Comparing My Last Duchess And My Ex Husband By Gabriel Spera

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In the poems My Last Duchess by Robert Browning and My Ex Husband by Gabriel Spera, both artists write about a character who is dealing with an ex-acquaintance. As they show off to the new acquaintances about the old ones the reader understands the hysteria that is dwelling in both speakers. How do each speaker represent their poem in the same way, even though one is of murder and the other is of theft?
In the poem My Last Duchess the author writes about a Duke whos ex wife liked to share her admiration with all around the town the speaker even goes to say, “Too easily impressed; she liked whate’er she looked on, and her looks went everywhere.”.(Browning 1206) The speakers jealousy drove him to killing his wife “A Heart -- how shall I say? -- too soon made glad,”.(Browning 1206) The speaker also wanted to kill her because he felt she was not enough for him and he would of had to “stoop” for her,”E’en then would be some stooping; and I choose to never stoop.”.(Browning 1206) …show more content…

The speaker had to of known she would get alot of his belongings because she “officiously” gloats about her “champagne flutes” she got from the settlement.(Spera

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