A study of "Porphyria's Lover" and " My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning.
The first poem "Porphyria's lover" is about class and control. A woman shows her control over her lover by seducing him to get attention, moving him to a position she likes and treating him like she is the boss of him and his possessions. The man eventually goes to extremes to get control and kills her. The second poem "My last Duchess" is also about control. The man is showing some important guests around his palace and stops to brag about his recent wife and how he ordered her death. Both of the poems are similar because both women in the poem were killed over control. The murders were deliberate and calculated in both poems though in the second poem the husband did not actually commit the crime he just ordered it. In the first poem it's the woman who has control in the second it's the man.
The first poem "Porphyria's lover" is about class and control. A woman shows her control over her lover by seducing him to get attention, moving him to a position she likes and treating him like she is the boss of him and his possessions. The man eventually goes to extremes to get control and kills her. The second poem "My last Duchess" is also about control. The man is showing some important guests around his palace and stops to brag about his recent wife and how he ordered her death. Both of the poems are similar because both women in the poem were killed over control. The murders were deliberate and calculated in both poems though in the second poem the husband did not actually commit the crime he just ordered it. In the first poem it's the woman who has control in the second it's the man.