his patriarchal dominance and twisted sense of possession, with the silent listener amplifying the chilling themes of moral 

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