I. Author ROBERT BROWNING Robert Browning is the author of the poem “my last duchess”. He is a son of Robert Browning‚ a Bank of England clerk‚ and Sarah Anna Wiedemann‚ of Scottish-German descent‚ Browning received little formal education. His learning was gleaned mainly from his Father’s library at home in Camberwell‚ South London‚ where he learnt something‚ with his Father’s help‚ of Latin and Greek. Though he attended lectures at the University of London in 1828‚ Browning
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presents a long dramatic monologue of a Carmelite monk and gifted painter‚ Fra (Brother) Lippo Lippi‚ who‚ returning stealthily from his amorous adventures‚ is detained by night watchmen. Yet‚ as Fra Lippo Lippi is a protégé of the powerful Cosimo di Medici‚ he has nothing to fear from the guards. In the very beginning of the poem he exclaims with satisfaction: “Aha‚ you know your betters! Then‚ you’ll take Your hand away that’s fiddling on my throat…” (12-13). Why then is the monologue delivered? It might
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again‚ presumably this sculptor is famous and accomplished. From the fact that Neptune is taming a sea-horse‚ we can infer that this is connected to the controlling or ‘taming’ of the Duchess‚ an eerie way to end the dramatic monologue
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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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1953. So it could be the case that in the end Dylan Thomas did go gentle into that good night‚ or maybe it was his own way to rage against the dying of the light. In My Last Duchess‚ the vulnerability and fragility of life is shown through the monologue of an unhinged Duke. He is speaking to a Count’s servant about his last Duchess‚ as he is planning to marry the Count’s daughter. The poem uses subtle foreboding and eloquent speech to portray the Duke’s obsessive madness. The Duke begins talking
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throughout the poem‚ the emphasis is put on her lover‚ rather than Porphyria‚ this‚ therefore‚ nullifies any preconceptions that Porphyria is the central character‚ as‚ after all‚ it is the actions of the lover that bring about the events of the poem. For example‚ the lover reveals himself to be obsessed with and angry at Porphyria for not making him her primary and only love: “Murmuring how she loved me—she/ Too weak‚ for all her heart’s endeavour‚/ To set its struggling passion free/ From pride‚ and vainer
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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 Last Duchess" is one of the most understood sonnets composed by Robert Browning. Browning is still recalled today because of the dramatic monologue of "My Last Duchess". The setting of the lyric is the living arrangement of Duke of Ferrara. The "Duke" is the speaker/storyteller in this sonnet‚ it’s a discussion between the duke and a hireling of the Count. The fundamental graceful gadgets in this lyric is: imagery‚ representation‚ and similar sounding word usage. In this sonnet imagery was
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Lady Macbeth held her newly received letter in her hands. Reading it carefully as if the words themselves would run off the pages. “The witches met me on the day of my victory in battle‚ and I have learned that they have supernatural knowledge. When I tried desperately to question them further‚ they vanished into thin air. While I stood spellbound‚ messengers from the king arrived and greeted me as the Thane of Cawdor‚ which is precisely how the weird sisters had saluted me before calling me ’the
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