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1
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“The curtain I have drawn for you, but I”

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Browning implies that the Duke had a very controlling and obsessive nature as he has a “curtain” to shield others from seeing her.

2
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“She looked on, and her looks went everywhere”

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Browning invokes a sense of jealousy, through “her looks went everywhere”, which suggesting a highly possessive attitude concerning the Duchess, implying that if he can’t have her, no one can, presenting his destructive love for her.

3
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“This grew; I gave commands”

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Browning uses the imperative phrase “ I gave commands”, to create an ominous tone and suggesting that the Duchess was forced into submission, maybe even killed.

4
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“Notice Neptune”

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Browning uses imagery to symbolise the Duke and his Duchesses as the ancient god, Neptune is depicted riding a sea horse, in which Neptune is symbolic of the Duke and the sea horse is symbolic of any of his Duchesses, in the Duke’s perspective.