Robert Browning used his poetry as a way of self-determination as many of the ideas expressed in his poems go against the current of the Victorian era. His poetry should be included in the texts list for the HSC because they not only offer examples of classic poetry but also provide insights into the 19th century English society in terms of behaviour‚ gender roles and religion. Three poems that are fine examples of this are "Porphyria’s Lover"‚ "My Last Duchess" and "The Laboratory." "Porphyria’s
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Robert Browning is known as the Master of Psychological dramatic monologue. In "My last Duchess" the reader only hears the Duke’s story whose perverse point of view throws false accusations towards his recently deceased wife. What the reader knows about the characters is limited‚ so he must piece together the story on his own. The story the duke thinks he tells‚ of an unfaithful wife who offended his dignity‚ and the story he really tells‚ of jealousy and possessive love that leads to murder‚ engages
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‘Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning As A Dramatic Monologue: Dramatic Monologue: The Dramatic Monologue was a popular form of poetry in Robert Browning’s time. It is a form of writing in which the speaker in the poem is a dramatized imaginary character. The monologue is cast in the form of a speech addressed to a silent listener. Its aim is character study or psycho-analysi. In a dramatic monologue‚ the person who speaks is made to reveal himself and the motives that impelled him at some crisis
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Robert Frost‚ “Out‚Out—“ 1. In line 15‚ Frost describes the saw as being sinister. He infers that the saw has a mind of its own‚ by stating that the saw jumped out of the boy’s hand and cut the boy’s hand terribly. Frost also makes it seem as if the saw is in a way‚ like a friend. He does this by demonstrating that using the saw is an advantage for the boy because it is making his job ten times easier. Without the saw‚ the boy would spend hours cutting through the wood. 2. In Frost’s poem
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The Laboratory by Robert Browning & Macbeth (Act 1) Similarities Both texts are loosely based on real life events. The characters in both texts are anticipating a murder that they will commit. They both lust for something and are extremely excited about the prospect. “may pour my spirits into thine ear” and “unsex me” ~ Lady Macbeth will do anything to become queen even if she says free me from all my femininity so I can become a murderer. “wild” ~ cannot control her excitement and cannot
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Explication Of: My Last Duchess‚ By Robert Browning The situation- This poem tells a story of a man that is paranoid about his wife and how much he admires her. This is a narrative poem. The poem’s expresses a mood of desperation and the character is worried. The speaker is the Duke of Ferrara and the poet is speaker through the Duke and telling us a story. The tone of the poem is anger and love. He admires her sculptures but also is angery at her because he suspects her of cheating. The structure-
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plausible character within literature is one of the most difficult challenges to a writer‚ and development to a level at which the reader identifies with them can take a long time. However‚ through the masterful use of poetic devices and language Browning is able to create two living and breathing characters in sixty or less lines. When one examines these works one has to that they are quite the achievements for they not only display the persona ’s of two distinct men but also when compared show
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in high positions of power abuse that power to achieve their desires. In the beginning of the poem‚ the Duke establishes his authoritative‚ yet cadenced voice. He begins to describe the painting‚ but also asks the envoy to “sit and look at her” (Browning 262). Although the Duke asks the envoy‚ it is obvious that the envoy has no choice but to listen to the Duke discuss
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The dagger speech (32-65) is‚ deservedly‚ one of the most celebrated in Shakespeare. Like "If it were done" (Act I‚ Scene 7)‚ this soliloquy is a fascinating piece of stage psychology. The structure of the lines precisely echoes the swings from lucidity to mental disturbance that characterize Macbeth throughout the play. There are three false alarms: "I see thee still . . . I see thee yet . . . I see thee still!" Between each of these alarms comes a moment of respite in which Macbeth appeals to the
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