Read the excerpt. … She thanked men—good! but thanked Somehow—I know not how—as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-year-old
name With anybody’s gift. In these lines from “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning, the speaker believes that the duchess’s lack of appreciation for his name shows her lack of respect for his _____. great age knowledge and experience noble status large, extended family
In the lines from "My Last Duchess," by Robert Browning, the speaker complains that his late wife did not truly value the social grandeur of her marriage. In that matter, he considers his aristocratic family superior to the men's she used to thank. However, she did not realize and acted as if other men's favors were just as important as his, who has a family which is more prominent and higher in rank.
