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Shamim91 Posted 14 years ago
my last duchess
in the last lines of the poem " my last duchess" what is note worthy about the phrase "my object"?
...The company below, then. I repeat,
The Count your master’s known munificence
Is ample warrant that no just pretence
Of mine for dowry will be disallowed;
Though his fair daughter’s self, as I avowed
At starting, is my object. Nay, we’ll go
Together down, sir. Notice Neptune, though,
Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity,
Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!
...The company below, then. I repeat,
The Count your master’s known munificence
Is ample warrant that no just pretence
Of mine for dowry will be disallowed;
Though his fair daughter’s self, as I avowed
At starting, is my object. Nay, we’ll go
Together down, sir. Notice Neptune, though,
Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity,
Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!
Top answer
Hello, shamim. I suppose that 'object' has a double meaning here: Taking to wife the Count's daughter is his goal (object), and his wives are simply objects to him, not women to be loved.
- Hello, shamim.
- I suppose that 'object' has a double meaning here: Taking to wife the Count's daughter is his goal (object), and his wives are simply objects to him, not women to be loved.
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Hello, shamim.
I suppose that 'object' has a double meaning here: Taking to wife the Count's daughter is his goal (object), and his wives are simply objects to him, not women to be loved.
I suppose that 'object' has a double meaning here: Taking to wife the Count's daughter is his goal (object), and his wives are simply objects to him, not women to be loved.
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