"An Epistle Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Karshish‚ the Arab Physician" is a dramatic monologue in which Karshish writes to Abib about his experiencing the miracle of Jesus‚ when he raises Lazarus from the dead. "Karshish" is a dramatic monologue containing most of the tenets of Browning. Although "Karshish" is in the form of a letter‚ it is still an excellent example of a dramatic monologue. There is a speaker‚ Karshish‚ who is not the poet. There is a silent audience‚ Abib the reader
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Hamlet’s Dilemma The poem is based on an existential crisis that Hamlet suffers from. Through the entire monologue (soliloquy) he vacillates between life and death. The question for Hamlet was whether to continue to exist facing all odds or to give-up in despair and embrace death. He wondered whether it was more noble (nobler) to suffer the ‘slings and arrows’ (metaphor) of an unbearable situation‚ or to rise up in arms / wage a war against ‘a sea of troubles’ that afflict / badly affect / trouble
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Browning gave life to the dramatic monologue and made it a distinctive and memorable poetic form. Browning was fascinated with human behaviour‚ particularly the darker side of humanity and he believed that the dramatic monologue enabled him to create very powerful masks and ‘tell the truth obliquely’. As we become aware that the characters are wearing masks‚ the layers of artifice or self-deception is where the real persona exits. Browning’s poems open the minds of his readers‚ allowing for
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The Laboratory’ ’The Laboratory’ by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue that tells the story of a woman’s plot to murder her romantic rival. The form in which Browning has written this poem subtly reveal aspects of the female speaker whilst allowing the reader to make their own personal judgement on her behaviour and character‚ which would commonly be that she is a jealous‚ obsessed‚ blood-thirsty and sadistic woman. The speaker in the poem demonstrates signs of insanity and instability
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Peter Browning was promoted to the position of Vice-President of Continental White Cap in 1984 after holding the position of Vice President and General Manager of Continental’s Bondware Division where he turned losses into profits. Browning was faced with the daunting task of rejuvenating and repositioning the Chicago division in the face of upcoming competition from other producers of vacuum sealed metal closures for glass jars. In addition‚ White Cap’s customer base was being influenced by the
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Intro Shakespeare and Browning both present the theme of desire through their central characters. Lady Macbeth (and Macbeth) is motivated by the desire for ambition and authority in ‘Macbeth’ whilst in the Browning monologues; the monologists are driven by the desire of power and control in ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ and revenge in ‘The laboratory’. All of which seem to have fatal conclusions as a result of each of their desires. As the texts were produced over 400years ago‚ audiences may have found the
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Robert Browning’s poetry still remains today as significant works of literature that are worthy of critical study. What make Browning’s poetry worthy of critical study are the engaging and didactic themes that are explored through Victorian concerns and context and are presented through the minds of characters. Browning’s poetry highlights the emotions that come from the contextual concerns of Victorian society. In particular it highlights the expectations that come with a patriarchal society and
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Under The Settee is a dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett in 1987 for television‚ as part of his Talking Heads series for the BBC. In A Cream Cracker Under the Settee Alan Bennett has addressed the issue of elderly people in our society and how they are treated by others. It revolves 75-year old Doris on an ordinary day in her house. The play begins after her fall from the buffet and her reflecting on the events that led up to it. The reason the writer uses a monologue is to emphasis to the
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Inleiding Browning: Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English writer in the early Victorian era. She was born in 1806 in Durham‚ England and was the first in her family born in England in over 200 years. The Barretts had lived in Jamaica for a long time and had owned sugar plantations and relied on slave labour (to which Elizabeth was very much opposed). Elizabeth was educated at home and had read a lot at a very young age. Political and social themes embody Elizabeth’s work. In her poetry she
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Deborah Pyle M. Drake English 112 Research Paper 15 April 2011 The Theme of Love Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an accomplished writer at an early age. Her success continued throughout her adult life. The theme of love was intertwined in most her works. Although Elizabeth Barrett Browning consistently used the theme of love‚ it was what transpired from that love which gave her personal life success‚ health‚ and marriage. The sequence of events for her life never followed the usual paths
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