Christopher Browning

reader with his views on the painter's life, an artist who has lost faith in the Parnassian ideal of living for art, and now has to use art as a living. The poem looks at the darker side of the painter when he was older, and expresses a lot about Browning as well, and how he thought his work was perceived, and the context of his life and times. The poem covers many ideas and themes, which not only create a powerful poem, but also create commentary from Browning's prerogative of his own situation.

Possession in “My Last Duchess” and “Andrea del Sarto” The poems “My Last Duchess” and “Andrea del Sarto” by Robert Browning are both dramatic monologues, consisting of men talking about their wives. Both speakers are similar men of different background; both have their confidence depend on outside factors (wife, title), they both want to possess their wives, and they both mistakenly think that they have achieved this goal. Andrea del Sarto and the Duke of Ferrara are both men incomplete without

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

The poem “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning gives a haunting look into the thoughts of a possible murderer. From the first reading, one can deduce that the “Last Duchess” was murdered by the Duke. While the motive for the murder is not blatantly expressed, I believe that the Duke became aware of his wife’s rampant infidelity and that this drove him to murder his Duchess. Throughout the poem the Duke makes use of suggestive language to allude to his former wife's lack of commitment. The Duchess’

The thesis I choose is love. In our course book, I choose ‘My last duchess’, by Robert browning, ‘Sonnet 116’ by William Shakespeare, and ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling. My poem from outside is ‘Longing’ by Matthew Arnold, ‘Life in a love’ by Robert browning, and ‘Love and a question’ by Robert Frost. "My Last Duchess," is absolutely Browning's most famous dramatic monologue, with some good reason. It engages the reader on a number of levels – historical, psychological, ironic, theatrical, and more

love can become hate. There is a vicious cycle of love and hate that will continue for many years to come. Its part of the human nature. That nature is revealed in two poems. These poems are “Porphyria's Lover” and “The Last Duchess,” both by Robert Browning, are actually quite similar and yet different. 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

In the poem “My Last Duchess” by poet Robert Browning, the speaker is a very wealthy Duke who is showing another man around his estate whilst discussing the terms of his next impending marriage. While showing the visitor his collections of art they come across one work to which the Duke draws back the curtain covering it and states “that’s my last Duchess painted on the wall”. The Duke then goes on to describe his former wife’s demeanor stating in a displeasing tone to his visitor “Sir, ‘twas not

In ‘My Last Duchess’, Browning details the flaws of the archetypal Victorian male through the personification of the portrait of his late duchess. Browning reveals the narrator's irrational sense of control and possessiveness to showcase the avarice embedded within the human condition. The pronoun “my” in the title itself elicits the sense of ownership the narrator withholds over his dutchess. The portrait of his dutchess “stands as if alive” to suggest that the speaker values his duchess as an inanimate

Poems To His Coy Mistress and My Last Duchess present both similarities and differences. Certainly, both hold a similar state, in terms of the setting, and this is based on conformity. In spite of that, it is a concept of upper class versus the outcome of reality. Essentially, the meaning is conveyed by speech patterns and tone of voice. In other words, the themes are similar but the perspective is altered based on the Speaker’s attitude and thoughts. Ultimately, both are related, but by a certain

It was the spring of 1812 when Robert Browning was brought into the world. He was born in the small town of Camberwell, London, England. His father, a highly educated man, had a very distinguished library which Browning was influenced greatly by, especially by his father’s collection of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s works (Horneker). Browning is accredited with being the mastermind behind the sect of poetry known as dramatic monologue. Dramatic monologues can be defined as, “a poem written in the form