Reasons to Leave a Duchess

PROMPT #3:

            Question: The Duke eliminated (divorced? sent to a convent? had executed or poisoned?) his last duchess because (he felt) she undervalued him and treated him much as she treated other men. Which trivial incidents in particular seem to have produced this response in the Duke?

           

            The trivial incidents that caused the Duke to eliminate (divorce) his last duchess were that she liked whatever, she treated all men the same, and she seemed as if she ranked men. He eliminated his last duchess because she liked whatever. She like all men so this made him feel un-unique making it only one of the reason he had left her. Another reason was that she treated all men the same. Since she treated all men the same and never mixed anything up he left. If there is never anything new and she treats all men the same she may treat them all badly and most people do not like being treated poorly or as if you are nothing important. Yet another reason he left his last duchess is that it seemed as if she ranked men. If she thinks of men higher ranked than others it seems as if she picks favorites. He left because he does not want to be compared to another man. He wants to be her favorite, her number one, and only choice. So because of all of these reasons combined he decided that she was not the right one and divorced her. His last duchess treated all men the same, ranked men, and liked whatever; these were the trivial incidents of why the Duke had left his last duchess.

-David Limb