deadly consequences. In the dramatic monologue “Porphyria’s Lover”‚ Robert Browning reveals the speaker’s eerily calm yet obsessive attitude through the use of vivid imagery‚ repetitive structure‚ and form to convey the course of events that lead him to murder his beloved in an attempt to relish in an infinite moment with her. Overall‚ these devices depict a man that is driven to insanity by his obsessive love for Porphyria. Browning highlights that love must not be a struggle for power. In the typical
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Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning The dramatic monologue is narrated by the voice of the persona‚ which has been dictated by Robert Browning. This illustrates a contrast in the social classes of Porphyria and the persona. The opening scene is reinforced as “suller” and “spite”‚ nevertheless‚ after the presence of Porphyria‚ the atmosphere mutates to “warm” and “blaze up” followed by her seductive actions. Regarding to Porphyria’s “vainer ties” she is unable to ‘stoop’ causing her to “worship”
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‘For sudden the worst turns the best to brave…’ How does Browning convey the narrators feelings about death in ‘Prospice’? In your answer‚ explore the effects of language‚ imagery‚ verse form and how these two poems relate to other poems that you have studied. In ‘Prospice’‚ Browning presents feelings towards death as a battle‚ that shouldn’t be feared by anyone‚ that you must be optimistic‚ yet determined to win the one sided battle. He also expresses the need for acceptance for death‚ and indeed
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Ultimately‚ Browning argues that the power dynamic between genders is shifting away from exclusively male to become inclusive of females‚ a contentious change that frightens males. The initial display of the speaker’s need for control becomes evident through examining the structure of the poem. Browning uses the dramatic monologue‚ which takes the form of a first person narrator presenting a highly subjective perspective of a story without mediation. With this writing technique‚ Browning creates a
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My Last Duchess When a man cares more about his status and image than his wife‚ he may feel the need to take drastic measures to ensure that he is always the center of attention. Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue “My Last Duchess” paints a picture of a duke who is trying to escape from his past‚ by proving to himself that he has power over his deceased wife.During the poem‚ the duke shows a painting of the last duchess to a representative from the Count‚ who is there making arrangements for the
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single German unit‚ Reserve Police Battalion 101 (henceforth RPB-101) throughout their military duty as they are instructed to kill innocent Jewish men‚ women and children face-to-face in Poland‚ Browning documents their transition from men originally deemed unworthy of conscription to efficient killers. Browning tries discover how ‘ordinary men’ could commit such extraordinary crimes by relieving the senseless events in the order the men did. His argument‚ at its most stripped down‚ is essentially that
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English 2323 - Study Questions “My Last Duchess” – Robert Browning 1. What is the setting for this poem? This poem takes place in the palace of Alfonso II who is the Duke of Ferrara in Italy. 2. Who is the Duke speaking to? The Duke is entertaining an ambassador type person who has come to arrange the marriage of the duke and a daughter of a very wealthy and powerful family. What are they both looking at? They are looking at a painting of the Duke’s last “duchess” or wife that
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Introduction to Poetry Appreciation. TAQ 2: My Last Duchess by Robert Browning is based upon Duke Alfonso II of Ferrara’s marriage to Lucrezia de’ Medici and her death at his hands. Although it has never been proven that the Duke orchestrated her death‚ she did die suspiciously at the young age of seventeen after only a year of being married to the Duke. At first glance the reader only sees this story but upon reading the poem in more depth and looking at what the form and language devices tell
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Robert Browning used his poetry as a way of self-determination as many of the ideas expressed in his poems go against the current of the Victorian era. His poetry should be included in the texts list for the HSC because they not only offer examples of classic poetry but also provide insights into the 19th century English society in terms of behaviour‚ gender roles and religion. Three poems that are fine examples of this are "Porphyria’s Lover"‚ "My Last Duchess" and "The Laboratory." "Porphyria’s
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Robert Browning is known as the Master of Psychological dramatic monologue. In "My last Duchess" the reader only hears the Duke’s story whose perverse point of view throws false accusations towards his recently deceased wife. What the reader knows about the characters is limited‚ so he must piece together the story on his own. The story the duke thinks he tells‚ of an unfaithful wife who offended his dignity‚ and the story he really tells‚ of jealousy and possessive love that leads to murder‚ engages
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