Porphyria’s Lover

Porphyria’s Lover – Discussion post. Answer the question below in no less than 250 words.  Apply close reading and critical thinking. Support your claims with textual evidence. 

The Duke accuses his last Duchess of having blemished his "nine-hundred-years-old name" (line 33), which shows how he uses his hierarchical power to manipulate and distort the truth to hide his own shortcomings.