In "my last duchess" by robert browning, how do the duke and the duchess differ? he is proud and suspicious, but she is open and trusting. he is ill-mannered, but she values courtesy. he is passionate and outgoing, but she is unemotional and quiet. he loves art, but she only enjoys nature.

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Luca Horton

4 September, 10:01

In "my last duchess" by robert browning, how do the duke and the duchess differ? he is proud and suspicious, but she is open and trusting. he is ill-mannered, but she values courtesy. he is passionate and outgoing, but she is unemotional and quiet. he loves art, but she only enjoys nature.

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Dean Oconnor · Answer 1

Proud and suspicious vs open and trusting i think.

Chana Krause · Answer 2

he is proud and suspicious, but she is open and trusting.

He describes the duchess as having a heart "too soon made glad, too easily impressed." Throughout the poem he describes her as one that is kind with an open heart. She receives advances from many people and the Duke is suspicious of her interest in him. He talks about how she receives his gifts but puts them with all the others as if his were no better.