Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” - Published 1842 Our world is changing and evolving at an astounding rate. Within the last 200 years‚ we have seen two World Wars and countless disputes over false borders created by colonialists‚ slavery‚ and every horrid form of human suffering imaginable!! Human lifestyles and cultures are changing every minute. While our grandparents and ancestors were growing up‚ do you ever think they imagined the world we live in today? What is to come is almost
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Elizabeth Siddal and “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning; both of which share the same theme which is human experiences. Dark vibes arise from both poems as you go through them which‚ in some cases can be attributed to real life characters like in the case of “My Last Duchess”. What was great about the Elizabeth Siddals’ poem‚ was the fact that the hatred and spite that is portrayed within the poem can be really felt rather than read. Starting out with “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning. As innocent
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Different But The Same (Comparing and contrasting My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover) Robert Browning is one of the best writers when it comes to dramatic monologues. Dramatic monologue is a poem where a person is speaking to an intended audience about something that they feel strongly about. There are two questions that you ask when reading dramatic monologues they are: Who is the speaker? And who is the speaker speaking to? Robert Browning is known for some of the most influential dramatic
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My Last Duchess A dramatic monologue is defined as a poem in which a single character is speaking to a person or persons- usually about an important topic. The purpose of most dramatic monologues is to provide the reader with an overall or intimate view of the character’s personality. A great poet can use punctuation and rhythm to make the poem appear as if it were an actual conversation. Robert Browning‚ known as the father of the dramatic monologue‚ does this in his poem‚ “My
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Both stories‚ My last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover can be similar‚ yet different in many ways. But‚ let’s begin by saying‚ that the author of both stories was‚ Robert Browning. Browning used dramatic monologue in many of his works he wrote. Needless to say‚ Browning is one of the great Victorian poets‚ writing his shorter dramatic monologues like My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover. In his literary forms‚ he used “poetic” language and used dramatic dialogue to reveal character in both stories
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Murder in the name of Love Comparisons and Contrasts of Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess Robert Browning was an author of two very eerie and dramatic monologues known as‚ Porphyrias Lover and My Last Duchess. Although both poems have very related themes‚ they still contrast in ways that are too apparent to go unnoticed. You clearly recognize the similarities of both writings in the way that oddly enough‚ both point of views come from insecure men and they both irrationally kill the women they
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I read a critical article on Robert Browning’s "My Last Duchess". I confess it was harder to find something in the NCLC’s than I would’ve thought. There was a considerable accumulation of critiques on Browning’s work‚ but very little on "My Last Duchess". The article I found concentrated mostly on the Duke in the poem‚ and our reactions to him‚ stating that "[t]he utter outrageousness of the Duke’s behavior makes condemnation the least interesting response " The title of the article was "Sympathy
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Women in 19th Century British Poetry Response: "Porphyria’s Lover‚" "My Last Duchess‚" and "The Leper" The feelings about women in the Victorian period were very disheartening. Women were seen as objects and viewed as less than human. These views were upheld by men who perpetuated a women’s place in society as a pretty thing to look at and nothing more. When a man was tired of her or felt like he could not possess her completely he could kill her as the only way to ensure that she is his forever
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equal relationship with the Duchess has prompted some readers to feel that his importance as a character in the play is limited‚ while others suggest that his main role is as a mouthpiece for Webster’s own judgements and opinions. To assess the importance of his role we need to consider it relation to the Duchess‚ and in the context of the play as a whole. Inequalities of power associated with gender and social status are highlighted in the relationship between The Duchess and Antonio‚ and the reactions
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How Do You Treat Love? (An Analysis of The Comparison of Last and Lover) Have you ever been in a relationship before? How did your lover treat you? In room 303 this semester‚ we have gone over many texts. One text we have gone over is My Last Duchess. Another text we have gone over is Porphyria’s Lover. After reading these texts‚ I realized that there are many similarities and differences. Death‚ jealousy‚ and the audience are three things that were either similar or different in these two poems
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