Browning’s use of art within art in "My Last Duchess" parallels Renaissance ideals. What does the Duke’s obsession with his late wife’s portrait signify about his perspective on control and permanence?
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His desire to immortalize her in her most submissive form
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His reverence for artistic representations over real experiences
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His inability to cope with impermanence and change
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His tendency to equate human life with aesthetic objects