What is your overall interpretation of Browning’s poem? Start with a thesis, and analyze with textual support–just like you would do in an essay.
Your thoughts and claims (not feelings) should be informed by the articles and videos in the Course Theme section of the Required Reading Materials module on Canvas. Make sure to support all your claims with in-text citations under MLA rules. Use the following template to set up a quote:
Signal phrase + “direct quote…………………………………………………” (last name of author + page number).
The Duke accuses his last Duchess of having blemished his “nine-hundred-years-old name” (line 33), which shows how he uses his hierarchical power to manipulate and distort the truth to hide his own shortcomings. He punishes the Duchess for failing to conform to his own norms (Cole 1).