The poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning depicts an arrogant conversation between the Duke of Ferrara and an envoy. The Duke boasts about his late wife's supposed infidelity and unfaithfulness, though his controlling nature and paranoia suggest he may have been at fault for her death. The poem uses the Duke as an example of how arrogance and insecurity can undermine wealth and status. It draws parallels to "Ozymandias" in its portrayal of a once-mighty figure whose power is contradicted by reality.