0:00 Intro
0:10 Interpreting the first couplet
2:40 Why Fra Pandolf is important
4:28 The Count and his representative
6:27 The portrait of the duchess
9:00 The corrupt marriage dowry negotiation
10:45 The most important enjambment
11:29 The Duke's sexual jealousy
12:50 How the duchess was probably killed
14:10 How the duchess is different from the duke
19:07 STRUCTURE
22:05 Hypocrisy
23:35 The patriarchal society
27:08 The assassination of the duchess and why he confesses
29:50 Why the patriarchal society corrupts all men in the ruling classes
32:50 The sculpture of Neptune and the seahorse - symbolism explained
34:20 Why poetry is a less corrupt art form than painting and sculpture
36:20 How to write about the poem
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