'My Last Duchess' in 6 Minutes: Quick Revision

In today's video, I'll give an overview of the Robert Browning poem 'To My Last Duchess'. This is a short video intended for revision purposes - the full teaching video can be found here: • 'My Last Duchess' by R...
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[@sweetcaroline9424]

I think you could pair it up with ‘Checking out me history’, the similar themes of control and abuse of power but from two different perspectives, ‘My last Dutchess’ being from the perspective of the one in control and ‘Checking out me History’ being from the perspective of the controlled.

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Good luck to everyone doing their English literature paper 2 GCSE

[@Turkishfella]

This popped up in AQA today!! I think I did well by comparing it to London

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@@Turkishfella all of friends who did it (I’m not in y11 so I didn’t) compared it to London as well! I wish you good luck, hope you got a good grade!

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How did it go?@@Turkishfella

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just like to say really appreciate you responding to me in our last conversation, made me smile and really did make my day that little bit more special 😊 anyways, onto the video itself, I really enjoyed this watch! the animation is amazing and everyone in class was attached right away. in my opinion minute 1:37 was the greatest moment, expresses how controlling he was. that’s all from me mr.bruff, see you soon 😃 (thanks for another awesome video❤️)!

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Did you pass?

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Thanks for the short Analysis Mr. Bruff

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I love you so much for the making of this video!!! THANKS FOR THE INFO

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This is definitely the hardest poem

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tissues is harder

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@@daneve7638 Tissue actually isn't that hard, I find it quite easy because of the ideas we came up with in school and it makes a lot more sense than my last duchess ,hence I am watching this vid now to get a better understanding

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prelude.

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Thank you!

[@Schelbon-Le-Schrimp]

brilliant video that covers so much in such little time! Thank you for the incisive video, this helped me a lot!

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Great!

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This revision helped with my revision for my GCSE today and the small details really helped me.
Thank you Mr Bruff

[@mrbruff]

Great!

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Being allowed on your phone in lesson for self revison instantly to bruff the goat

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Watching 1 day before my GCSE 🎉🎉🎉🎉

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Ur lucky it popped up then 😏

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This was really beneficial as a refresher into poetry - thankyou!

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No problem!

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Watching this 2 months till my GCSES coming back when I get the grade!!!!!

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I like contrasting it with o captain my captain by whitman. The voice being different the style of leadership reflected in the respect given verses demanded.

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Watching 19 hours before gcses>

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The recap is a kind of a survey of b.literature.
Love it

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Watching at 11:09 a night before eng lit paper 2

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Me too hahaha
good luck

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Thank you!

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Thanks for making the hardest (and worse) poem actually easy to understand

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No problem!

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Is the poem based on Duke Alfonso the 2nd?
Also thank you very much!

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Yes thanks helped

[@kzmuni]

my luck is insane i never revised a poem other than kamikaze but that was the poem i wanted to compare so for the poem to come up i got up early morning and watched vids on my last duchess and it just had to be the 1/15 chance that it was the poem in the exam

[@Turkishfella]

Phahaha I know how you feel! I only revised London and Extract from the Prelude so to see My last Duchess made me happy

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I would say and London works quite well in terms of the controlling power

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Yeah just in time for my end sem exams xD
Thank U

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This is very good and really

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Thank you

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No problem!

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Mr bruff I need your help in igcse english literature syllabus in drama section they are given list of these drama othelo, twelfth night, death and the king's horseman, Rc sherriff journey's end and lynn Nottage play crumbs for the table of joy I want to know about my daughter that she learn all of the above for 2023 exam or she has a choice or school decide this plz advice as soon as possible . Also in anthology section all poems she learn or she has a choice. If there is a choice in drama which drama is best to select in your opinion.

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1. The school decides 2. she has to learn all of the poems, as one will come up on the exam, and she will have to know one from memory, then she will compare the two.

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Thank you for helping everyone to study for our tests❤

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Sir please complete the analysis of all the scenes of tempest.
Thank you

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Everything is in ‘Mr Bruff’s Guide to ‘The Tempest’ (linked in the description).

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His wife Elizabeth brownings whi was also trying to control him and succeed him when it comes to writing poetry and litterature.

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1 month before exams

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I would compare it with Kamikaze.

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It's much easier to compare it with Kamikaze.@S Ak

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@@edwarddjan8319 how though? would you discuss within your essay the lack of freedom that both the duke and the pilot have?

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can you explain the poem my ex husband by gabriel spera and how it related to this poem please thank you very much sir

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I'm afraid I don't know the poem.

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This was in my exam

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Watching an hour before GCSE😢

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[@44L1ya]

I think I would compare it with Porphyria's lover since they both have a dramatic monologue and they both seem to want control but don't have control o'er the situation or the lover. This can be contradicted by porphyrias' behavior at the beginning. The women in both poems are very peculiar and different from women of that age.

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they're both in different clusters though, this ones power and conflict and that's love and relationships

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They’re literally written by the same guy

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@@Lucy-nw4im yes ,they are.

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London

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I’d compare it with checking out me history

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GOOD LUCK EVERYONE TOMORROW 2024
IF THIS ONE COMES UP IM COMPARING TO LONDON IVE ALREADY DECIDED

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my guy

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[@collettetaylor5751]

When I first read this poem, I ask myself, "where is the English version." I didn't understand it; thank you so much for this.

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Glad I could help!

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got my exam in 57 minutes

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Good choice of poem revision

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@@blazefa. i think i did well

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Watching 10 min before of exam at 2x speed

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Yes king

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Ulysses is similar to this poem .

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Ozymandis

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Second

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The man kinda sounds like Andrew Tate-