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MyLastDuchessBy:ROBERTBROWNING(1812---1889)AbouthislifeABritishpoetin19thcenturyBorninLondonin1812EducatedalmostathomeAnardentfollowerofShelley,butcreatedhisownwayofwritingIn1846,marriedElizabethBarretFamousWorkDramaticLyrics<戏剧抒情诗>TheRingandtheBook<环与书>Paracelsus<巴拉赛尔士>MenandWomen<男男女女>MyLastDuches<我旳前公爵夫人>ThecharacterofhisworksFrequentuseof“dramaticmonologue”isthemostimportantfeatureofhispoetrycloserelationswithhiscontemporaryissues:faith&doubt,good&evil,functionoftheartistinmodernlifeetc.Noteasytounderstand.HispoeticstylebelongstothetwentiethcenturyratherthantotheVictorianage.Ingeneral,hispoemsaresupposedtokeepthemalert,thoughtfulandenlightened.Browning&Tennyson---TandBstandfortwopeaks;thespiritoftheirperformanceareinterlinked,buttheirstylesarequitedifferent.---Tgoodatnature;Bprefertolife---thepoemsofTreflectthecrisisofbelief;B’spoemspermeatewithidealismaswellasthecrisisofbelief.---T’sstyleisverygraceful,focusingonbeauty;B’sstyleisquitereality,induvidual.

---theimageinT’sworksarebeautiful;B’salwayswildandliving.---T’spoemsareinharmoniousrhymeandsoundmorelikemusic;B’sfocusonoralEnglish,andhighlyindividual---T’sworkstendtotraditional,andalmosteveryoneinthatperiodknewhim;B’saremoremodernandlessuniversallyknowthanT.afterhisdeath,heisconsideredtobetheinnovatorofpoetryandthepioneerofpsychologicalpoetry.Intheaspectofreflectingtheclasscontradictions,twopersonhastheirshortages:T’spoliticalattitudeismoreconservativeandmoderate;heonlywritesomepoetrytosympathizethepoor;Baboundthespiritofdemocracy,buthealwaysshowthedemocraticthemebytheexoticbackground,buthefailedtodeepintotherealityofBritishclasscontradictions.ContributiontoLiterature

HismostsignificantcontributiontoEnglishPoetry:theverseformcalledDRAMATICMONOLOGUEDramaticmonologue----Dramaticmonologueisspokenversethatisbaseduponthespeakerspresumedpointofview.Itisverydescriptiveandemotionfilled.Itisspokentoasilentaudience.Browning’sdramaticmonologue:hismonologues,oftenshortinlength,effectivelydescribe“soulsinaction”.WhileThomasHardysaidthatBrowningwas“theliterarypuzzleofthe19thcentury”.HeprobablymeantthathisideaswereuncommonlyrichandprofoundDramaticMonologue-----MyLastDuchessThemotive:

RobertBrowningwaslivedinItalyforaperiod.ThustheRenaissanceimpressedhimalot.ThispoetisdrawnmaterialfromtheduckinItalywhogotmarriedwithhisfirstladybutdiewithunknownreasonafter3yearslater.Withthismatter,RobertBrowningwrotethispoet.Sotheletter“I”inthispoetisnotthewriterhimself,buttheimagehecreated.That'smylastDuchesspaintedonthewall,Lookingasifshewerealive.Inhefirstsentence,theduckintroducedhisladypeacefully,whichshowsthathehavenolovetotheduchess.Obviously，hedoesn’tfeelsadatall.Itisanartwhichcanshowofftoothers.Wonder,agoodpainting,whichshowshisproud.Theduchess’behaviordoesn’tfithisviewpointofbeinglikeaduchess—toeasytopleased.Ontheotherhand,theduchessdoesn’tsuitherselftothiskindofenvironment.TheLiteratureCharactersDuke:selfishandself-centeredJealousytreatingtheduchessashispersonalproperty.Beingproudofthisart—thepaintingoftheduchess.unsatisfyingandresentfultoher.Hehasastrongmindofnobleclass.ElegancebutcoldLoveartTheLiteratureCharactersDuch