“Who is the Duke of Ferrara?” It is more difficult for some to mask their personality traits than others. Even though the Duke of Ferrara, in “My Last Duchess,” a poem by Robert Browning, attempted to conceal his traits he could still be seen through. In the midst of a party, the duke steps aside for the negotiation of an alliance. The more the duke aims to cover his traits the more apparent they became. The duke did not intend for his arrogance to be shown as much as it was. The poem had an arrogant tone. He made a point to put emphasis on himself or “I.” The extra comment “since none puts by the curtain I have drawn for you, but I” was not required. He felt the “gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name” should not be equal to lesser gifts from others. The one trait that was the most apparent was his posse....

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