Dramatic Monologue Controlling Purpose: to analyze selected works of Robert Browning. I. Brief overview of Browning A. Greatest Poet B. Family Life II. Brief overview of "My Last Duchess" A. Descriptive adjectives B. Cause for death C. Description of his wife III. Definition of Dramatic Monologue IV. Comments by Glenn Everett A. Point of View B. Tone C. Audience Imagination V. Comments by Terry Bohannon A. No Christianity B. Evil Characters Robert Browning and the Dramatic Monologue Robert
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Days of War Prologue - (Josephine’s letter) My Dearest‚ Although this comes at the worst time‚ I have been selected to be Lieutenant General‚ and am leaving tomorrow. I know our wedding was soon‚ and that we could have been on to a happier life‚ but as of now‚ my duty is to serve this country and protect its people. I will always keep you close to my heart‚ and write you as often as I can. As you know‚ being the stubborn person I am‚ I will fight with the men on the front lines‚ even if
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"My Last Duchess" is a splendid poem achieve within the format of the dramatic monologue‚ a poetic form in which there is only one speaker. Because there is only one speaker‚ we the reader must wonder carefully what the Duke is telling us‚ and we often have to read between the lines in order to keep an objective perspective on the what is happening in the poem. This paper will discuss how the use of the dramatic monologue makes the subject (the Duke) tell a story while‚ at the same time‚ unintentionally
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‘Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning As A Dramatic Monologue: Dramatic Monologue: The Dramatic Monologue was a popular form of poetry in Robert Browning’s time. It is a form of writing in which the speaker in the poem is a dramatized imaginary character. The monologue is cast in the form of a speech addressed to a silent listener. Its aim is character study or psycho-analysi. In a dramatic monologue‚ the person who speaks is made to reveal himself and the motives that impelled him at some crisis
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Robert Browning was an English poet whose mastery of dramatic verse‚ especially dramatic monologues‚ made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. “My Last Duchess” is one of his best known dramatic monologues in which the speaker reveals his character to a silent listener. This poem is loosely based on historical events involving Alfonso‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ who lived in the 16th century. The Duke is the speaker of the poem. He tells us he is entertaining a representative who has come to settle
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Question : What is a dramatic monologue? Which of the two‚ in your opinion‚ is the stronger dramatic monologue in Tennyson’s “Ulysses” or Browning’s “My Last Duchess”? Answer : Traditionally dramatic monologue is a lyrical poem in the form of speech spoken by a single man. It is dramatic because it begins abruptly and in the development of its thought it takes several sudden turns which impart dramatic dimension to the poem. In a dramatic monologue the single speaker reveals his thoughts in the
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I am going to tell you the story about how World War 1 impacted my life so I am going to start at the beginning. It was July 25‚ 1914 I was walking home from running to the market when I saw a woman crying as she watch as her husband walked to the train station. I walked up to her and asked her what was wrong. She answered back‚ “ Honey my husband just got a letter saying that he has to go to the war.” When I asked who all got the letter she said‚ “ Every man that is 19 or older.” Then I thought
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signed up to fight in the war because everybody else was‚ because it was an expectation of us men to defend our mother country and do what was considered right‚ justified and brave. Honestly‚ I didn’t know what to expect of our coming battles‚ but I certainly wasn’t afraid‚ too naïve to understand the risks I was facing. War is not all it is said to be. We soldiers were told it was to fight for our honour‚ nobility and home‚ but none of that mattered in the midst of battle. War is about bloodshed‚ murder
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As I loaded my worn out rifle‚ I heard the sounds of war. The bang of the cannon‚ the frightened shouts of soldiers‚ the loud pop of their hand guns‚ the whirring and screeching sound the fighter planes produced and the crunch of gravel beneath both friend and foe’s battered boots . I took my time inserting the deadly explosives onto my belt‚ careful not to blow myself and every person preparing for war‚ into pieces. The only thought on my mind was whether or not I would see my home again. As soon
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ears were ringing‚ everything stopped‚ and no one was firing. I looked around; I saw my own Comrades standing there firing‚ at what? Men that were just hiding in the shrub‚ they were after something‚ someone‚ but not to kill. They wanted to evade the war but thrived for the justice of their people. Oblivious to what they were after‚ I stood up ready to scream. But what? The only thing that set the line between us and ‘them’ was we spoke a different language. They would not understand a word I would
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