Robert Browning - My Last Duchess and Porphyria\'s Lover

In twain poems, Browning portrays the twaddle of two people in love but unfortunately both then pa office up with the murder of one of the lovers. two characters (The Duke of Ferrara and Porphyrias lover) are haunt with office trying to beat and wield it to their advantage. They are both also conscious of the sociable class within their kindred which may be a resulting factor to the cause of the killing. However, the panache the characters tell the story are completely opposite as the Duke tries to hide his wrongdoings but confuse subtle hints to the reader whereas Porphyrias lover states it confidently with no regret as god has not said a word.\nIn My remnant Duchess, the story is narrated done the character of the narcissistic Duke in a dramatic monologue. Throughout the poem, the Duke attempts to look in control of the conversation and uses name dropping to impressment the emissary. Although the intent of impressing is there, what comes across is a negative charac teristic indication of the Dukes that conveys him as egotistical; when he mentions Fra Pandolf three propagation in the poem; and uses his wealth to gain higher power over others. The irrational green-eyed monster of the joy into the Duchess cheek that nevertheless appears when Fra Pandolf is present also proves the absolute and egocentric personality of the Duke which is shown end-to-end the poem; this is publicised through the overuse of pronouns like I and me which hints to the high opinion of himself and his egocentric personality. \nThe Duke is overall very genitive over the Duchess, even when she is dead, as he describes her as My hold up Duchess and controls who she looked on through the use of the curtain being emaciated to cover the portrait. However, it is proven that he does not have such(prenominal) control due to the expression of the poem as the use of enjambment suggests that he is neat impatient and perhaps maddened that she is making him feel this fo cusing aga...