3. The Duke eliminated
(divorced? sent to a convent? had executed or poisoned?) his last duchess
because (he felt) she undervalued him and treated him much as she treated other
men. Which trivial incidents in particular seem to have produced this response in
the Duke?
The Duke seemed to be pleased
with the beauty of his wife but unimpressed with her “defining qualities”. He
felt as though she undermined him as a man and as a husband treating other men
the same as he; he took this in a way of him having insignificance. In the poem
he referenced, “A heart-how shall I say?-too soon made glad, too easily
impressed.” This would make any man feel unimportant. He would have been put
into a trivial position of not feeling the same as other men she conversed
with. This could also be interpreted as her only liking the Duke because she
liked everything about everyone. This would have struck anger into any man.
This would be what eventually caused him to snap and “eliminate” his Duchess.
-Cooper Snowbarger
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