Porphyria's Lover Comparison

The lovers in Last Duchess by Robert Browning and also Porphyria’s Lover have many similarities and differences that change the stories to make them more creative. The story of Last Duchess by Browning is about how a man talks about his last wife and why she isn’t here anymore. While Porphyria’s Lover by Browning tells the story of how a man kills his lover with her own hair. In both of these stories they explain the mental instability of the two lovers who see and only become jealous. Then there are many differences of how the death of the loved one’s occur and also the reason for their deaths. When comparing and contrasting the two stories from Browning the understanding of jealousy can affect anyone who maybe unstable. When reading the stories of Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover by browning there are many similarities like; the mental instability, jealousy, and death of one they love, while they also have many differences; reason for death, setting of death, and how their
“When glided in Porphyria; straight.” These lines leading us to believe she just got back from seeing her other man somewhere else. The jealousy of a man can lead him to do many things that might not seem to be what they imply. When a man becomes jealous they don’t think in a way that is safe and that leads to an unstable mental state. Both the males in the stories let their unstable minds create problems where there aren’t any. These males believe that they are being cheated on and the only way for the women to be happy with them forever is to take their lives. Along with the their jealously and instability it leads them to take their lovers lives to keep them from others to be theirs for the rest of time. The stories dramatic monologue follow the same pattern but have different meanings changing the story and it’s affect on