Compare And Contrast My Last Duchess And Porphyria's Lover

The duke however cannot do this. He is too worried about his appearance. "Porphyria's Lover" is a poem in which a man describes an evening in which his lover, Porphyria, visits him and he unexpectedly murders her. In this it is unlike "My Last Duchess" because Porphyria 'worships' her lover unlike the Duke From the title "My Last Duchess",

Both poems have similar themes and both speakers describe a particular character found in both stories. Both poems have a beautiful woman as its main character and their themes describe the relationship between two lovers. In "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover," Robert Browning conveys two distinct portraits depicting the love shared between two people. The qualities of beauty, selfishness, and jealousy appear in both poems. In both works, the author explores the hidden influence death has upon the relationship shared by two lovers.

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Robert Browning was a nineteenth century writer and poet whose works are famous worldwide.One of his poems that has been analyzed constantly is "My Last Duchess," a dramatic monologue of a Duke who is talking to the count's messenger about wedding arrangements through speaking about his last Duchess.He started off as simple,then his superiority complex took him over.

He calls the painting of her “a wonder” and does not elaborate upon this, suggesting that while he was fond of his wife, their love was quite subdued. This allows him to remain calm and present a dignified front. However, as the poem continues, he becomes more obsessive over her and speaks quite aggressively of what he deems to be promiscuous behaviour. The “bough of cherries some officious fool broke in the orchard for her” seems to be a major part of his outrage, as he is offended that “she ranked my gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name with anybody’s gift”. By telling his companion of this in a conversation that merely started with mention of a painting, the Duke reveals that he is very much not in control of himself. These constant tests of his patience – which seem very much unintentional on the Duchess’ part – seem to weigh heavily on the Duke’s mind as he says “here you miss, or there exceed the mark” showing heavy criticism on the Duchess. He wanted her to “let herself be lessoned so”, which shows the extent to which her behaviour troubles him. It also creates the air of superiority in that he sees himself as a sort of teacher, and her as the student. The loss of control comes where “all smiles stopped together”, suggesting a macabre end to the story. Both Medusa and the Duke seem to cause destruction and chaos around them as a direct result of being emotionally impacted by those they love. This weakness

In Robert Browning’s poem, “My Last Duchess,” the author writes of a Duke who seems to admit to murdering his last duchess. The poem starts with the Duke introducing the painting of his last duchess to an emissary. He goes on to claim that she was unfaithful and believes that she was flirting with the artist of her portrait. The Duke insists that he should be the only one that has her attention. Throughout the poem, the Duke’s ego is revealed and he implies that he executed his own wife (Browning 1016-1017). “My Last Duchess” is filled with ambiguous claims which calls the reader to examine every possibility. This is difficult considering there is only one speaker, the Duke, in the poem. The three things that are discovered when a reader dives deeper into Browning’s poem, “My Last Duchess”, are the dysfunction of the Duke and Duchess’ relationship, the reason for the Duke’s vanity, and the misrepresented Duchess.

First, My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover differ due to the feeling of jealously. In My Last Duchess the duke feels that his wife takes everyone's gifts as special as the gift of his nine hundred year old name. This causes the duke to become frustrated and jealous

Demanding and laborious are two characteristics that fit into the Duke’s character. Readers can interpret from the poem that the last duchess was doing things that made the Duke irate. And the line that says that the smiles stopped all together, gives a clue to the readers that the duchess does not take direct commands well (Browning). This would have made the Duke unsettled because he was not following orders and commands. While the personality of this women is very stereotypical almost. Even the readers can assume that she was being cheated on by her ex-husband yet; she still is very much in love with her ex-husband and wishes to not move forward into a new relationship. She obviously loves him enough to have his picture framed in a frame they received from their wedding (Spera). Since the readers do not have any more information that what is given to us in the poem, the speaker could be considered to be loving and kind-hearted. Those characteristics would make it difficult to let go and move into a new

Browning is one whom many remember because of his brilliance in portraying the dramatic monologue. He arguably knows how to use the dramatic monologue better than anyone. Browning wrote two great poems, My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover that are similar in plot but have subtle differences as their stories unfold. These two poems of Browning are most similar in the way that the speaker in both

In ‘My Last Duchess’, we find a refined and sophisticated man (thought to be Alfonso II d'Este, the fifth Duke of Ferrara) bragging about his last duchess and the power he had over her (the duchess referred to is believed to be his first wife Lucrezia de' Medici). On the other hand, in Porphyria’s Lover, we find an unyielding and curious man recounting how he made Porphyria’s love for him

The two Robert Browning poems, ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ and ‘My Last Duchess’ were written in the infamous Victorian Era whereas the two Shakespearean Sonnets were written in the Elizabethan Era. The styles of the poems differ in accordance to the difference of the time in which they were written. Pre-Romantic Era poems moved away from the idealistic concept of love towards a more realistic consideration of it, taking into account the social

In My Last Duchess, the speaker is stationed in an upscale house in his own office. The atmosphere is comfortable, although there is an edge to it, given when the speaker first mentions his first wife. In Porphyria’s Lover, an isolated cabin is where the tale takes place, on a stormy night. A sense of dread is given from the start with this story, while in the former it takes almost the entire text to realize the act that the narrator has preformed is indeed murder.

Robert Browning’s poems “Porphyria’s Lover” and “The Last Duchess” both have similarities to one another. They both involve men that tell the story of their wives. Both of the women in each story are deceased by the end. As far as we are aware, both of the women are murdered. Neither woman is properly introduced to the person listening to the story since they die before the story is told. These poems don’t actually have much else in common.

In “My Last Duchess,” the speaker presents a painting of his last wife who has passed away in the first section of the poem and talks about her throughout the poem. This shows that she is just part of his artwork collection, and he is moving on as if in a gallery looking at art. This could also be seen as if his real self has been uncovered, and he is trying to change the subject quickly as to avert the visitor from the painting. It is also another example of control and how much the Duke loves control, by having a sort of 'tribute' towards it. The speaker uses his manipulative technique to persuade the woman in “To His Coy Mistress,” when he says, "This coyness, Lady, were no crime.” (Line 2) Here, by calling here 'Lady' we see his false respect for her. It also shows us he acts like a gentleman and has been well educated. We also see this respect, when he says "And should, if you please, refuse” (Line 9) Here, he is saying how she has the right to reject his offer. The way he says it shows us that he is asking and makes it seem like he is a real gentleman who cares

The dramatic monologue “My Last Duchess” was penned down by Robert Browning. In this poem, the narrator is the Duke of Ferrara, and the listener is the count’s agent, through whom the Duke is arranging the proposed marriage to a second duchess. The poem is ironical and reveals its rhetorical sense, gradually. In the later part of the poem, the Duke claims that he does not have a skill in speech, but his monologue is a masterpiece of subtle rhetoric. While supposedly entertaining the listener by showing his wife’s portrait, he clearly reveals his character. Through his formalized tone of rhyme, he reveals his egoistic and jealous attitude.