Text C My Last Duchess（第2页）

Thiss?Evenhadyouskill

Inspeech—（whichIhavenot）—tomakeyourwill

&osue，andsay，“Justthis

Orthatinyoudisgustsme;hereyoumiss，

Orthereexceedthemark”—a

Herselfbelessonedso，norplai

&oyours，forsooth，andmadeexcuse，

&heooping;andIchoose

&oop。Ohsir，shesmiled，nodoubt，

Whene’erIpassedher;butwhopassedwithout

Muchthesamesmile?Thisgrew;Igaveands;

Thenallsmilesstoppedtogether。Thereshestands

Asifalive。Will’tpleaseyourise?We’llmeet

Thepahe，

&yourmaster’sknownmunifice

Isamplewarrantthatnojustpretence

Ofminefordowrywillbedisallowed;

Thoughhisfairdaughter’sself，asIavowed

Atstarting，ismyobjeay，we’llgo

&herdown，sir。hough，

Tamingasea-hhtararity，

WhichClausofInnsbrubronzeforme!

1。Listsomeofthedevicesusedinthepoemandprovideexamplesaiooaddotherrowsifyouwish。

2。Ahefollowiio?

1）Whathistoritisthispoembasedon?

2）Whoisthespeakertheaudiehepoem?

3）HhavetheDukehimselfsubtlyrevealthislodthegeneralderwhichheaddressestheenvoy?

4）Whatdoeshevalueinart?Whatdoesheseeashisroleiio?

5）TheDukehasbeeh“disdainful”and“proud”。Othertermsthatmightbeappliedtohischaracterare“hubristid“megalomaniacal”。Explaiothepoemhoweachoftheseadjectivesisappropriate。

&ehisdepravity，atheticabouttheDuke?

7）WhatisdramatiologueaBrowsuccessfullyiDuchess?

&ueofune（“ararity”）tamingaseahorsemayberegardedasasymbolofbrutalmaledominatioifulandnatural。HowmightweregardthisstatueasrepresentingtheDuke?

9）WhydoestheDukefiofhislatewifepreferabletothelivinginal?

10）Whyistheformofthepoem（iambitametercouplets）bothappropriatetothecharacterizationofthespeakeraiveiinghimasaReype”?

3。Grouportraits。

&hroughthepoemingroupsofthree。

Eaeofthegroupshouldtaketheperspectiveofohinthepoem: