"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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they can be considered disturbed characters. The play‚ ‘Macbeth’ and poem‚ ‘My Last Duchess’ both show psychological truths and insights into the characters. While the Duke shows himself to be disturbed straight away in the poem‚ Macbeth’s mental deterioration takes place and develops as the play proceeds. ‘Macbeth’ written by William Shakespeare and set in 1050 contains themes of status‚ power and death while ‘My Last Duchess’ by Robert Browning written in 1842 shows how status‚ wealth and the marriage
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The Duchess of Malfi was written in the early 1600’s and is often considered to be Webster’s masterpiece. The story takes place in the Italian city of Amalfi during the sixteenth century‚ where the Duchess of the court of Amalfi is a young widow who has fallen in love with her steward‚ Antonio. Both of her brothers the Cardinal and Duke Ferdinand are against her remarrying and are very powerful. In becoming suspicious of the Duchess‚ Ferdinand hires Bosola to spy on her‚ while the Duchess thinks
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and leads to his repentance. His once clever wordplay is replaced with much more sincere tone. It is the first scene where it is evident that Ferdinand is slipping into madness while still believing that he holds the moral high-ground and shows the Duchess as almost the polar opposite of her twin brother‚ maintaining dignity and calmness in the most extreme of circumstances. Webster allows all the interaction to be between the three main characters to allow the audience to closely analyse each one
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The princely powers of the Duchess of Malfi The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy‚ originally published under this name in 1623‚ is a Jacobean drama written by John Webster in 1612-13. The play starts off as a love story with the Duchess secretly marrying the steward of the household Antonio; a man beneath her class who she has fallen in love with. This marriage immediately shows the Duchess’ “princely powers” by defying the wishes of her brothers‚ Ferdinand and the Cardinal‚ to not marry again
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The Duchess of Malfi Characters Close Ad Critical Analysis Reaffirming the Male Ambition in John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi Throughout Webster’s tragedy the Duchess is defined not through her ideals‚ as noble as they may be‚ but through Webster’s characters’ twisted definitions of the Jacobean patriarchy. Her demise at the conclusion of act four is indeed caused by her marriage to Antonio. However‚ the marriage to Antonio can only be seen as indirectly causing her downfall. The marriage
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Compare and contrast two poems In this Essay I will compare and contrast Havisham‚ by Carol Ann Duffy and Porphyria’s Lover‚ by Robert Browning. I will explore and analyse the range of poetic devices used to tell a story of love gone wrong. Havisham is spoken by a fictional character based on Charles Dickens’ Miss Havisham. Duffy depicts Havisham as a woman crippled by love and loneliness after being left at the altar. In contrast Browning’s poem sees Porphyria’s Lover murder Porphyria‚ so she
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Analysis of the third scene (lines 1-47)‚ Act I "The Duchess Of Malfi" is a tragedy divided into five acts‚ each one subdivided in several scenes; the first act‚ which consists of three scenes‚ is really crowded and introduces the main and secondary characters. In particular‚ the third scene is very significant because the premises for the plot’s development are set in it. The Duchess’ brothers‚ Ferdinand and the Cardinal‚ warn her not to remarry probably because they want to preserve their
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left this world. There are numerous ways that one can leave this world‚ some die peacefully while others may die by force.The following will reveal the psychological mindsets concerning death as depicted in Poe’s “The Black Cat”‚ Browning’s “My Last Duchess”‚ and Dickinson’s “Because I could not Stop for Death”‚ and the ramifications of perverseness‚ pride‚ and eternity In “The Black Cat‚” Poe uses perverseness to explain the narrator’s pursuit to murder Pluto‚ the black cat‚ and eventually his
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My Last Farewell (Mi Ultimo Adios) Farewell‚ dear fatherland‚ clime the sun caress’d‚ Peal of the Orient seas‚ our Eden lost! Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life’s best‚ And were it brighter‚ fresher‚ or more blest‚ Still would I give three‚ not count the cost. On the field of battle‚ ‘mid the frenzy of fight‚ Others have given their lives‚ without doubt or beed; The place not matters—cypress or laurel or lily white‚ Scafold or open plain‚ combat or martyrdom’s plight‚ ‘Tis
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