the madness and wickedness in each poem. This essay will include three of Robert Browning's poems; they are Porphyria's Lover, My Last Duchess and The Laboratory.
In this essay I hope to prove that Robert Browning's murder mystery poems are fulfilled with intrigue and excitement. I also hope to prove that in his poems he creates vivid characters and uses poetic techniques to expose a world of madness and wickedness. To show that the statements above are true I will be writing about the characters, the poetic features in each poem and the madness and wickedness in each poem. This essay will include three of Robert Browning's poems; they are Porphyria's Lover, My Last Duchess and The Laboratory. Robert Browning was born on the seventh of May in eighteen twelve in Camberwell a suburb of London. He was the first child of Robert and Sarah Anna Browning. His mother was an accomplished pianist and his Father was a clerk in the Bank of England. Robert Browning was largely self-taught. He was an extremely bright child and a voracious reader. By the time he was fourteen he had learned Latin, Greek, French and Italian. He attended the University of London in eighteen twenty eight but left in discontent to pursue his reading at his own pace. In eighteen forty six he married Elizabeth Barrett and moved to Florence, Italy. He moved back to London in eighteen sixty one but spent his final years with his only son back in Italy. He died in eighteen eighty nine and is buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. He wrote his first poem 'Pauline' in
Compare and Contrast Robert Browning's Dramatic Monologues,
Compare and Contrast Robert Browning's Dramatic Monologues, "My Last Duchess" and "The Laboratory". Robert Browning was a Victorian poet who lived from 1812-1889. He mainly wrote dramatic monologues, this means you must have a speaker and a listener. Both "My Last Duchess" and "The Laboratory" were published in 1845. "My Last Duchess" was set in the Italian Renaissance and during that time to own large life size painting was a show of wealth. "My Last Duchess" was written in a time when women were to hold their husbands and everything that he did with the maximum respect and show little or no emotion towards anyone else. "My Last Duchess" is evidence that times were changing socially towards women. Women were becoming independent and free to make their own choices and become their own woman. In "My Last Duchess" the speaker was the 'Duke of Ferrara' and he was speaking to the Envoy (messenger) who is the silent listener, also "The Laboratory" has a silent listener 'The Chemist (Apothecary)' and the speaker is a mystery women. Both monologues have something in common, the speaker never interrupts. "My Last Duchess" is not about the Duchess but the Duke who is telling you of his late wife (Duchess). On the other hand in "The Laboratory you do find out about the title and not about the speaker. "My Last Duchess" is written as a story with one stanza, doing this 'The Duke'
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“Occasionally an anti-climax can be suprisingly effective”[Andrew Crocker-Harris] How successful is the ending of Rattigan’s The Browning Version.
"Occasionally an anti-climax can be suprisingly effective"[Andrew Crocker-Harris] How successful is the ending of Rattigan's The Browning Version. 'Almost more beautiful than the original'-Andrew's comment about his own translation of the Agamemnon. This just about sums up The Browning Version- the troubles of a husband struggling with illness and the infidelity of his wife. The Browning Version is the Agamemnon with a twist at the end giving it a very effective anti-climax. The era the play is set in is important to some of the play's points and messages. It is set in post-war Britain sometime around the late 1940s. At this time the country was under rationing and money was very important to the vast majority of the populace. So Taplow's stealing of the chocolates at the beginning shows the rationing at the time-he feels bad about taking the second chocolate and puts it back. Public schools were very strict at the time and very backward. They refused to change very much and were very backwards in some cases - for example it is never revealed what Taplow's first name is; they only called boys by their surnames. This is evident in Andrew's conversations - the only person he does not call by their surname is his wife, Millie. Also Millie's incessant mentioning of her inheritance and her uncle Sir William Bartop is to show that she has money and it is almost a boast. This is
How does Browning use the human voice to create character? Look at at his choice of lanuage partically, in the thress poems you have studied. Say which you preffered and why?
