Porphyria

achieve when he murders his beloved Porphyria, in hopes of preserving their intimate moment for eternity. At the start of the poem, Browning seemingly shows his audience a loving, romantic scene of Porphyria affectionately tending her inert beau. As the dramatic monologue progresses, it is learned that the originally envisioned romantic love story has transformed into a disturbing tale of a cruel lover’s massacre of his

This idea of Porphyria being angelic is carried throughout the poem as the narrator states that when she came in she went right to the “cheerless grate” and made it “blaze up” (lines 8 and 9). Reinforcing the notion of how Porphyria is an extremely selfless, kind and caring person because she came in and immediately started a fire without even stopping to take off her “dripping

He is selfish and and wants Porphyria to himself, he will not allow anyone else to have her and to ensure this he kills her. This portrays Porphyria as his possession. The simplicity of the statement also reflects the insanity of the speaker, to him killing Porphyria is a simplistic act. The speaker discusses Porphyria’s innocence, “Fair, perfectly pure and good” and “the smiling little rosy head” this suggests that to him, Porphyria is pure and childlike. The alliteration draws

and preserve her love for him only. From the beginning of the poem, it is established that the relationship between the male speaker and Porphyria is forbidden, as Porphyria must sneak under the cover of the night to see him. When the speaker states, “But sometimes passion would prevail / Nor could tonight’s gay feast restrain,” the reader learns that Porphyria is impulsive in her sexual desire towards the speaker, and has left an elaborate feast to pursue him (Browning 26-27). This is significant

man portrayed in society. Porphyria, an upper-class woman, and the Speaker, a lower-class man, are in love, but the restriction of interaction between social class creates tension that causes

suspicious of Porphyria. “Lake whipped up by the wind”, “Cold room”, and “Sullen wind” are all examples/indications of the menacing love Porphyria’s lover has for Porphyria. Porphyria enters the room and looks like she has come in from a storm, which she has, but Porphyria’s lover makes it sound different. “Her cloak is dripping”. Porphyria’s lover once referred to Porphyria as “mine, mine”, this shows his obsession with Porphyria and shows that he only feels happy when Porphyria is all his.

In the poem “Porphyria’s Lover,” Porphyria was born into a higher class than that of her lover and this leads to tension in the relationship. The reader can see this tension by the way the lover acts when Porphyria comes to the cottage. He refuses to acknowledge her. Porphyria is unwilling to give up her high-class status for her lover and this hurts his ego and makes him feel emasculated. The lover eventually feels that need to control Porphyria by ending her life. Likewise, in the poem

Robert Browning’s "Porphyria’s Lover" contains the methodical ramblings of a lunatic; it is a madman’s monologue that reveals the dark side of human nature. Power and passion coalesce to form the strangulation of the beautiful and innocent Porphyria, and at the same time strangle the reader’s ability to comprehend what is occurring and why it is occurring. The murder’s monologue depicts a heinous crime. The simple fact that the monologue is issued from the murderer himself creates a sense of

Richard Connell and Robert Browning use extremely descriptive characterization to convey a theme that obsession can have a negative outcome. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” Richard Connell uses extreme descriptive characterization to show the readers that Zaroff the main character has a major obsession with hunting that leads to death and murder. Zaroff has hunted so many types of different animals that it is impossible to say how much he has really killed. Hunting is Zaroff’s passion

he published his collection of poems Men and Women in 1855. In 1842, Browning published “Porphyria’s Lover,” which is also a successful poem (“Robert Browning”). In “Porphyria’s Lover,” the speaker is watching and waiting for Porphyria on a cold, stormy night. Once Porphyria has returned, she lights the fire, takes off her warm