Dramatic techniques

personification, Robert Browning conveys the unmerciful nature of love. One principal similarity is that the theme of the poems is about love and in the both poems the protagonists kill their lovers in order to keep their woman just to themselves. In the dramatic poem “My Last Duchess” the Duke kills the duchess because of his suspicions against her which was a result of self love and jealousy from the Duke. In the poem “Porphyria's Lover” the protagonist murders his lover in order to keep her to himself

In Robert Browning’s poem Porphyria’s lover, the narrator killed his lover to remain in his love forever. There are two main characters in this poem: the female character, Porphyria, and her lover. Her lover is low class while Porphyria comes from a decent family. Because of this difference of social class, Porphyria could not give up her, everything for her love; however, she came to see her lover one night and confessed her love to him. Then, he killed her strangling her throat by her hair in order

Robert Browning’s poems “Porphyria’s Lover” and “My Last Duchess” depict a mastery of the dramatic monologue style. Said style contains a narrative told by a character’s point of view that differs from that of the poet.The character’s monologue consists of them discussing their particular situation that they find themselves within, this is meant to convey their internal information to the reader or audience. This in turn allows the reader a glimpse into the personality of the narrating character

My last Duchess Browning presents the duke as an arrogant, jealous character with an ostentatious disposition .In the dramatic monologue of the Duke it would seem he over analyses his duchesses interactions in the poem, particularly that of the male gender. This institutes that the Duke is a jealous man and also that he regards the duchess as more of a possession than a person. This is also portrayed through the possessive pronouns used throughout the poem such us “my” and “mine.” Another fact

Robert Browning is a very interesting character with quite odd dramatic poems. Browning wrote in the era we call The Victorian. Robert wrote about poems in which to this day are very memorable and unforgettable. One poem is called My Last Duchess, in which a man has lost his wife and chooses to find a new one with different personal characteristics. No one 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

When closely analyzing the behavior and reactions of some of the main characters in the poem I took into account the class and social status each one carried to better understand their mannerisms and motives. Furthermore, by simply knowing where they came from and what class they belong to I can deduce some of their key mannerisms such as how they viewed themselves and those around him. By understanding that the speaker / owner of the painting belonged to the first class society I can already assume

The Duke in Robert Browning’s poem My Last Duchess begins to talk about his last wife and inadvertently exposes his domineering and obsessive nature towards his deceased spouse. The Duke reveals to the negotiator the Duke’s traits of possessiveness in his account of his late wife. For example, the Duke recounts how the Duchess reacted to his “gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name” (33). The Duke believes his wife should treat him as one should treat nobility. When he realizes the Duchess smiles

Robert Browning’s poem My Last Duchess begins with a man showing a portrait of his Duchess. The Duke starts to slowly reveal how he truly feels, and confesses to killing his Duchess. The Duke talks about different attribute of the Duchess “Her husband’s presence only, called that spot / Of joy into the Duchess’ cheek” (13-14). The spot of joy on her cheek is blush that come from the presence of the Duke, so it appears that the Duchess has something the hide, or is guilty of something that might upset

“Porphyria’s Lover” and “My Last Duchess” are both very dramatic poems. The author for both poems are written by Robert Browning. The speaker for both poems were very dramatic, insane, crazy, and controlling over their particular lover. Both poems has similarities in killings in their lovers over jealously. Jealously also plays a huge, important role in both poems. Porphyria’s lover was jealous of Porphyria and also Duke was jealous of his duchess. Porphyria’s lover became jealous over her, because

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