Dramatic monologue

The narrators of “Porphyria’s Lover” and “Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” are both mad, but the madness manifests itself differently. Both narrators act irrationally towards one person, and that person becomes an object of their wrath. However, the narrator’s madness in “Porphyria’s Lover” ends in violence, while the monk’s madness in “Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” manifests itself in an irrational hatred of a fellow monk. While the depictions of madness differ in how they are displayed,…

It is difficult for some people to go against the beliefs of the majority, especially when a topic is considered too controversial to challenge. In Margaret Atwood’s “My Last Duchess”, this happens to be the case for her female protagonist when her class studies a poem by Robert Browning that is also titled “My Last Duchess”, in which a Duke had his Duchess killed for his own selfish reasons. Unexpectedly, the young girl’s interpretation of the Duke is vastly different from the rest of her class…

To look into a cursed mirror, is to be strangled by your own hair. Wait a minute that's not right but that's that's that's far from the same thing. With the two poems I am speaking of, Porphyria's Lover written by Robert Browning and Lady of Shalott written by Lord Tennyson, are the same in his many ways as they are different. This is like comparing two great works of art the Mona Lisa and the Starry Night both have beauty in their own ways. But you can't challenge either one about being more…

The idea of murder may make people’s stomach turn, but to the Duke in Robert Browning’s poem “My Last Duchess” it seems like an easy task. The Duke is showing the emissary the painting of his last Duchess and telling him of her flaws and how she made him unhappy. The Duke has met with the emissary to discuss his next marriage. The death of his most recent Duchess was caused by the Duke and his personalities traits. They are the reason for him murdering her because he is a jealous, selfish,…

Robert Browning wrote two very interesting poems, My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover. Both of these poem contain a murder in which a Jealous man ends up killing his lover or lovers. They both tell an important message to men, sometimes they act out in rage and later regret their decisions. Jealousy is a very powerful feeling and sometimes guys don’t realize how controlling they are over the girl. Robert Browning’s My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover share much in common but are also…

1. The first example that exposes the ego and self-centeredness of the Duke was in his introduction of the Duchess to the envoy. He describes her as a prized possession that can only be revealed to whomever he chooses. The Duke reiterates the name Fra Pandolf as the painter, so that the envoy will recognize his affluence, making it safe for the audience conclude that Fra Pandolf could not have been just an ordinary artist, but a well-known and expensive artist. The Duke’s admiration for the…

enables the poem to emanate the Duke’s tone of wanting to be the authority in situations. In the opening lines of the poem, the Duke tells the envoy “will’t please [he] sit and look at [the Duchess]?” [5] however does not miss a beat to continue his monologue, never once looking to his audience to talk, never once allowing the control he has over the speech to waver. The painting of which the Duke is talking about is even something the…

Browning creates the impression that love is a destructive force. The narrator kills Porphyria because of his love for her, commenting how her devotion ‘made my heart swell’ so he ‘wound’ her hair around her throat and ‘strangled her’. Literally, the narrator means he was overcome by his adoration for Porphyria and decided to show that by ending her life, as well as how Porphyria’s sincere confession has gotten her killed. These acts of love both clearly show how disastrous love can be.…

creation of a cracked illusion that confides in solitary life that he believes is pure. Haunted by self-doubt and nostalgia of a past life in the grip of a lover, he has locked the depths of himself away at the heart of the sea. Eliot conducts a dramatic monologue that centers on a reluctant middle-aged man who suffers from social…

“Listen Isabelle” Crap I’m getting fired, what else would It be? Usually, Mr. Pine calls me Belle, but Isabelle means it’s serious. As I get lost in my thoughts I hear Mr. Pine “What do you think?” What? Crap I totally should've paid attention. “W.…What? Sorry, I zoned out a little” I tell him while looking down at my feet. He laughs “That's totally fine Bella, I was wondering If you would be able to go work with my son. He will be taking over the company when I retire. But before I fully…