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Porphyrias Lover Dramatic Monologue
1,099 wordster> Compare the two poems Porphyrias Lover and My Last Duchess by Robert Browning. What do they reveal about attitudes to women and relationships in the nineteenth century? Robert Browning was one of the greatest poets of the nineteenth century. In 1842, he published Dramatic Lyrics which included the two poems Porphyrias Lover and My Last Duchess. In Porphyrias Lover Browning gives the reader a dramatic insight into the twisted mind of an abnormally possessive lover, who wishes the m...
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Brownings Del Sarto Browning Could Easily Poem
1,552 wordsRobert Brownings poem, Andrea del Sarto presents the reader with his views on the painters life, an artist who has lost faith in the Parnassian ideal of living for art, and now has to use art as a living. The poem looks at the darker side of the painter when he was older, and expresses a lot about Browning as well, and how he thought his work was perceived, and the context of his life and times. The poem covers many ideas and themes, which not only create a powerful poem, but also create comment...
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Gothic Horror Horror Film
1,542 wordsThe genre of Gothic horror film has existed almost as long as the cinema itself, and it has always fascinated me. As the definition above suggests, the word can be loosely used to define any horror story with suitable settings, but such themes as disturbing dreams, desperate, undying love and melancholic romanticisation of death are also usually important in Gothic cinema. The following is a brief and superficial overview on Gothic horror film and some classics of the genre. Directed by Robert W...
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Porphyrias Lover Feminist Critics
1,417 wordsOn the surface Brownings Porphyria's Lover is a sadistic tale of a homicidal man who snuffs out the woman he loves in order to possess her; however, this is a piece ripe for multiple interpretations. Feminist critics may view it as a misogynist piece on the strangling of women from then modern culture, while Psychoanalytic critics would see it as a disturbing echo of Brownings own morbid desires. However, it can be seen most clearing from those who have significant backgrounds in both Postmodern...
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19 Th Century Robert Browning
705 wordsBy the Fire-Side On the surface, it appears that Robert Brownings poem By the Fire-Side does not have a clear historical references, which would allow us to think of it as poetical piece that contains the essence of Victorian spirit, in traditional sense of this word. In it, author describes his trip to Italy with his wife in terms of metaphysical quest, while allowing readers to interpret the poems main message in variety of different ways. However, there are many indications, which can be foun...
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Dramatic Monologue Bronze Statue
2,660 wordsOVERVIEW: This is probably Browning most famous dramatic monologue. It is often used as a prime example of the form. In this poem the speaker, the duke of Ferrara, is addressing a second character, an agent of an unnamed count whose daughter the duke plans to marry. The situation is take from the life of an actual sixteenth-century Italian duke, but Browning has imagined the specific incident. The duke is showing the counts agent a portrait of his first wife. She was a beautiful woman, but to th...
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Fra Pandolf Robert Browning
1,432 wordsRobert Browning (1812 - 1889); My Last Duchess &# 9; &# 9; Many poems must be read more than once to be fully understood. It is often that one may notice something that wasnt noticed the first time around. It is also possible for a poem to be read once, and have received the full meaning. Sometimes poems leave one thinking because the poem doesnt provide enough information for an affirmative conclusion. My Last Duchess provides examples of leaving readers unclear of the full meaning, and unclear...
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Quot Quot Barrett Browning
6,421 wordsIn On " Sisters" Annette Kolodny In many ways, Amy Lowell anticipated the recent feminist critique of Bloomian poetics when, in 1925, she applied his question " For why do men write poems? " to " we women who write poetry" : Taking us by and large, were a queer lot We women who write poetry. And when you think How few of us there been, its queerer still. I wonder what it is that makes us do it. She explains why there have been so few women poets by noting that women...
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Porphyrias Lover Robert Browning
759 wordsBY PorphyriaS Lover PORPHYRIAS LOVER BY ROBERT BROWNING Violence towards a woman who was once desired and wor-shipped by men appears to be a recurring motif in Brownings po-ems. Porphyrias lover is one of the earliest dramatic mono-logue's by Robert Browning in which he explores the mind of an insane male lover. Browning reveals the changing thoughts and feelings as well as the emotional disorder of his speaker. The reader often perceives a gap between what the speaker says and what he actually ...
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Porphyrias Lover Dramatic Monologue
709 wordsThis Porphyrias Lover Porphyrias Lover This poem demonstrates several of Robert Brownings defining characteristics as a poet. It contains his criticism towards the beliefs and practices of self-restraint and his traditional use of dramatic monologue to expose a single characters personality, which in turn often provides an additional depth to his works in coordination with his use of unpoetic language. Also taking into account the authors own personal experiences with his wife, the poem can also...
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Robert Browning Spiritual Journey
2,224 wordsRobert Browning, one of the most talented poets of the Victorian period, is famous especially for his dramatic monologues. Often these long poems deal with such issues as love, death, and faith. Much of his work is directly reflective of his life and of those issues that were of direct concern to him. One conflict seen throughout Brownings poetry is one of spirituality. His poetry forms a spiritual timeline; it reveals his spiritual influences and opinions. It formed his own Bible of beliefs whi...
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Robert Browning Quot Miller
2,251 wordsRobert Browning, one of the most talented poets of the Victorian period, is famous especially for his dramatic monologues. Often these long poems deal with such issues as love, death, and faith. Much of his work is directly reflective of his life and of those issues that were of direct concern to him. One conflict seen throughout Brownings poetry is one of spirituality. His poetry forms a spiritual timeline; it reveals his spiritual influences and opinions. It formed his own Bible of beliefs whi...
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Men And Women Dramatic Monologue
1,204 wordsRobert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell, which is now a part of London. He had no real formal education so he was largely self educated. His father was a smart man with an extensive library. His mother was kindly, religious minded woman, who loved music and her brilliant son. He lived at his parents house almost until the time of his marriage. He attended a boarding school near Camberwell and spent a little bit of his time traveling to places like Russia and Italy. But he preferre...
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Men And Women Dramatic Monologue
1,210 wordsThe Life and Work of Robert Browning Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell, which is now a part of London. He had no real formal education so he was largely self educated. His father was a smart man with an extensive library. His mother was kindly, religious minded woman, who loved music and her brilliant son. He lived at his parents house almost until the time of his marriage. He attended a boarding school near Camberwell and spent a little bit of his time traveling to places l...
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