richer or poorer‚ in sickness and in health’. It is as if Shakespeare presents his view of love through playing with the words of the Wedding Service. Though love‚ of course‚ is not identical to marriage. There is some evidence that Shakespeare’s lover was planning to get married (to someone else). If so‚ the start of the poem could take on a more sinister tone‚ almost as if Shakespeare is threatening to ‘admit impediments’ to the wedding‚ and questioning whether it is in fact a ‘marriage of true
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feeling that there was something about it that was mysterious or uncanny. But there was a young man in the party named the jester‚ for he was venturesome and full of fun. Gazing at the knoll he said: "Let’s run and jump on its top." "No‚" said the young lover‚ "it looks mysterious. Sit still and finish your smoke.""Oh‚ come on‚ who’s afraid‚" said the jester‚ laughing. "Come on you--come on!" and springing to his feet he ran up the side of the knoll. Four of the young men followed.
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word ‘continually’ to represent how she feels that God should always be prominent in her life because‚ as we are led to believe‚ he is the only thing that she fears. Similarly‚ Robert Browning presented Porphyria’s Lover as worried about what God would say or do after he killed Porphyria. Browning uses the quote ‘and yet God has not said a word!’ this could mean that he feels relieved that God hasn’t punished him. The use
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immersed in the sordid dilemma of the hero and heroine‚ letting himself go toward where the images came together and took on color and movement‚ he was witness to the final encounter in the mountain cabin. The woman arrived first‚ apprehensive; now the lover came in‚ his face cut by the backlash of a branch. Admirably she stanched the blood with her kisses‚ but he rebuffed her caresses‚ he had not come to repeat the ceremonies of a secret passion‚ protected by a world of dry leaves and furtive paths
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Porphyria’s Lover Speaker Point of View Who is the speaker‚ can she or he read minds‚ and‚ more importantly‚ can we trust her or him? The speaker of "Porphyria’s Lover" sounds awfully straightforward. His tone is incredibly reasonable‚ which makes it even creepier considering he’s describing horrific things (such as strangling his girlfriend and cuddling with the corpse). He even makes it sound as though he was doing her a favour – he calls it "her darling one wish" (line 57). It’s hard to tell
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“If you look for it‚ I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love actually is all around”‚ a quote by actor Hugh Grant‚ who played the Prime Minister‚ in the movie Love Actually. The 2003 movie took the theme of love and twisted it into one of the most unromantic romantic movies created. Love has always been one of the most powerful forces on Earth and is commonly depicted in the the movie‚ Love Actually‚ where characters perform acts on the basis of love. The theme of love is very prominent in
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Examine the treatment of women in Porphyria’s lover It would be easy to assume that women in Victorian England were treated badly. However‚ “Porphyria’s lover” suggests that his idea springs from society’s control of women. At the start of the poem‚ Porphyria has freedom and control but as the piece progresses‚ it is clear that this freedom and control is curtailed by her lover who contains and incarcerates her through death. As a result it can be argued that Browning’s purpose was to warn women
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“Porphyria’s Lover” to express the hidden depths of the speaker’s mind while still leaving
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4 July 2011 Essay #2 Porphyria’s Lover Paranoia There are many physical and mental diseases Americans encounter each day. Some sickness is more serious than other. One mental disorder is paranoia. Paranoia is when the patient becomes a prey to premature delusion. The disease the cause of delusion is internal‚ and not hallucination is involved. The main symptom is permanent delusion. In paranoia the symptoms of delusion appear gradually‚ and the patient is sentimental‚ irritable‚ suspicious‚ depressed
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Robert Browning starts the poem Porphyria’s lover by describing a storm using personification‚ he uses words such as ‘sullen’ and ‘spite’ which suggests the weather is bad on purpose‚ the misery of the weather could be reflecting the mood of the speaker‚ we can begin to suss that something bad is going to happen as this is often the stereotypical weather for suspicious behaviour and murder stories. Browning hints that the unnamed speaker may not be mentally stable‚ ‘I listened with heart fit to break’
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