'Dramatic monologue between My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover?' - Was one mark off 100% on this one
Title: 'Dramatic monologue between My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover?' - Was one mark off 100% on this one
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 4406 | Pages: 16 (approximately 235 words/page)
'Dramatic monologue between My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover?' - Was one mark off 100% on this one
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 4406 | Pages: 16 (approximately 235 words/page)
'The art of the dramatic monologue is to create a character who reveals himself in what he has to say.' How far do you agree with this statement in terms of the two Robert Browning poems you are studying: My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover?'
In this essay I will attempt to compare and contrast Browning's My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover. Both poems deal with the themes of 'Obsessive and Possessive Love', …showed first 75 words of 4406 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 4406 total…and the Count obviously did not feel this man was suitable for his daughter. The love the Lover feels for Porphyria, one cannot help feel, must have been somewhat overbearing. If he loved her so much as to kill her, how would he be with others?
Concluding this essay I can say that I agree with the above statement and that both men unwittingly reveal themselves, the Duke through anger, and the Lover through love.