Harold Bloom introduced Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” first appeared in the “Dramatic Lyrics in 1842”(13), inspired by the history of a Renaissance Duke, Alfonso II, a widower of a young wife died in suspicious circumstances. The history of this situation followed with Duke Alfonso courted another young lady, whom he eventually married. “My Last Duchess” is a monologue style of poem that happened during the time of the Duke negotiation for courtship of a new wife. Although there were no characters’ name mentioned in the work, one can figured the implication from the Duke’s actions and expressions. Browning’s inspiration of the Duke created an indirect look into the Duke’s complex mind and ravings which ended in the Duchess tragic death.
