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In the poem "My Last Duchess," by Robert Browning, the Duke is an unreliable narrator that has a few traits that define him. He is a static, flat character, since the poem doesn't really show any progress in his character or major changes. Furthermore, at the end of the poem, he repeats his actions in marrying another new young wife when he had talked badly about his first one. He seems very friendly, and blabbers (dynamic) since he strays off topic and talks about his ex-Duchess when a messenger was there to talk about his future one. The Duke seems to get easily jealous, since he explains how she flirts with other men, and how that made him feel. For example "but who passed without much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together." Furthermore, he seems to think very highly of himself since he has a statue in his house and draws the curtains to let people see the painting only when he wants people to. He rarely let the messenger speak through the poem. Lastly, he seems very foolish and seems to take his love life insincerely and marries only for status, money and the appearance. This is because right after he had a bad experience with his ex-wife, he immediately changed the subject to his new wife.

Duke Character Profile Connie, Minae, Yunji

-unreliable narrator -likes to blabber(caprice) -first person narrator -static/dramatic -protagonist -friendly -easily gets jealous jealous -likes younger women -flat -he thinks very highly of himself -foolish -not sincere of his love life