Robert Browning Essay

Robert Browning, a Victorian poet, is well known for his use of dramatic monologue. Robert Browning use of dramatic monologue in his poems, “Porphyria's Lover” and “My Last Duchess” separates the speaker from the poet and allows the reader to use the speaker’s words to uncover Browning’s actual meaning (Greenblatt 1275). By using the dramatic monologue, in his poems “Porphyria's Lover” and “My Last Duchess,” Browning depicts the gender roles of the patriarchal society as seen during the Victorian

Power is said to be the ability of another to be able to control or influence others in a given situation. Power is also a reoccurring theme that is without a doubt well displayed in Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, “Porphyria’s Lover,” “Eveline,” and “My Last Duchess.” In drama Othello, by Shakespeare, the title character suspects his wife Desdemona has been unfaithful with no proof and just the assumption of a friend. He publicly confronts Desdemona by hitting her and calling her a whore. Othello

In Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess,” the Duke describes the circumstances of his last marriage to an emissary of a Count whose daughter the duke seeks to marry. The Duke reveals to the emissary that he actually had his wife killed, and seems to think that he has done nothing wrong as he releases this information somewhat candidly. It then seems as if the emissary is disgusted by the Duke’s actions and attempts to leave, but the duke gets up with him and proceeds downstairs to meet the Count. Before

conversation with the reader. It also makes the poem more mysterious because the reader doesn’t know if Alfonso is a “reliable” character—the reader only knows what Alfonso has told him or her (the emissary). By putting the reader in this position, Browning suggests that the emissary would have had the same opinions on objectification (arranged marriage, obsession with status) as Alfonso did; otherwise, why would he have said, “I gave

Psychotic Doter “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning, commences off as a romantic poem being told by a deranged doter which anon, then has an ironic plot twist towards the cessation of the poem. Porphyria’s Lover was the first short dramatic monologue that Browning indite. In a dramatic monologue, the reader is revealed what the character is thinking and how they feel. This poem became published in January 1836. It is also one of his first poems to feature a character with a clinical dementia

In Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess,” a servant of a man named the Count is coming to see a duke to arrange a marriage between the Count’s daughter and the duke. During the meeting, the duke reminisces about his late wife, the duchess. When discussing the late duchess, the duke talks about how the duchess was unfaithful to him with men who gave her gifts. However, the duke subtly gives hints that he is not the best spouse. He is an intimidating man, and he thinks of himself superior to everyone

love in them. But they are not all the same theme of love for example Porphyrias Lover is obsessive and seductive love whereas; The Flea is more like sexual love. Robert Browning writes both Porphyrias Lover and My Last Duchess and John Donne writes The Flea. I think Porphyrias Lover and My Last Duchess are alike as Robert Browning uses similar themes of love in them e.g. Obsessive and Possessive. The Flea is a completely different poem altogether. It is more of a sexual poem rather than obsessive

Robert Browning’s poem, “Porphyria’s Lover,” is a dramatic monologue which focuses on gender inequalities in England. Browning effectively exemplifies the males’ desire to dominate women in all spheres of life during the Victorian Era through the speaker’s state of mind, psychology, and actions. The patriarchal society of Victorian England suppressed the female identity and sexuality, by objectifying women and treating them as inferior. In the beginning, Browning shows how dominant Porphyria is by

"My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning Response Paper ( no. 2) Robert Browning tells "My Last Duchess" in retrospect and allusively. An advantage to using this method is that it makes the story that much shorter. If Browning had decided to tell the story as events were unfolding, it would be as long as a Shakespeare novel. Another advantage is that because the story takes place in the present, readers are able to feel his resentment and other emotions he felt about his previous Duchess. If this story

Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and scriptwriter whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the most prominent Victorian poets. Within his collection were two of his most renowned works, “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover”. In “My Last Duchess” the speaker is an Italian Duke who is speaking to the ambassador about his daughter, who he intends to marry. The Duke then begins to flaunt his gallery of art with the intent to impress. He then comes