Porphyria's Lover Essay

Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning is a twisted plot, because at the end of the poem the speaker is the killer. Porphyria’s Lover is a dramatic monologue; the speaker is expressing emotion about his uninvited lover. It’s a dark stormy night and Porphyria enters in the speaker home. Porphyria shut the door to the speaker home and warms his home. Then she grabs the speaker attention by seducing him; she let her damp hair falls on her shoulder and she undress herself. She lets her body speak for her and brings the speaker body towards her. The speaker tried to resist Porphyria but she want to do anything to make him happy. The speaker notices how much she worships him now he’s letting her in. The speaker takes her yellow damp her and swirl then wrap it around her neck. Porphyria …show more content…
The speaker has a valid point, the speaker tried to resist the temptation. It was like she was asking for it, however she did not knows what was really in stored for her. The speaker felt she will never loves him after this night. The speaker and the victim are sexual sadist for example, lines 37 through 45 “I found
A thing to do, and all her hair
In one long yellow string I wound
Three times her little throat around, 
 And strangled her. No pain felt she; 
I am quite sure she felt no pain. 
As a shut bud that holds a bee, 
I warily oped her lids: again, laughed blue eyes with a stain”. After the speaker twirl her yellow golden hair around her neck she looks at him wanting more. The speaker does so, not realize he had committed a crime however his love for her grows after death. The speaker wants their love to last forever therefore he strangling her. The speaker does not feels guilty because in line 60 he said “And yet God has not said a word!” Since God did not strike him down the speaker feel he did not do anything wrong. Even though he kills her, he felt he gave her better