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    the perception of gender in society. In pieces such as “Mallam Sile” by Mohammed Naseehu Ali, “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning, and “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, females are portrayed through reinforcement and deconstruction of stereotypes, which can influence the meaning of the work. Literature is timeless, which means that older works portray females differently from modern works. In “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning— which is a piece from the mid-19th century— the leading lady “glides” into

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    Meaning Of Browning's Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess (An Analysis of Comparing and Contrasting Browning's poems called Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess) Robert Browning was a Victorian poet. He portrayed an understanding of gender rules in his poems. Browning’s poems are similar to a puzzle, which makes the reader have to figure out what is really being said in the poem. Browning wrote two famous dramatic monologue poems called Porphyrias Lover and My Last Duchess. His poems create

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    the stories, Loss is actually a result of love. “What’s the point if you hate, die and kill for Love. What’s the point with a love that makes you hate and kill for” (Gonzalez). The strangest details are found in “The Most Dangerous Game” and “Porphyria’s Lover” to convey murder and darkness. The short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, is the tale of a man named Rainsford who is shipwrecked on a deserted and dreaded island, therefore he finds a psychotic man who kills people for a

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    Killing Your Lover Is OK Comparing and Contrasting Browns Literature As a reader, one has to compare and contrast pieces of literature one reads. Although, one doesn't realize it at the moment many of the literature one reads has a lot in common, it's easier to recognize similarities in literature written by one author. Comparing and contrasting pieces of literature truly help a reader grow. It helps one understand the literature and the writer even better. Robert Browning was a very well

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    minds of specific characters struggling with specific sets of circumstances. They are real, they feel pain, and they act out on it. After hearing the crazy, jealous, flawed speakers in Browning’s poems, Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess, readers try and understand things

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    In “Porphyria’s Lover”, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, and The Metamorphosis, the symbols of Porphyria’s hair, the wallpaper, and Gregor’s desk illustrate how everyday, harmless items can be used to hurt the characters. In “Porphyria’s Lover”, Browning uses Porphyria’s hair to symbolize how everyday items can cause harm, even when they are thought to be harmless. In the text, the narrator is trying to grapple with the idea that Porphyria wants to be his forever. He is trying to decide what he wants to do

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    Upon first glance, it would seem that the narrator in Robert Browning’s “Porphyria’s Lover” is a male, when, in fact, that is not the case. Only by closely reading and analyzing the text and context clues would a reader come to the conclusion that the narrator is actually a female. It is astounding how many pivotal details of a story one can miss out on by not reading closely. Close reading is a style of reading something in order to analyze it and understand it better. This style of reading greatly

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    really that much alike? It is loss because of love. “What’s the point if you hate, die and kill for Love. What’s the point with a love that makes you hate and kill for” (Gonzalez). Murder and darkness in “The Most Dangerous Game” and “Porphyria 's Lover” are found in the strangest details that are stated by the authors. The short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, is the tale of a man named Rainsford who is shipwrecked on a deserted and dreaded island, therefore he finds a psychotic

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    Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover” are two mind boggling tales that relate in many ways. Two of which, they are both written by Robert Browning and from a male’s point of view. The Duke in “My Last Duchess” gives off a controlling, jealous, and arrogant vibe towards the Duchess which results in her death. The man in “Porphyria’s Lover” is angry and irritated because the woman he loves will not divorce her husband which also ends with her death. The poems “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover” demonstrate

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    knows what happened to his wife, after commands from the Duke she was gone. A rather more disturbing poem is titled, Porphyria's Lover in which the male character strangles the a girl because it was what she wanted. My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover are two dramatic monologues that have some similarities and differences that make one wonder. 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

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