speaker is presented as rich Duke who is very full of himself “My nine hundred year old name.” Throughout the poem the speaker is trying convince the Count of Tyrell that he is a worthy person to marry his daughter. This poem is a dramatic monologue because the only speaker in the poem is Alfonso. Browning uses Iambic Pentameter as the metre to create a sense of natural speech; this makes the poem avoid sounding like a pre-meditated speech. Another reason why the poem sounds like natural speech
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Porphyria’s Lover Context Robert Browning (1812-1889) was a Victorian poet‚ who is particularly famous for his dramatic monologues in verse form. Browning was born in London‚ to a family who relished literature‚ and he grew up surrounded by books. He wrote his first book of poems before he was 12 – but destroyed them as an adult to make sure no-one could publish them! Browning devoted himself to poetry‚ and initially had to live at home and be supported by his parents to do so. He married another
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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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Robert Browning 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
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must build and the best way to gain trust in your teen is my showing trust. If you make alcohol "taboo" then teens will feel the urge to consume it behind your backs. Even more because of the restriction parents impose. It is wiser to allow them to drink under responsible adults rather than risk them sneaking out. In order to do so under bad influences not knowing their limits. I think parents should be open about alcohol in their homes so that teens are knowledgeable about it. I definitely don’t think
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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 focusing
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Another Domineering Husband “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue that combines elements of both horror and romance about the Duke of Ferrara who is speaking to the envoy of a count from a neighboring court‚ giving him a tour of the castle and its treasures. Although this poem is spoken by one person‚ it is very specifically addressed to someone else. There are at least two points of view inscribed into the poem: the speaker’s and the addressee’s. This is discovered in the
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I. Author ROBERT BROWNING Robert Browning is the author of the poem “my last duchess”. He is a son of Robert Browning‚ a Bank of England clerk‚ and Sarah Anna Wiedemann‚ of Scottish-German descent‚ Browning received little formal education. His learning was gleaned mainly from his Father’s library at home in Camberwell‚ South London‚ where he learnt something‚ with his Father’s help‚ of Latin and Greek. Though he attended lectures at the University of London in 1828‚ Browning
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presents a long dramatic monologue of a Carmelite monk and gifted painter‚ Fra (Brother) Lippo Lippi‚ who‚ returning stealthily from his amorous adventures‚ is detained by night watchmen. Yet‚ as Fra Lippo Lippi is a protégé of the powerful Cosimo di Medici‚ he has nothing to fear from the guards. In the very beginning of the poem he exclaims with satisfaction: “Aha‚ you know your betters! Then‚ you’ll take Your hand away that’s fiddling on my throat…” (12-13). Why then is the monologue delivered? It might
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"Porphyria’s lover" (PL) and "The laboratory" (TL) are two dramatic monologues written by Robert Browning. Browning uses a range of techniques to reveal the characters psyche. The characters are both insane and deluded but have big differences‚ such as one of them is sadistic and the other suffering from subconscious guilt. I will be discussing the techniques that Browning uses to reveal his characters in PL and TL. In TL Browning begins to suggest a sense of paranoia in the wife: she seems to feel
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