How Is Harpria's Lover A Disturbed Character
English Victorian Robert Browning was a poet and playwright, mastering in dramatic monologue and narrative criticisms of art, beauty, and the natural world. Born May 7th, 1812 into the reign of Queen Victoria, society had transformed into a romantic hub from a rationalistic one, consisting on decisions based on personal moral standing, a movement of the preceding Georgian period. Browning’s sadistic, troubled characters, and uncomfortable dark humor are intriguing, and the colorful placement of words and punctuation in conveying his ideas is active and engaging, rendering him a perfect candidate for ‘England’s foremost Victorian Poet’. The anti-social tendencies of his disturbed characters are amusing, and are exemplary of entertainment. However, it is
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Immediately, we are triggered into believing that the speaker is not in his right mind to recall the events. Porphyria’s Lover begins with a lovesick man waiting for his mistress to arrive from an awakening storm outside. He is aggressive, and appears passionately angered, using plosive verbs such as ‘’tore’’ and ‘’vex’’, instilling a sense of apprehension in the reader. These words are acrid to the tongue, and already inform us that the speaker is not happy. The use of these words symbolizes his internal violent demeanor. The lack of exclamation points also show his type of violence: it is a noiseless ferocity, unlike in The Laboratory, where the violence is more elated by the use of exclamation marks. The speaker in Porphyria’s Lover is subdued and eerie. As perpetuated by Freud, the repressed desires of the human psyche are present in the realm of the unconscious mind, and can only be accessed via the actions of the individual. These actions allow us to gain an insight into the happenings of the mind, and what it desires. When Porphyria arrives into the cottage after the speaker’s yearning for her presence, she is described soberly. She ‘’kneeled’’ to ‘’make
Immediately, we are triggered into believing that the speaker is not in his right mind to recall the events. Porphyria’s Lover begins with a lovesick man waiting for his mistress to arrive from an awakening storm outside. He is aggressive, and appears passionately angered, using plosive verbs such as ‘’tore’’ and ‘’vex’’, instilling a sense of apprehension in the reader. These words are acrid to the tongue, and already inform us that the speaker is not happy. The use of these words symbolizes his internal violent demeanor. The lack of exclamation points also show his type of violence: it is a noiseless ferocity, unlike in The Laboratory, where the violence is more elated by the use of exclamation marks. The speaker in Porphyria’s Lover is subdued and eerie. As perpetuated by Freud, the repressed desires of the human psyche are present in the realm of the unconscious mind, and can only be accessed via the actions of the individual. These actions allow us to gain an insight into the happenings of the mind, and what it desires. When Porphyria arrives into the cottage after the speaker’s yearning for her presence, she is described soberly. She ‘’kneeled’’ to ‘’make