Comparing 'My Last Duchess And Porphyria's Lover'

Love is a manical thing. Sometimes it can push people to do things that they normally wouldn’t do. Robert Browning writes about how love can change people. In “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning, he tells about how a man became to irrationally afraid that he killed his wife. In “Porphyria's Lover” by Robert Browning, a girl wanders into the woods and finds a man who would then kill her. There are many comparisons and contrasts you can pull from Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover”.

One contrast between Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover”, is that one is jealous because of love and the other is jealous for love. In “my Last Duchess”, this man love his wife buts gets angry when she smiles. Browning says on page 979, “How such a glance came there; so, not the first are you to turn and ask thus. Sir ‘twas not her husband’s presence only, called that spot.” He was mad that his wife would smile at other people and not just him. Then, in “Porphyria’s Lover” a woman wanders and finds a man and the both instantly hit it off. Browning states on page 982, “Murmuring how she loved me, she too weak, for all her heart’s endeavor.” This weary woman is tired of being in love with whom she should be, and want to love this new man. …show more content…
Truly, in “my Last Duchess” the husband gets jealous and kills her for it. On page 980, “ Would draw from her alike the approving speech, or blush, at least. She thanked men, good, but thanked.” Therefore, he becomes so outraged that he must show her his power. In “Porphyria's Lover”, the man strikes again. For example, on page 984, “A thing to do, and all her hair in one long yellow string I wound three times her little throat around.” The man decide the only thing to do was to strangle this woman with her own