Gabrielle Stith Denton English 12-2 May 13‚ 2004 Robert Browning and the Dramatic Monologue Controlling Purpose: to analyze selected works of Robert Browning. I. Brief overview of Browning A. Greatest Poet B. Family Life II. Brief overview of "My Last Duchess" A. Descriptive adjectives B. Cause for death C. Description of his wife III. Definition of Dramatic Monologue IV. Comments by Glenn Everett A. Point of View B. Tone C. Audience Imagination V. Comments by Terry Bohannon A. No Christianity
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"My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria’s Lover” Robert Browning wrote the two poems‚ "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria’s Lover." Both poems convey an thoughtful‚ examination profound commentary about the concept of love. communicates two interpretations concerning Both poems describe the behavior of people who are in loving‚ romantic relationships. There are several aspects common in both poems. Using the literary technique of dramatic dialogue‚ the author reveals the plot and central idea of each poem
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Examine at least three pre-1914 peoms from ‘Best words’ and show how they reflect earlier attitudes towards women and relationships. Robert Browining‚ a great Victorian poet‚ wrote two pre-1940 poems‚ ‘My last Duchess’ and ‘Prophyrias lover’‚ they are both examples of domineering me or individuals who end up killing their former lovers. The main theme which the poems are centred around is madness. ‘The Ballad’ on the other hand has an unknown poet‚ this could be as a result of it being passed
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Examine the way Shakespeare presents power in the character and actions of Lady Macbeth. In this Controlled assessment I will be trying my hardest to examine the power‚ actions and emotions of Lady Macbeth throughout the entire play. ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare is a very unusual play‚ the characters aren’t part of your expectations especially Lady Macbeth. Shakespeare made a clear opposite feature between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth‚ which is a very challenging yet effective technique. Shakespeare’s
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The Jealous Duke My Last Duchess by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue‚ which involves a Duke who perceives himself to be a great man‚ when in reality‚ the reader sees him as a man with poor morals. The reader suspects that the Duke sees himself in a more positive image than what he actually is perceived as. While the Duke sees himself as controlling and mistreated‚ the reader sees him as jealous and controlling. The Duke sees himself as powerful and mistreated this is shown within the
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was a very dramatic English poet. He created dramatic monologues and very dramatic poems. As he wrote he seemed to be a psycho killer or a person with a very abnormal way of thinking. Possibly two of his most famous poems are Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess. Most would recognize quickly that the poems are similar due to their dark tone‚ evil similarities‚ and odd way of expressing love. The poems differ due to the fact that one seems to be happy in the beginning until he killed his lover‚ the
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alternative reality. After all his effort of convincing himself that Porphyria was a thing that desperately needs him‚ the speaker finally has enough confidence to believe it to be true. With this confidence‚ the speaker feels in control of the situation at last. This is demonstrated when he expresses Porphyria’s affection for him on her behalf. He is now operating under the assumption “Porphyria worshiped me” (33). He projects his obsessive disposition onto Porphyria‚ purging himself of weakness. The speaker
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In Robert Browning’s My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s lover‚ as well as Elizabeth Bowen’s Demon lover‚ the protagonists embark upon the hero’s quest in order to resolve their internal conflict towards being the cause or victim of obsessive and overwhelming emotions. The first stage is the call to adventure where the hero‚ in their everyday normal life‚ receives a calling‚ either metaphorical or literal‚ where he or she has to answer to conflict. In
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Monologue A dramatic monologue is a poem written in the voice of a specific‚ definite character who is not the poet: the speaker is a persona‚ a mask. It’s a monologue because it has only one speaker‚ though there is sometimes (as in Browning’s “My Last Duchess”) a silent interlocutor whose unheard (or unread) responses help shape the speaker’s discourse and the meaning of the poem. (In such poems addressed to a specific listener‚ though only one person speaks‚ both the speaker’s and the listener’s
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“My Last Duchess‚” a poem by Robert Browning‚ was written about an odd man‚ the Duke of Ferrara. In the poem‚ Ferrara is showing his house to a visitor in hopes of bettering his chances of marriage with the visitor’s master’s daughter. Although his story starts out relatively normal‚ it quickly turns very dark when he starts to tell the story of his late wife‚ his last duchess. While telling the story‚ the Duke reveals three disturbing aspects of his nature. In the beginning of the poem‚ the
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