The Demon Lover

Vanitas, we can’t quite send after him right away. Many of us were injured when they attacked, we were overwhelmed.” Tenshi paused sitting down as she released another sigh. “We were unable to stop them from getting away with him, and a lot of demons got hurt trying to save him” “I understand that, but all I need is able bodies to act as support, I can hold my own against insolent kidnappers” I told her stubbornly. Tenshi shook her head. “Vanitas, not just anyone took Ventus”…

Historically, films and T.V. shows containing demonic possession have grossed millions of dollars. There are multiple reasons as to why exorcism culture has boomed in pop media. Due to multiple streaming services, and looser broadcast standards, there are thousands of more options for people to upload and watch videos that were once unattainable. These streaming services can range from Ghost Hunters, to the darker more sinister side of YouTube. People can relate to possession, because the threat…

The original sense of “demon”, from the time of Homer, was a benevolent being. Homer even uses the word theos, which can be translated as Gods, to describe the daimons. In ancient Greece, daimons were believed to be beings that were different from the gods. Daimons dealt with fate and each person had a daimon that guided them through life; helping them make the right decisions. A daimon is the Christian equivalent to a guardian angel. The Greek historian Hesiod categorized daimons as human that…

The poems “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover” are dramatic monologues written by Robert Browning in 1842. Browning was a writer that knew little fame while he was alive, but has since become an important and influential author. The short stories were part of a collection of poems, Bells and Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics, which were mostly ignored while Browning was alive due to previous failure earlier in his career. This collection, along with another Bells and Pomegranates No.…

Similar But Different (Comparing and Contrasting Robert Browning’s Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess) Robert Browning was a wonderful and talented author during the Victorian era. He produced many popular and extraordinary pieces of work throughout his life. One form of literature he is known for today is his dramatic monologues. Two of Browning's famous dramatic monologues include Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess. Browning was not only able to catch the reader's interest with his…

really be brought up or studied without the mention of Browning. Two of Browning's most famous dramatic monologues are My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover. On the surface these two texts may seem very much the same, on the contrary however, upon further study there are many clear differences. In Robert Browning's Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover, there are similarities such as the male…

The perspective of a work of literature changes from the first time you set your eyes on it. My point of view of the poem Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning changed drastically from the beginning of this research project till now. As I looked into information over this poem and different aspects about it, I began to have more of an open mind towards it and understand the true meaning behind it. I learned that poetry has more to it that just the words that were printed on the page. It allowed…

In the poem Porphyria’s Lover, by Robert Browning, I believe that the central theme is obsession. Throughout the poem, the narrator has what I believe to be an unhealthy obsession with a woman named Porphyria. The lover’s twisted and warped idea of love ultimately leads to Porphyria’s, and possibly his own, death. For starters, I could detect right off the bat that the love that the lover held for Porphyria was unhealthy. You can see this without reading the poem and by simply reading the title…

Robert Browning’s poems “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover” both depict how the speakers commit terrible acts when their possessive and obsessive love towards their women becomes too strong. The speakers of the poems both kill their lovers as they share a great desire to completely control the women and they both feel no guilt after the deed is done. However, the “love” they feel for the women is completely unalike. In “Porphyria’s Lover”, the speaker desires control over Porphyria. He…

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…