The Life of a Duchess and Porphyria
(A story about the life of two women and how they died.) “Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration”(Swift). Jealousy ruins a lot of relationships, with loved ones, friends, and your significant other. In the stories, My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover, both women end up dying because they are killed by their husbands. They are killed because of the jealousy their men have and the lack of trust. Each one of these stories are different, but end the same in murder. There are many things that you can compare and contrast in these texts, such as, jealousy, dramatic monologue, and control. …show more content…
In the stories, My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover, they were all claimed to be in love. In My Last Duchess, the ladies Duke was killed by him because he was jealous of how happy she was, the duke hated the fact that she was so happy about everything. “Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt, whene’er I passed her; but who passed without much the same smile”(lines 43-45). In the story, Porphyria’s Lover, she was also killed out of jealousy from her husband. She came home one night and noticed he was not happy, she tried cheering him up by telling him she loved him and wanted to be his forever, The man worried his wife was maybe seeing someone else behind his back. He solved the problem by strangling her with her own hair and making her his
(A story about the life of two women and how they died.) “Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration”(Swift). Jealousy ruins a lot of relationships, with loved ones, friends, and your significant other. In the stories, My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover, both women end up dying because they are killed by their husbands. They are killed because of the jealousy their men have and the lack of trust. Each one of these stories are different, but end the same in murder. There are many things that you can compare and contrast in these texts, such as, jealousy, dramatic monologue, and control. …show more content…
In the stories, My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover, they were all claimed to be in love. In My Last Duchess, the ladies Duke was killed by him because he was jealous of how happy she was, the duke hated the fact that she was so happy about everything. “Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt, whene’er I passed her; but who passed without much the same smile”(lines 43-45). In the story, Porphyria’s Lover, she was also killed out of jealousy from her husband. She came home one night and noticed he was not happy, she tried cheering him up by telling him she loved him and wanted to be his forever, The man worried his wife was maybe seeing someone else behind his back. He solved the problem by strangling her with her own hair and making her his