Doesn’t want to miss opportunity to trap her into this eternal love state. Perfect timing.
Both pieces are Paradoxical as both personas portray strength and power and surprisingly on the other hand their cowardice is also expressed
The writer is trying to communicate that the destructive nature of love, can lead to many negative destructive feelings like the possessiveness which can lead to insanity which is present in the persona which eventually leads him to killing the one he loves. He is also trying the show that
The audience is clearly aware of the abnormal possessive personality the persona possesses when the poet writes “at that moment she was mine, mine fair. “The repetition of the word mine emphasizes that porphyria is a possession of his not necessarily a lover.it also emphasises his psychotic behaviour. The word “mine” reflects his stubbornness he is almost acting like child who is told to share a toy this impacts the reader tremendously as it shocks us as this type of overpowering behaviour seems far from normal. From this we can see that he is extremely possessive and obsessive of porphyria and that he loves her so much it is unbearable to see her with another man he doesn’t want porphyria to leave and wants to hold on to her forever. we also can determine he is insecure due to his low social standing and is aware that she may leave him due to this reason he repeats the word mine to possibly retain his power. Repetition of the word “mine” implies He is almost trying to reassure himself that porphyria is only his, he needs this reassurance again due to his insecurities. The writer is trying to communicate that destructive feelings can lead to destructive ends. The use of the word “fair” suggests he won her heart fair and that only he is worthy of the love of porphyria could suggest he went through a lot of efforts and challenges to win her over and acquire her love, he didn’t “cheat” anyhow. By the use of the word “fair” he could be insinuating that the upper class men would possibly “cheat” to obtain porphyria’s love through other methods like money and impressively high lifestyle to acquire her love and to win her over.
Similarly in Romeo and Juliet the feeling of possession is also present when the writer writes “oh my love my wife” to a certain extent this could be his love for Juliet however arguably it could be possession due to the repetition of “my”. He wants to emphasise that Juliet belongs to him only and can’t stand anyone to be with Juliet, even death can’t have her, this shows the extreme possession within Romeo we see this jealousy and possession later on in this soliloquy when he states he will stay in the tomb forever with Juliet also shows his possession as it is unbearable for him knowing she was with death rather than him.
Both texts clearly present possession, the possessive nature of men which could reflect the typical Victorian beliefs and ethics of the time. During the Victorian era the reader/audiences wouldn’t regard this much of a surprise as it was common belief, and it was believed women were possessions of men while on the other hand the audience today may be slightly shocked this is clearly due to the different time period resulting to a very different views of society and therefore different belief, this belief of possession no longer exists nowadays.
He uses a repetition of the word "mine" in the first line, which could be lead to believe that this is another dominating point. Emphasizing the word "mine" is almost what a child will say about sharing a toy. Even before he kills Porphyria, the .0narrator is showing what is almost an obsession with Porphyria being his possession, not necessarily his lover. The narrator has begun to smother her with his thoughts before he actually kills her. The narrator is convincing himself that Prophyria is, at that moment, all his and wants to freeze that moment forever. The narrator is feeling extreme power at this point because he takes on the role of God. God is a very powerful and praised figure. For the narrator to believe he has that power, for example killing Porphyria, he is feeling an intense dominance. This feeling of dominance is not only over Porphyria.
