Compare and contrast- My last Duchess to Porphyria's lover
By Ankush Shukla
In the poem 'My Last Duchess', there is a duke and his wife - the duchess, treats him like and equal to everybody else. The duke does not appreciate this type of behaviour; she loves him like she loves the gardener. He wants her to treat him like royalty, like a lover and friend. So, the duke has her murdered.
In the poem 'Porphyria's lover', the man loves her out of passion for her; Porphyria is the one in charge and is of the higher class. He loves her so much that he could kill her and not feel much guilt what he did except knowing that when she dies he was in a relationship with her.
There are many similarities and differences within "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's lover". The similarities are:
* They are both dramatic monologues
* The rich people are all in control ; this suggests that they worry about their class
* Obsessions and possessions
* People who murder them are of a lower class
* The women are killed in both poems
There are also many differences between these two poems these are:
* The different reasons for murdering them
* The types of love
* The rhyming patterns
The first similarity is that they are both dramatic monologues. This means that they are written as if the person in the poem was speaking to someone, or thinking it in their mind.
One of the main themes apparent in both poems is control; in "My Last Duchess" the Duke is in control throughout the poem. We know this because he gets an assassin to murder her for him instead of getting his own hands dirty. He does not consider the circumstance of his actions which suggests that he is above the law and is therefore is of a high class. In "Porphyria's Lover" Porphyria is in control, she walks in to the lover's house when she wants to. The author shows this by saying "when glided in Porphyria straight..."meaning that she comes in when she wants to at a time that suits her. She is therefore in control of that relationship.
By Ankush Shukla
In the poem 'My Last Duchess', there is a duke and his wife - the duchess, treats him like and equal to everybody else. The duke does not appreciate this type of behaviour; she loves him like she loves the gardener. He wants her to treat him like royalty, like a lover and friend. So, the duke has her murdered.
In the poem 'Porphyria's lover', the man loves her out of passion for her; Porphyria is the one in charge and is of the higher class. He loves her so much that he could kill her and not feel much guilt what he did except knowing that when she dies he was in a relationship with her.
There are many similarities and differences within "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's lover". The similarities are:
* They are both dramatic monologues
* The rich people are all in control ; this suggests that they worry about their class
* Obsessions and possessions
* People who murder them are of a lower class
* The women are killed in both poems
There are also many differences between these two poems these are:
* The different reasons for murdering them
* The types of love
* The rhyming patterns
The first similarity is that they are both dramatic monologues. This means that they are written as if the person in the poem was speaking to someone, or thinking it in their mind.
One of the main themes apparent in both poems is control; in "My Last Duchess" the Duke is in control throughout the poem. We know this because he gets an assassin to murder her for him instead of getting his own hands dirty. He does not consider the circumstance of his actions which suggests that he is above the law and is therefore is of a high class. In "Porphyria's Lover" Porphyria is in control, she walks in to the lover's house when she wants to. The author shows this by saying "when glided in Porphyria straight..."meaning that she comes in when she wants to at a time that suits her. She is therefore in control of that relationship.