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Compare and contrast Robert Browning's
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20/9/03 Compare and contrast Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess" with an extract from U A Fanthorpe's "Not My Best Side" The dramatic monologue, My Last Duchess by Robert Browning is set around an imaginary Duke who is giving a tour of his mansion to a messenger for the father of his future wife. U. A. Fanthorpe's poem is themed around the painting St George and the Dragon by the artist Uccello. Not My Best Side is broken up into three distinct verses, all of which are monologues. The first is from the dragon's perspective; the second that of the princess and the third verse, which I shall focus on in this discussion is written from St George's perspective. Not My Best Side is a modern monologue that illustrates very humorously a contemporary point of view on a timeless work of art. Browning is vague about the time that his poem is set but...
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