Essays Tagged: "Robert Browning"

The Point of View in "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning

decides to keep her for himself. The only way he feels he can keep her, though, is by killing her. Robert Browning's poem depicts the separation of social classes and describes the 'triumph' of one m ... He is completely out of his mind, and thinks that she does not feel any pain when he strangles her. Robert Browning does an excellent job in emphasizing that Porphyria's lover is not sure if, in fact, ...

(5 pages) 105 0 3.7 Oct/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Robert Browning

Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell, which isnow a part of London. He had no real ... rders His Tomb.2In 1846 he fell in love with the poet Elizabeth Barret. She was sixyears older than Robert and jealously guarded by her 'tyrannical' father.Because of her poor health which was made wo ... asa GuidiWindows. As Elizabeth's health slowly returned to her, she was able to enjoya fuller life. Robert seemed to thrive during these years of this remarkablemarriage. While they were there, Robert ...

(4 pages) 109 0 4.5 Nov/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

The Use of Dramatic Monologue to Create Moral Dilemma in Browning's "Porphyria's Lover"

so common 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 societ ... ader is 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 betwee ...

(6 pages) 95 0 3.4 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

How Literature was Affected in the Victorian Age

ch became more vulnerable(6). The novels of Charles Dickens, the poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning, the dramatic plays of Oscar Wilde, the scientific discoveries of the Darwins, and t ... s opinion of how women were treated(24).Victorian poetry was also popular during the Victorian Age. Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold and Lord Tennyson were among the most popular Victorian poets(Harris ...

(6 pages) 361 1 2.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Compare and Contrast Poetry by Robert Browning

IntroductionRobert Browning was born in 1812 in Camberwell, in a suburb of London. Young Robert spent much of hi ... when they were married. The couple moved to Italy that same year and had a son, Pen, later in 1849.Robert did not become recognized as a poet, until after Elizabeth's death in 1861. After which, he w ... izabeth's death in 1861. After which, he was honoured for the rest of his life as a literary figure.Robert is perhaps best known for his dramatic monologue technique. In his monologues, he spoke in th ...

(14 pages) 241 0 3.9 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Analysis of Robert Brownings The Last Duchess. Provides a roughly line by line anaylsis of the poem. A good essay, needs little revision.

Analysis of Robert Browning's My Last DuchessEnglish 110.6 (12)23 October 2002My Last Duchess is one of the more ... hessEnglish 110.6 (12)23 October 2002My Last Duchess is one of the more recognized poems written by Robert Browning. Robert Browning was a Victorian writer born in 1812 and died in 1889. He is remembe ... ind fault in the ones surrounding without seeing that same fault in oneself. Which is the idea that Robert Browning was attempting to convey to the reader through the use of iambic couplets and an exc ...

(5 pages) 183 1 4.3 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Analyzing of "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning, and opinions.

The poem "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning, is a dramatic monologue that consists of only one stanza and has a rhyme scheme of ...

(9 pages) 86 1 3.4 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

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, on ... instrumental in showing the Duke's jealousy, which possibly could have led to the Duchess' demise. Robert Browning is able to achieve a haunting, mysterious, and eerie tone in "My Last Duchess," by u ... g personality was described. Finally, Browning uses the Duchess' portrait as a symbolIn conclusion, Robert Browning achieved a haunting, mysterious, and eerie tone through the use of three poetic techniques.

(3 pages) 136 1 3.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Poems and Songs about War-Commentary.

ur poets in particular who had very strong feelings about the subject at hand. Those four poets are Robert Browning, Bob Dylan, Stephen Crane, and Wilfred Owen. We will discuss and interpret the diffe ... his life and yet he turns around and wishes death upon them.The last poem "Love Among the Ruins" by Robert Browning is a poem about love. Browning uses war in the poem to show the reader that there is ...

(4 pages) 50 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

"Dover Beach" and "My Last Duchess" by Arnold.

t in which the story takes place. In some instances, the setting is used to develop the characters. Robert Browning and Matthew Arnold use the setting to expose their character traits. "My Last Duches ... the poems help describe the surroundings and the feelings that the speaker is trying to get across. Robert Browning, the author of "My Last Duchess", uses the setting to show the Dukes greed, cruelty, ...

(4 pages) 85 1 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

"My Last Duchess" By Robert Browning

Robert Browning is known as the Master of Psychological dramatic monologue. In "My last Duchess" the ... Miller is able to prove that there are double meanings in most of what the main character says.Robert Browning's dramatic monologues allow the reader a different kind of enjoyment, the pleasure o ...

(3 pages) 108 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Robert Browning's poem, "My Last Duchess"

Analysis of Robert Browning's My Last DuchessRobert Browning's poem, My Last Duchess is a poem that represents a ...

(6 pages) 162 0 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Analysis of Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover".

In his poem, "Porphyria's Lover", Robert Browning illustrates the narrators need for power by suppressing Porphyria's thoughts and mak ... r what Porphyria thinks or what makes her keep the narrator a secret from her family. That the time Robert Browning wrote this poem, it is apparent that social class and status were extremely importan ... cause he has no control as to when and where he can see Porphyria.In his poem, "Porphyria's Lover", Robert Browning illustrates the narrators need for power by suppressing Porphyria's thoughts and mak ...

(4 pages) 96 0 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Robert Browning's poem "MY LAST DUCHESS".

he didn't trust her? Narrating his own tale of possessiveness, jealousy, and murder, the husband in Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess" unintentionally justifies his dead wife's actions.The husba ... arily flirting with those men.Through possessiveness, jealousy, and a lack of trust, the husband in Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess," never thoroughly justifies his actions for murdering his w ...

(3 pages) 73 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"My Last Duchess": Paragon and Paregon.

Derrida, "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 ... ruck has an artistic re-presentation "for" the incomparable, innominate duke; for readers, however, Robert Browning allusively recovers a literary, gift more ancient than his speaker's "nine-hundred-y ...

(21 pages) 109 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Victorian Period Essay

here was a husband and wife duo of writers during this time. Their names were Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. They got married in 1846 and during that time she wrote Sonnets from the Portuguese ...

(4 pages) 76 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Analyse the Different Forms of Power Presented in "My Last Duchess", "A Woman to Her Lover" and "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"

s psychological power over his DuchessThe poem "My Last Duchess" is a dramatic monologue written by Robert Browning, coming from the Duke of Ferrara. In the poem he displays his megalomaniac tendencie ...

(9 pages) 72 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning

Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" are two poems that are dramatic monologu ...

(2 pages) 62 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > 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 ac ... on to poetry, influencing such major poets of the twentieth century as Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and Robert Frost.After reading Elizabeth Barrett's Poems (1844) and corresponding with her for a few mon ... father. The couple moved to Pisa and then Florence, where they continued to write. They had a son, Robert "Pen" Browning, in 1849, the same year his Collected Poems was published. Elizabeth inspired ...

(12 pages) 131 0 4.3 Mar/2004

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 u ... ain felt 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 ... wning, 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 h ...

(7 pages) 73 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies