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    concepts of love and war are inextricably linked with the similar attributes and emotions that are concomitant to each idea‚ however their paradoxical relationship suggests divergent ideas when involved in variant contexts. The love poem‚ ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning conflates passion and violence‚ reflecting notions of obsessions‚ hunger for ownership and abusiveness within a relationship whilst Bruce Dawe’s ‘Homecoming’ investigates the anonymity and insensitivity for the deaths of the soldiers

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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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    Mr. Whyte AP Literature 10 September 2012 “Porphyria’s Lover” Analysis Robert Browning is a Victorian writer during the time of Jack the Ripper. Jack the Ripper inspires Browning’s Realistic art. In “Porphyria’s Lover”‚ Browning’s style incorporates dramatic monologue along with Gothic influences to ridicule the concept of Romanticism. Browning writes the poem as a dramatic monologue to emphasize the uneasy feeling of the situation. The poem opens with the setting of a storm; a storm in which “the

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    Defining Character: Solitude as a Litmus Test in “Mariana” and “Porphyria’s Lover” Victorian poets Robert Browning and Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson frequently structure their poetry as a dramatic monologue to gain insight into the mind and motivations of their characters‚ with the solitude that accompanies such dramatic monologues becoming a central focus of the work. Tennyson’s poem “Mariana” and Browning’s poem “Porphyria’s Lover” explore the relationship between solitude and individuality‚ in particular

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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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    ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ shows the shift of power in a loving relationship. The poem begins by telling us that the speaker is sitting around in his cottage listening to a storm outside‚ ‘The rain set in early tonight‚ the sullen wind was soon awake’. Waiting for Porphyria to enter‚ ‘I listened with heart fit to break’ this here shows that the reader was in some way obsessed with her Porphyria‚ I say this because he sounds like he is on the edge of desperation to see her as he says his ‘heart fit to break’

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    In “Porphyria’s Lover”‚ the center of the speaker’s focus is the beautiful‚ blooming girl called Porphyria. The speaker acknowledges the girl’s passion and contrasts her against the storm outdoors. I believe the emphasis on the raging weather is used repeatedly to create the feeling of stark opposites. Even though she is wet and cold‚ Porphyria is glowing with passion. She is a roaring fire inside the cozy cottage. Then pride and pain come into the picture and the emphasis is put on the moral responsibilities

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    Robert Browning’s “Porphyria’s Lover” written in 1836 explores and undermines the complex gender stereotypes regarding power and authority present in the nineteenth century. The typical stable male figure is absent. Instead‚ the male narrator is extremely capricious and erratic in nature‚ making for an unusual story. Porphyria‚ the female in the poem‚ also undermines regular stereotypes. On a deeper level‚ Porphyria seems to be the one with the power even although physically she gets strangled. The

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    Text | Porphyria’s Lover – Robert Browning (published 1836) Porphyria’s Lover (1836) is one of Robert Browning’s earliest dramatic monologues that reintroduced dark and sensual concepts disturbing the audience of the Victorian Era; since such ideologies had not been explored since the Renaissance Period. He employs annotative literary techniques such as morbid imagery‚ metaphors‚ symbolism and natural and vegetative diction; to portray the innate trait of humans to yearn for a sense of belonging

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    February 27‚ 2013 Othello Act 5 Scene 2 William Shakespeare was an English Renaissance writer who lived between the years 1564-1616. Throughout his life he wrote 38 plays‚ ten of them falling under the category of tragedy. Of these plays‚ one that stands out as possibly being his most notable tragedy is Othello. Othello tells the story of a Moorish general in the Venetian army’s downfall in both his personal and his professional life. After coming to the conclusion that his wife‚ Desdemona‚ is

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