Text | Porphyria’s Lover – Robert Browning (published 1836) Porphyria’s Lover (1836) is one of Robert Browning’s earliest dramatic monologues that reintroduced dark and sensual concepts disturbing the audience of the Victorian Era; since such ideologies had not been explored since the Renaissance Period. He employs annotative literary techniques such as morbid imagery‚ metaphors‚ symbolism and natural and vegetative diction; to portray the innate trait of humans to yearn for a sense of belonging
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Defining Character: Solitude as a Litmus Test in “Mariana” and “Porphyria’s Lover” Victorian poets Robert Browning and Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson frequently structure their poetry as a dramatic monologue to gain insight into the mind and motivations of their characters‚ with the solitude that accompanies such dramatic monologues becoming a central focus of the work. Tennyson’s poem “Mariana” and Browning’s poem “Porphyria’s Lover” explore the relationship between solitude and individuality‚ in particular
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Advice to a Discarded Lover by Fleur Adcock explores both pity and revulsion‚ through the use of figurative imagery; a dead bird‚ maggots and the remaining bones. They are an analogy of the dead affair. With the use of figurative language the images are seen‚ smelled and heard. An authoritative voice is created to advise and command attention‚ through the use of instructive language throughout the six stanzas. Personification‚ analogy‚ rhetorical question and the way a word sounds‚ are also used
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The understanding of critical approaches to literature helps a great deal while handling the novel. If we choose to take up D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers‚ psychological approach throws light upon certain issues which otherwise would remain unexplored. Along with this engagement with literature‚ film viewing and discussion sessions are also handled. Either we move to a film after finishing a particular section of literature or engage extra hours on Saturdays for watching films ( six/seven sessions
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Gender Roles in The Lover: A Ballad Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was one of the first female authors to write so boldly to the general public regarding her perception of women loving and marrying. Women understood exactly what men desired and expected of them‚ but did not appreciate game playing or the notion that society only approved men having casual encounters. With her short poem‚ The Lover: A Ballad‚ Montagu dictates how women should live and enjoy their youthful years in the same manner as men
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Cross Country Drive One morning I woke up craving some excitement‚ maybe an adventure. I smelt the delicious scent of my mom cooking bacon‚ so I hopped out of bed and ran downstairs to eat breakfast. While I was eating my mom and dad were having a conversation in another room. I was curious about what they were planning. They told me all of us were going on a cross country drive! My mom had four hours to pack all of our things before we decided to head out. We had no definite plan for where we
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I come from the richest country in the world‚ yet also one of the poorest. While Venezuela has the largest reserve of petroleum in the world‚ besides uranium‚ gold‚ coltan‚ and anything you can ask for‚ there is hunger‚ illness‚ and poverty. If disgrace was awarded‚ we would win in so many fields: highest inflation‚ most dangerous cities‚ corruption‚ and even 2nd year as the country with the most misery‚ according to John Hopkins University. When I was 5 years old‚ I already knew who Chávez was
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crime in order to try and improve their social position. Some white people thought apartheid was not a long-term solution for natives¡¯ problem. So‚ they stood out and helped the black people to solve their problems. In the novel‚ ¡°Cry‚ The Beloved Country‚¡± Alan Paton showed the way those white and black people struggled for justice‚ and their dreams of reuniting families and their nation by comparing the stories of Kumalo and Jarvis. Kumalo was a poor black priest whose sorrows and family tragedies
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throughout our years as cross country runners. The gift of running has given me so much in life in regards to comradery and friendship. The experiences gained through running Cathedral cross country‚ have shaped my character and taught me the value of hard work and perseverance‚ leaving an enduring mark on who I am. As an athlete‚ I managed to achieve a great deal in cross country. I’ve varsity lettered for four years and ran in the state meet my senior year of cross country. For my 10th through 12th
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The “Color Purple” and “Porphyria’s Lover”‚ a poem by Robert Browning‚ are very thematically similar. Both have very closely related but different examples to show the effects and the power of possession. The first example of possession in “Color Purple” is exposed in the relationship between Celie and the man she had grown up calling her “pa”. This man had treated Celie as one of his animals‚ acting as if he had owned her. After spending years of forcing Celie to do many of his duties‚ Pa (otherwise
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