PORPHYRIA’S LOVER BY ROBERT BROWNING Violence towards a woman who was once desired and wor-shipped by men appears to be a recurring motif in Browning’s po-ems. “Porphyria’s lover” is one of the earliest dramatic mono-logues by Robert Browning in which he explores the mind of an insane male lover. Browning reveals the changing thoughts and feelings as well as the emotional disorder of his speaker. The reader often perceives a gap between …showed first 75 words of 765 total…

…showed last 75 words of 765 total…be-loved. It was love it self that drove him to murder. At the highest point when he thinks she loves him the most, he strangles her. Why? Because in his mind she will love him forever. People fall in and out love all the time. So he felt proud of himself, for she died in love with him. And in his heart she will love him always granted she is no longer living. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**