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    and contrast the methods used by Robert Browning to portray the two speakers in ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ are both poems about men who appear to have a compulsive need for control over the women in their lives. However‚ the speakers appear to be quite different as we see that the protagonist in ‘My Last Duchess’ is a Duke with a high self-esteem and confidence‚ whereas the protagonist in ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ emerges as a depressed man with

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    instead of men. However in people`s opinions and minds‚ wives have a lesser value than husbands in everywhere. Of course in the poem “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning‚ the speaker also considers his wife is just a woman whom needs to be quiet all the time. The poem begins with him drawing the attention of the person whom he is talking to‚ who‚ asks about the smile of the last duchess in the portrait‚ is silent during the entire poem. Since the move of a Browning dramatic monologue is psychological

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    Robert Browning’s poetry still remains today as significant works of literature that are worthy of critical study. What make Browning’s poetry worthy of critical study are the engaging and didactic themes that are explored through Victorian concerns and context and are presented through the minds of characters. Browning’s poetry highlights the emotions that come from the contextual concerns of Victorian society. In particular it highlights the expectations that come with a patriarchal society and

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    ‘The Laboratory’ Essay The subtitle to Robert Browning’s poem “The Laboratory”‚ “Ancien Regime”‚ tells us that it is set in France before the revolution‚ when the act of women poisoning love rivals was very common. The poem is a dramatic monologue. The narrator appears to be a woman‚ a fact which is not apparent in the opening stanza‚ but becomes so as the poem develops. In the first stanza‚ the narrator is putting on a mask and watching the person in the laboratory through a haze of smoke: ’thro’

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    in high positions of power abuse that power to achieve their desires. In the beginning of the poem‚ the Duke establishes his authoritative‚ yet cadenced voice. He begins to describe the painting‚ but also asks the envoy to “sit and look at her” (Browning 262). Although the Duke asks the envoy‚ it is obvious that the envoy has no choice but to listen to the Duke discuss

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    "Porphyria’s lover" (PL) and "The laboratory" (TL) are two dramatic monologues written by Robert Browning. Browning uses a range of techniques to reveal the characters psyche. The characters are both insane and deluded but have big differences‚ such as one of them is sadistic and the other suffering from subconscious guilt. I will be discussing the techniques that Browning uses to reveal his characters in PL and TL. In TL Browning begins to suggest a sense of paranoia in the wife: she seems to feel

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    Robert Browning and the Dramatic Monologue Celebratons honoring the bi-centennial of Robert Browning’s birth are taking place on each side of the Atlantic. In late June‚ a conference sponsored by the Browning Society of London focused on a particular aspect of Browning’s work–the dramatic monologue. For those who are unfamiliar with the term‚ the following definition is offered. M. H. Abrams‚ one of the general editors of the Norton Anthology of English Literature and a respected American critic

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    Robert Browning The Pied Piper of Hamelin “What are the ways in which Browning tells the poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin?” The Pied Piper of Hamelin is set in medieval Germany‚ in a small town‚ Hamelin. The town is plagued by rats when a stranger‚ the Pied Piper‚ comes to town and offers to get rid of them if they Mayor will pay him. He plays bewitching music on his pipe which causes the rats to follow him. He leads the rats to the river and they drown. The Mayor breaks his promise and refuses

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    Another Domineering Husband “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue that combines elements of both horror and romance about the Duke of Ferrara who is speaking to the envoy of a count from a neighboring court‚ giving him a tour of the castle and its treasures. Although this poem is spoken by one person‚ it is very specifically addressed to someone else. There are at least two points of view inscribed into the poem: the speaker’s and the addressee’s. This is discovered in the

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