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

'In some(prenominal) verses, browning portrays the horizontal surface of 2 people in love provided unfortunately some(prenominal) then can with the murder of oneness of the loers. Both characters (The Duke of Ferrara and Porphyrias l everywhere) are haunt with power try to obtain and make do it to their advantage. They are both also informed of the social strain within their family which may be a resulting part to the ca make use of of the killing. However, the substance the characters tell the story are altogether opposite as the Duke tries to hide his wrongdoings provided make baneful hints to the reader whereas Porphyrias lover states it confidently with no regret as paragon has not say a expression.\nIn My weather Duchess, the story is narrated by the voice of the vain Duke in a dramatic monologue. end-to-end the poem, the Duke attempts to appear in go of the dialogue and uses name dropping to impress the emissary. Although the purport of impressing is there, what comes across is a negative quality trait of the Dukes that conveys him as selfish; when he mentions Fra Pandolf trine times in the poem; and uses his riches to gain lavishly power over others. The irrational green-eyed monster of the joy into the Duchess organization that only appears when Fra Pandolf is empower also proves the domineering and egocentric record of the Duke which is shown byout the poem; this is publicised through the overuse of pronouns desire I and me which hints to the high opinion of himself and his selfish personality. \nThe Duke is overall very possessive over the Duchess, even when she is dead, as he describes her as My Last Duchess and controls who she looked on through the use of the curtain existence drawn to meridian the portrait. However, it is proven that he does not hire much control due to the social structure of the poem as the use of enjambment suggests that he is beseeming impatient and possibly angry that she is ma king him feel this demeanor aga...'