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Analysis of “My Last Duchess” In the story “My Last Duchess” the Duke talks about his deceased wife. The reader might assume that the Duke killed his wife out of a fit of jealousy. He talks to a man about how much he hated his wife’s attitude. This speech gives the Duke a possible motive for killing his wife. The Duke never comes out and admits to the murder. There are many clues to connect him to the murderer. Robert Browning, the author, uses foreshadowing, style, structure, and point of view to enforce the plot about a murder. Browning uses foreshadowing to help the reader understand the motive of the Duke. The Duke tells us that the Duchess had “A heart—how shall I say?—too soon made glad” (21). This is a clue to show that the Duke was a very jealous man. He was very furious that his wife was too nice of a woman. He thought she was