Insanity In Porphyria's Lover

According to the oxford dictionary insanity is defines as, “The state of being seriously mentally ill; madness.” Insanity is when a person is mentally ill, that person might commit a crime according to society, but in their eyes it might be a way to show affection towards others. “Porphyria's Lover,” by Robert Browning is a great example of insanity. The narrator of the poem is mentally ill and ends up committing a crime in the eyes of society, but according to him he saved his lover from going leaving him. The speaker was mentally ill, which is why he’s not guilty of murdering his lover. After realizing that Porphyria worships him, the speaker wants to stay with her, but the feeling of insecurity makes him commit this act. Since the speaker was mentally ill, it defeats the purpose of him actually murdering her, so he is not guilty. …show more content…
Demonstrating that he has no feeling of guilt, the speaker says: “And strangled her. No pain felt she; I am quite sure she felt no pain.” In this line the speaker indicates how he was totally uninformed of the unpleasant homicide he had recently committed by going from "And choked her." which is such a frightful thing to happen and the vast majority would be shocked or guilty by what they had quite recently done. In any case, going ahead to say “No pain felt she; I am quite sure she felt no pain,” Demonstrates he is not mentally stable, as he has quite recently slaughtered somebody and is stating how she doesn't feel anything, which is insane. It totally highlights his absence of regret as he trusts Porphyria didn't feel any torment when it is really evident that a man would feel something if choked by their own particular hair. Additionally when the speaker says, “I am quite sure she felt no pain” Explains how ignored ladies were as he thought for her and didn't consider her