Porphyria's Lover Vs Laboratory

The word ‘love’ possesses such complexity and magnitude that people commonly have a hard time defining it effectively without oversimplifying. In fact, the Oxford Dictionary defines ‘love’ simply as “a strong feeling of affection.” Given the true intensity of feeling, the impact love can have on a person is unpredictable and as a result, jealousy is often thought to be synonymous with being in love. The poems “Porphyria’s Lover” and “The Laboratory” by Robert Browning, although significantly different, essentially share the theme of love and jealousy. In both poems, readers are introduced to the darker side of romance through male and female speakers so overwhelmed with emotion, they turn to murder as a means of expression. Through the use
The poem consists of ____ lines and opens with a young woman, Porphyria, entering her unnamed lover’s dwelling on a stormy night. Dripping wet from the storm, she proceeds to light a fire, undresses then seats herself next to her lover. Porphyria begins to profess her love to her partner, who chooses not to respond. In a moment of revelation, the speaker sees the love she speaks of in her eyes and notices she “worshipped” him (line_). In a strange twist of events, the speaker is unsure of what to do and resorts to wrapping Porphyria’s yellow hair “three times around her little throat and strangled her” (line_). The lover is convinced she felt no pain during her death and continues to play with her lifeless body while admiring her beauty. He delights in sitting with her the entire night without suffering any form of retribution from
explains why they weren’t married as opposed to sneaking around in a cottage. Her ability to buy poison with all the coins in her purse,lower class would’ve have other things to do with that money. The court as she said, they are dining with kings and dancing
Although the era was a likely influence Undeniably In both pieces, the speakers appear to be greatly deluded. The fact that there is no addressee in “Porphyria’s Lover”, highlights “the insanity and loneliness of the criminal” (Paccaud-Huguet 94). The lover further Psychotic. Why did porphyria have to come in and start a fire? Why wasn’t it already started? Why was he sitting in the dark? Further more the cold. Says something about the lover. Either in deep thought or just plain mad. The wife had paranoia, browning depicts this in his rhyme and repetition “laugh laugh at me”
Love often creates a Power struggle.. wife feels powerless in marriage through deciding who gets to live and who dies ( how she’d enjoy killing people) she regains