Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess Essay -- Robert Browning, Poem,

The two poems that I am comparing are Porphyrias Lover and My Last Duchess, both early nineteenth century dramatic monologues by Robert Browning. Compare the three dramatic monologues you have studied on the way inwhich the characters reveal their true nature through what they say.The two poems that I am comparing are Porphyrias Lover and My LastDuchess, both early nineteenth century dramatic monologues by RobertBrowning. A dramatic monologue is a poem in which only one personspeaks, but the presence of another person is usually felt. Thenarrator reveals a great accord ab turn out himself without any apparentintention of doing so. In both of these dramatic monologues, itappears that the vocaliser has murdered their mistress and is reflectingupon their actions while contemplating the image of their lovers good-looking face. two are selfish men who were jealous of theirvictims. The two loudspeaker systems came from very different backgrounds, one arich and powerful Duke, the othe r a low-born histrion living in ruralsimplicity.Porphyrias Lover is a love story told in the words of a simple manobsessed by his love for a woman of noble birth. The first five linesdescribe the weather on a miserable, wet evening. This is Browningsuse of preposterous fallacy, giving the works of nature human feelings the feelings of the speaker.======================================================================The sullen wind was soon awake,It tore the elm tops down for spite,And its worse to vex the lakeThe speaker is hungriness for his lover and feeling miserable but thenshe arrives. The whole mood changes from darkness and cold, to warmthand light. His mood change is shown by she shut the cold out, both... ... saw theyoung Duchess, a work of art, something that he owned and could showoff, and something that he could also discard when it no longerpleased him. The speaker in Porphyrias Lover, reveals himself to besomeone who speaks his heart and does not fence around the t ruthlike the Duke. Although the Duke says he does not have skilledspeech, its is provable that his diction is carefully chosen throughout. He is almost inviting the listener to disagree with him.Even had you the skillIn speech (which I have not)The speaker in Porphyrias Lover uses a much simpler diction, as hewill not have been as well educated as the Duke. Both men aremurderers, one because of love, which he feels, could never beaccepted because of the social divide, the other as a result ofjealousy, arrogance and spite, again occasioned by the difference inclass.