Fra Lippo Lippi Saucy And Loud Mouthed Monk
How far do you agree with the view that Fra Lippo Lippi is simply a 'saucy and loud mouthed monk'?
The story of Fra Lippo Lippi focuses on a debate of art, whether it should be realistic or didactic and idealistic, the narrators comments could be seen as drunk ramblings or rather an artist who wants to defend his preference of realism over tradition.
The poem starts off quite energetically with Fra Lippo Lippi being captured “I am poor brother Lippo, by your leave”, it seems self-deprecating from the use of “poor” however later on he is quite arrogant “I’m the house that caps the corner”, “tell me, the day you’re hanged, how you affected such a gullet’s gripe. Fra Lippo Lippi has conflicting emotions while presenting himself as someone with power, he also has a degree of self-hate “”I’m a beast” and “rub all out! Well, well, there’s my life in short”, with this Browning conveys that Fra Lippo Lippo’s entire life is a “mistake”. This shows that he is rambling because he can’t clarify his emotions, Fra Lippo Lippi talks about seemingly random topics like “whatever rat, there, haps on his wrong hole” and “Herodias, I would say, - Who went and danced and got men’s heads cut off!” Browning illustrates that Fra Lippo Lippi is a bombastic character drunk rambling. Browning uses the device of repetitive enjambment and this reinforces the idea that Fra Lippo Lippi is a drunk rather than an intellectual. This is shown by the syntax as well “I think I speak as I was taught”, there’s a lack of a ‘comma’ or a ‘and’, showing that he is drunk, or it’s purposely ironic showing that Fra Lippo Lippi wasn’t taught well.
Monks are meant to live a celibate life but Fra Lippo Lippi makes references to sexual activity throughout the play. “If I’ve been merry, what matter who knows?” He shows a careless attitude towards his actions, he has a disdain for monastic life that carries on throughout the poem, “day long blessed idleness”, this is ironic because it’s praising “idleness”, and
The story of Fra Lippo Lippi focuses on a debate of art, whether it should be realistic or didactic and idealistic, the narrators comments could be seen as drunk ramblings or rather an artist who wants to defend his preference of realism over tradition.
The poem starts off quite energetically with Fra Lippo Lippi being captured “I am poor brother Lippo, by your leave”, it seems self-deprecating from the use of “poor” however later on he is quite arrogant “I’m the house that caps the corner”, “tell me, the day you’re hanged, how you affected such a gullet’s gripe. Fra Lippo Lippi has conflicting emotions while presenting himself as someone with power, he also has a degree of self-hate “”I’m a beast” and “rub all out! Well, well, there’s my life in short”, with this Browning conveys that Fra Lippo Lippo’s entire life is a “mistake”. This shows that he is rambling because he can’t clarify his emotions, Fra Lippo Lippi talks about seemingly random topics like “whatever rat, there, haps on his wrong hole” and “Herodias, I would say, - Who went and danced and got men’s heads cut off!” Browning illustrates that Fra Lippo Lippi is a bombastic character drunk rambling. Browning uses the device of repetitive enjambment and this reinforces the idea that Fra Lippo Lippi is a drunk rather than an intellectual. This is shown by the syntax as well “I think I speak as I was taught”, there’s a lack of a ‘comma’ or a ‘and’, showing that he is drunk, or it’s purposely ironic showing that Fra Lippo Lippi wasn’t taught well.
Monks are meant to live a celibate life but Fra Lippo Lippi makes references to sexual activity throughout the play. “If I’ve been merry, what matter who knows?” He shows a careless attitude towards his actions, he has a disdain for monastic life that carries on throughout the poem, “day long blessed idleness”, this is ironic because it’s praising “idleness”, and