John Browning

Chaucer reveals not just one ‘truth’ but a series of truths as he emulates the work of other great poets and tries to appease the wishes of his patron, John of Gaunt and the memory of his departed wife, Lady Blanche the Duchess of Lancaster – whilst seeking recognition for his own literary greatness. The Book of the Duchess was a eulogy written at John of Gaunt’s request in order to commemorate the death of his first wife Lady Blanche presumably at one of the later annual commemoration services…

Tod Browning’s Freaks flings itself in-between the different categories of Terror, Horror, and Revulsion, sometimes splicing and mutating the different categories into indefinable, unrecognizable, terms. Browning’s aim for his film is not to clear anything up, using the themes of: us vs. them, good and evil, humans and monsters, etc. to create understanding or enlighten people; and it certainly is not a film promoting the message, “Freaks! They’re just like us!” His intentions, rather, is to…

'Porphyria's Lover' by Robert Browning, challenges the perception of it's readers, in this case, creating a persona that is driven mad by his growing obsession throughout the poem. The poem is about a character who has a a difficult relationship with the woman he loves because she is unable to love him fully. It carefully illustrates the struggle for control between the two lovers drawing the reader into their twisted relationship with evidence of pure evil. Browning effectively makes use of…

Theo had to squint his eyes because of the king’s glow. However, the monarch seemed to be very bored. He approached him escorted by the captain, two warriors, a very attractive woman, and three suus of light-blue robes and distracted looks. Theo could not set his eyes off the king, Lia bowed at him and Vrol went down on one knee on the stony path. “Good fortune, Your Majesty,” began the arazi, but a sudden angry movement from the king’s hand interrupted his formal presentation. “I will talk,”…

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,…

Cousin Kate & the Seduction In this Essay I will compare and contrast two poems ‘The Seduction’ by Eileen McAuley and ‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti. I will also support my ideas with quotations. Cousin Kate was written in the 19th century and The Seduction was written near the end of the 1900’s. This contributes to one of the differences I will be discussing in my essay The Seduction is about a teenage girl who goes to a party. She meets a boy and falls head over heels in love with him but…

when they are bad they can be really awful. This is the case in The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, and Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning. The Most Dangerous Game is about a man who hunts humans. Porphyria’s Lover is a poem about a man who is deeply in love with a woman who cannot be with him, so he kills her. Richard Connell and Robert Browning use extremely descriptive characterization to convey a theme that obsession can have a negative outcome. In the short story The Most…

colours, due to consistently being forced to battle against their emotions. They are dragged to their limits with sentiments and desires for supremacy or vengeance which have great outcomes. Presented by Shakespeare, Caral Ann Duffy and Robert Browning, Browning explores the impact of infidelity and anxiety with a furious character inspired from none other than the France’s Marie Madeline her thirst to seek vengeance which caused a catastrophe within the society in that period. Duffy however…

How do Browning and Villay use language to express strong emotion about Love? Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnet 43” and Edna St Vincent Millay’s “Sonnet 29” show that love is a life-changing force in a person’s life, and how they are affected differently by Cupid’s arrow. Browning has a sensuous experience of love whereas it has impacted Millay adversely. This essay explores how the twopoets use the sonnet form, imagery and tone to express their contrasting feelings of love. The sonnet…

Poetry has had an immense impact on our society today. Obviously there are some big names that have come up from poetry writings in our past. A lot of famous poems have popped up as well. Robert Browning was a name that really stood out. He is now one of the most important poets of the Victorian era. After not having much success in the beginning of his writing career, a spark was ignited at the death of his wife. This is when he began to write on a very intellectual level. He became extremely…