Essays Tagged: "Browning"
Robert Browning
Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell, which isnow a part of London. He had no real formal ... ty-one, but he did not sign it because of hisfear of exposing himself to the public too much.1Since Browning did not want to expose himself too personally, hedecided to try his hand at writing plays. ... ersonally, hedecided to try his hand at writing plays. He was encouraged by the actorW.C. Macready. Browning began work on his first play, Strafford, ahistorical tragedy. Unfortunately, the play only ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
The Use of Dramatic Monologue to Create Moral Dilemma in Browning's "Porphyria's Lover"
on in the Victorian Age, in Victorian poetry, in the use of dramatic monologue. Perfected by Robert Browning in the mid nineteenth century, dramatic monologue very closely mirrors modern society's leg ... the jury, the speaker of the poem is the lawyer, and, thinking more abstractly, the author, Robert Browning in this case, represents the case as a whole. The decision the jury must make between what ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
This essay was about the poetic devices which Robert Browning used to enhance the haunting tone in his dramatic monologue, "My Last Duchess."
Robert Browning sets the tone of "My Last Duchess," by using three significant poetic techniques, one of wh ... e tone of "My Last Duchess," by using three significant poetic techniques, one of which is imagery. Browning uses the Duke's monologue to sketch out images in the reader's mind of the Duchess herself, ... h out images in the reader's mind of the Duchess herself, and the sinister personality of the Duke. Browning also uses another key device, which is diction to illustrate the darkness in this poem. Bro ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
How does Browning Shape our Reaction To The Duke in His Dramatic Monologue 'My Last Duchess'?
How does Browning shape our reaction to the Duke in 'My Last Duchess'?Our initial reaction to the Duke is for ... he's moving on to his next wife - 'my last duchess'. By telling us all this in the first two lines, Browning is not letting us make any mistake about what sort of person the Duke is. It also intrigues ... used the Duchess to smile - he just thinks that they wanted to but didn't because of his authority. Browning uses this paranoia that creeps into the Duke's speech to make us begin to comprehend certai ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Compare and contrast "My last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" By Robert Browning.
Title: - Compare and contrast "My last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" By Robert Browning.Robert Browning was born on May7, 1812, in Camberwell, England. His mother was an accomplis ... re than 6,000 volumes included works in Greek, Hebrew, Latin, French, Italian, and Spanish. Much of Browning's education came from his well-read father. It is believed that he was already proficient a ... he was already proficient at reading and writing by the age of five. A bright and anxious student, Browning learned Latin, Greek, and French by the time he was fourteen. From fourteen to sixteen he w ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The Life of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Robert BrowningEnglish poet, noted for his mastery of dramatic monologue. Robert Browning was long unsucces ... t she;--I am quite sure she felt no pain."(From 'Porphyria's Lover' in Dramatic Lyrics, 1842)Robert Browning was born in Camberwell, south London, as the son of Robert Browning, a wealthy clerk in the ... a wealthy clerk in the Bank of England, and Sarah Anna Wiedemann, of German-Scottish origin. Robert Browning Senior had spent in his youth some time on the Caribbean island of St Kitts, where he becom ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Poem study 2- Robert Browning (1812-1889) 'My Last Duchess'
Robert Browning was born on the 7th of May 1812 to father Robert Browning and mother Sarah Wiedemann Browni ... t Browning and mother Sarah Wiedemann Browning. He was an only son but had a sister called Sarianna Browning. His family nationality was English, although he did speak Greek as well. Robert was an imp ... urgh: 1885. He died on the 12th of December 1889 and was buried in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey.Browning's poem, 'My Last Duchess' is based on the life of Alfonso II, duke of Ferrara in the sixtee ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
This essay like the summary of my last duches
errida, "Living On: Border Lines"The interaction of creativity with interpretation concerned Robert Browning throughout a career in which he made the dramatic monologue converge sound, silence and aud ... 144) undermines such a simple scheme of moving or fixing readers. This dramatic monologue, arguably Browning's premier work, adds a pictorial, fourth dimension to the usual pattern of speaker and sile ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Robert Browning 1812-1889 (Research Paper)
oetry we enjoy today was created by the some of the best poets in history.The talented poet, Robert Browning was one of the greatest poets in Victorian England. Born on Camberwell, London on May 7, 18 ... and. Born on Camberwell, London on May 7, 1812, Robert was the first child of Robert and Sarah Anna Browning. Most of his education came from home, while his mother was a devoted Angelican and his fat ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
19th CE poetry: Victorian Period. Poetry analysis, Robert Browning
ver more novel and sensational ways. So violence became popular for many writers, among them Robert Browning. In many of his poems, violence, along with sex, became the theme of the modern urban-dwell ... lence, along with sex, became the theme of the modern urban-dwelling condition. This can be seen in Browning's poems "Porphyria's Lover" and "His Last Duchess".Poet - Robert BrowningRobert Browning wa ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
How Does Browning Reveal His Character Psyche in "Porphyria's lover" and "The Laboratory"?
"Porphyria's lover" (PL) and "The laboratory" (TL) are two dramatic monologues written by Robert Browning. Browning uses a range of techniques to reveal the characters psyche. The characters are bo ... sadistic and the other suffering from subconscious guilt. I will be discussing the techniques that Browning uses to reveal his characters in PL and TL.In TL Browning begins to suggest a sense of para ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Dover Beach Vs Duchess
Robert Browning and Mathew Arnold's poems may be compared on the grounds of the personality of the speakers ... and the themes. The personality of the speakers is on the basis of being contradicting. The duke in Browning's "My Last Duchess" is a proud man only interested in rank and order. He believes his ... hess." The duke thought his wife as a possession and she could never be treated as his equal. Browning alludes to Greek mythology while making the comparison of how the duke tamed his wife like ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Barret Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Poetic Influences When analyzing the work of any writer or artist, several factor ... ork can be traced throughout their life to momentous events, tragic or joyous. In Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry, many of the themes, subject and specific styles of her writing are reflected in h ... ell-known poem from the book, Sonnets from the Portuguese, clearly reflects the amorous feelings in Browning's personal life, while poems such as "The Cry of the Children" portray her political ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Research task: Robert Browning and Context
Year 11 Extension Research Task: Robert Browning and the Victorian AgeRobert Browning (7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889)Robert Browning was bor ... usic, while her strong religious faith provided him with a lifelong belief in the existence of God. Browning went to primary school until he was fourteen, when his parents decided that he should inste ... shed work was Pauline: A Fragment of a Confession , of whom the hero of the poem is symbolically of Browning himself who bares his soul to a patient heroine. When a critic commented that the anonymous ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Poetry
Race, Gender and Wealth in Robert Browning's, My Last Duchess & Porphyria's Lover.
st influential literature periods of all time, while also spawning some famous poets such as Robert Browning, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Robert Browning (7 May 1812 - 12 December ... ry of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. Browning's, Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess are written in the form of dramatic monologue and ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Interpretations of "Porphyria's Lover"
Interpretations of "Porphyria's Lover"Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover" is one of his most variously interpreted poems. The Interpretations i ... s another example of vampirism within the poem. In the last line "and yet God has not said a word" (Browning, line 60), the speaker justifies the murder of Porphyria because he has saved his own soul ... Porphyria's lover, says "She put my arm about her waist / And made her smooth white shoulder bare" (Browning, lines 16-17), it is apparent she is making her sexual desires known. Wanting to please her ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry