Part one of term paper
In Browning’s My Last Duchess, it appears that the Duke would have had the Duchess attend only to him. The Duchess is portrayed as someone that is easily pleased. In the passages: Her husband's presence only, called that spot Of joy into the Duchess' cheek She had A heart -- how shall I say? -- too soon made glad, Too easily impressed ...

Part two of term paper
... that was quickly impressed by just about anything. Browning confirms this by providing some examples: My favor at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough of cherries some officious fool Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule She rode with round the terrace … The first example, “My favor at her breast,” shows that she found pleasure in the attention that the Duke showed to her. Yet, Browning leads us to believe that she equated this intimate ...