Coursework - poems How does Browning use the human voice to create character? Look at at his choice of lanuage partically, in the thress poems you have studied. Say which you preffered and why? All thress poems, 'Porphyria's Lover', 'My last Duchess' and 'The laboratory' are about murdering innocent people out of the desperateness of love and never wanting to lose that one perfect moment. In the poem, 'Porphyria's Lover', a blonde woman is the vistim but 'My Last Duchess' is about killing the Duchess probabaly through jealously as she treated everyone equally and the husband might have wanted more love and admiration shown towards him alone from his Wife. 'the Laboratory' chooses a woman to be the perpetrator, She is wvil. She is resourceful and terribly energetic as she knows how to get what she wants. 'Porphyria's Lover' mimics natural speech. It actually takes the form of stictly structured werse, rhyming ABABB. The intensity of the pattern suggests the madness concealed within the speakers reasoned self-presentation. Like most of Browning's other dramatic monologues, this one captures a moment after a main event or action. Porphyria already lies dead when the speaker begins. Just as the nameless speaker seeks to stoop time by killing her, so, too, does this kind of poem, like the other two of Browning's centre's on sex and violence. The lover turns out to be very
Compare and contrast ‘Human Interest’ and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’.
Compare and contrast 'Human Interest' and 'Porphyria's Lover'. In this essay, I will be examining two poems - 'Porphyria's Lover', by Robert Browning, and 'Human Interest', by Carol Ann Duffy. The poems, which are both dramatic monologues, have many similarities, but they also have many differences. 'Porphyria's Lover' first appeared in January 1836, whereas 'Human Interest' was written in the late 1900's. The murderers in 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'Human Interest' have some similarities, as well as many differences. I will examine the similarities first. The first similarity is that both murderers are almost certainly male, although there is more evidence in 'Human Interest' than in 'Porphyria's Lover'. I believe that both are male because in ''Human Interest'' the murderer talks about "the other bloke", implying that this persona is male, and in 'Porphyria's Lover' the killer strangles Porphyria. This suggests a degree of strength not commanded by nineteenth-century women. Also, homosexuality was not acceptable then, although this may go towards an alternative explanation as to why the two lovers can only meet in secret. I also know that both murderers loved their victims; the text in ''Human Interest'' clearly states "I loved her...my baby", and Porphyria's lover describes his "...love of her...". Because the murderers loved their victims it makes the motives for
Compare my last duchess and Porhyria's lover considering in particular how the 2 central characters are presented.
Compare my last duchess and Porhyria's lover considering in particular how the 2 central characters are presented. Both poems, "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" have similarities and differences. This can be seen in the themes, the two central characters, content and language. In "My Last Duchess" the Duke, a rich upper class man, is talking to a messenger of a count whose daughter he wishes to marry. This poem begins in front of his last Duchess painting, which is on the wall in the Duke's home. Throughout the poem, we discover the characteristics of the Duke and learn about the murder of the Duchess. "Porphyria's Lover" however begins in the lover's cottage. The poem describes a night they spent together and the murder of Porphyria. Throughout this poem, we also learn about the characteristics of the Lover. Both poems are linked through the murder of Porphyria and the Duchess. Firstly, in "My Last Duchess", the Duke is domineering. This can be seen in "The curtain I have drawn for you, but I". This tells us that the duke was in control over who saw the painting because there was a curtain present over the painting. This can also suggest that the Duke, still, thought that he had control over his late wife. This also shows the Duke being selfish and powerful. The Duke's selfishness can also be seen later in the poem. This can be seen in "A heart, how shall I say?
Compare and contrast My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover.
