Week 7 "The Last Duchess" by Robert Browning

Reading at the bottom we learn that the narrator of the poem is Alfonso II the duke of Ferrara. He spends time reminicing about his late wife Lucrezia. At first I thought this would be a sweet poem because he was reminded of many life life qualities in the painting of his late wife. He goes on to talk about all of the flaws she had. The fact that he thought she flirted with others and that in the painting she is giving a look that was never given to him. I wonder if this was all true of if he was not confident in his relationship that he had to think other things. Maybe he was not always home and would have to lose trust in his wife since he could not know the truth. Then upon learning about his new wife, I wondered why he was marrying again. He mentions a dowry which makes me think that money is more important than love. He just wants a new wife to not trust but enjoy the new dowry they will have together. I needed to read the commentary from our web ct after reading this poem. I understood the poem for the most part but the commentary helped fill in the blanks.