"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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within the residence. The Duke is describing a painting of his last wife. The room is stately‚ well furnished‚ and decorated with several artistic items. Similarly‚ a speaker whose identity is unknown tells the poem "Porphyria’s Lover." In a dramatic monologue‚ each speaker relates the details of his poem. Unlike "My Last Duchess‚" the poem‚ "Porphyria’s Lover‚" has a very different setting. The events that transpire in "Porphyria’s Lover" happen in a small cottage on a stormy night. The speaker is alone
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Unrequited Love in "Porphyria ’s Lover" In Robert Browning ’s dramatic monologue "Porphyria ’s Lover‚" he introduces the persona‚ a twisted and abnormally possessive lover whose dealings are influenced by the perceived deliberation of others actions. As the monologue begins‚ a terrible‚ almost intentional storm sets upon the persona‚ who awaits his love‚ Porphyria. His lover "glide[s] in" (l 6) from a "gay feast" (l 27) and attempts to calm her angry love. This leads to a disastrous end‚ either
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my dad started to take me to the public libraries where I fell in love with Interior Design Books. Anything that had to do with art‚ landscaping‚ decorating‚ and even architecture designs‚ I loved. I found myself at a very young age knowing that this is what I wanted to do when I grow up. Jesus Sanchez‚ my brother-n-law‚ works for El Paso Winnelson. It’s a bath and kitchen idea center‚ so I asked if he knew any interior designers that I can interview. He knew a few‚ but had a great one in mind
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Dorothy Draper Interior Design is a career that has always been an interest to me for many years. Since I was a little girl I helped my parent rearrange furniture and pictures to make our house look more beautiful and attractive. My parents realized that I seem to always posses a talent for design. So‚ whenever they change‚ or refurnished the house they would ask on my opinion that helped me grow and allowed me to pick Interior Design as my profession. Meanwhile‚ as I was growing up I spent my
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The poem was written in the style of a dramatic monologue‚ which is where the speaker‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ talks to a dramatic audience. The poem “My Last Duchess‚” is known as his best work using dramatic monologues. We are told by Marchino that this poem can be considered ironic.This is seen as ironic because it shows the audience the worst traits of the Duke instead of those of
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Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning - An Analysis The finest woks of Browning endeavor to explain the mechanics of human psychology. The motions of love‚ hate‚ passion‚ instinct‚ violence‚ desire‚ poverty‚ violence‚ and sex and sensuousness are raised from the dead in his poetry with a striking virility and some are even introduced with a remarkable brilliance. Thanks to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution‚ so many people living in such close quarters‚ poverty‚ violence‚ and sex
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The Masks of Robert Browning The Victorian era was a time known for its family values. Robert Browning broke the mold of the Victorian writers by turning to dramatic monologue. Readers at the time could not appreciate his technique. Today some of his poems can be linked with authors such as Stephen King or Dean Koontz. Do his writings give us an insight into a hidden mad man? No. Robert Browning brought his characters to life and awakened the very real possibilities of the common man having a
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In Robert Browning ’s "My Last Duchess‚" a portrait of the egocentric and power loving Duke of Ferrara is painted for us. Although the duke ’s monologue appears on the surface to be about his late wife‚ a close reading will show that the mention of his last duchess is merely a side note in his self-important speech. Browning uses the dramatic monologue form very skillfully to show us the controlling‚ jealous‚ and arrogant traits the duke possessed without ever mentioning them explicitly. The
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Both poems “Hazel tells LaVerne” by Katharyn Hown Machan and “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning uses unique ways to reveal the speakers. The speakers of each poem reveal something about themselves as they try to narrate a story. The speaker of the “Hazel tells LaVerne” story repeats the line “me a princess‚” indicating that her bluster is just a front for her dreams. The word choice and humorous tone of Machan’s story also reveal much about Hazel’s personality and position. The ways she uses
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