Compare and contrast My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover Robert Browning poet 1812-1889 writes both his poems (My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover) as dramatic monologues, in which a story is revealed with characters and events through a one sided conversation. In My Last Duchess the story is told by, the Duke of Ferrara, who is talking about his last wife. He is talking to the Ambassador to the Count, who's daughter the Duke wants to marry. I think that this is shown in the following lines of the poem. "The Count your master's known munificence Is ample warrant that no just pretence Of mine for dowry will be disallowed;" Where as in Porphyria's Lover, the lover is telling the story. You can't tell whom the lover is talking to but I believe that the lover is talking to himself and is trying to justify what he has done, which was murdering Porphyria. "I am quite sure she felt no pain As a shut bud that holds a bee, I warily oped her lids: again Laughed the blue eyes without stain" In both poems, there are ties to the upper class in My Last Duchess it is more spoken of than in Porphyria's Lover, which only has a few lines linking to the upper class. From Porphyria's Lover these four lines link Porphyria to the upper class. "From pride, and vainer ties dissever, And give herself to me forever. But passion sometimes would prevail Nor could to-nights gay
Human Interest and Porphyria's Lover Essay.
Human Interest and Porphyria's Lover Essay My essay will be based on these two poems about two murders. I will be discussing and comparing the differences and similarities between the murders and the murderers themselves, and also the victims, which brings me to the first and most obvious difference between the two actual poems. It is obvious from the first sentences that the two poems are told by two people from different backgrounds, and possibly different times. We can see that they are likely to be from different backgrounds form the vocabulary used. It appears that the person talking in 'Human Interest' comes from perhaps an uneducated background and more modern times, " The rain set in early tonight, The sullen wind was soon awake," Although these words used in 'Porphyria's Lover' may still be used in some modern poetry, most poems with this type of vocabulary are set back in older times. Whereas 'Human Interest' sounds much more modern, "Fifteen years minimum, banged up inside for what took thirty seconds to complete." Now, the first noticeable difference between the murderers is the way they are both describing the murders. In 'Porphyria's Lover' the murderer describes the scene and the time leading up to the murder with what would seem to be more depth. The murderer in 'Porphyria's Lover' describes how he is feeling "Happy and proud, at last I knew" and he also
Discuss Browning's presentation of women in the two poems "Porphyria's Lover" and "My Last Duchess".
Discuss Browning's presentation of women in the two poems. "Porphyria's Lover" and "My Last Duchess" are two poems, which were written by the Victorian poet, Robert Browning. In both of these two poems Browning presents women in similar ways. "My Last Duchess" is a monologue in which a man, the "Duke", explains to a servant that he has had his wife murdered, this shows how the Duke is powerful and can take someone else's life in his own hands. He explains that his wife was killed because of the way he felt she was disrespecting him, "My gift of a nine-hundred-year-old name" this displays how the Duke perceives himself as a higher status. However "Porphyria's Lover" is about a man who "strangled" his wife because she wanted to end their relationship for she came from a richer background, "To weak, for all her heart's endeavour, To set its struggling passion free. From pride, and vainer ties dissever, And give herself to me forever". In "Porphyria's Lover" the opening scene is the narrator describing the setting and atmosphere, "the rain set early in tonight". This makes the reader aware of some kind of danger or corruption, which will take place. Browning uses pathetic fallacy to describe the moody of the characters, "storm" "the sullen wind was soon awake". In both of the poems, Browning using different themes to illustrate how men treated women. Browning uses the
Compare 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'My LastDuchess' by Robert Browning.
Compare 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'My Last Duchess' are very similar. They are poems about love, obsession and tragedy. The two men are very obsessed with women who were in their lives. You could describe both men as being possessive, demanding and controlling. They seem to think they have the power of god. Both poems are single stanzas. They are single stanzas because they are single developments of a theme. They are very dramatic monologues told from the male's point of view. Seeing the story from the male's point of view, you see the jealousy of the men. "...not the first are you to turn and ask thus..." This is from My Last Duchess and shows that many people have asked him of his jealousy and his obsession. "To set its struggling passion free from pride, and vainer ties dissever" This is from Porphyria's Lover. This tells that the man wants to set they love free and be together without any problems. The love in Porphyria's Lover is possessive and passionate. "That moment she was mine, mine..." Here shows that he is very possessive because he is saying Porphyria is all his and no one else's."... at last I knew Porphyria worshiped me..." again he is very possessive and he is saying she worships me and now I'm her master. "Made my heart swell..." he is saying he is very in love with Porphyria. The weather