Each man in each poem is pretty insane. In “Porphyria’s Lover” he’s paranoid, suspicious, and tempered with abnormal behavior. He even describes the storm in the poem like it’s more of a person that tore down and vandalized everything, which brings about a very aggressive nature in the man. The murder’s just reinforce the odd behavior. The Duke in “My Last Duchess” is a little more subtle than in “Prophyrias Lover.” He is in a different situation, looking back on his wife’s murder. His use of modesty and his own contradictions are very different. He is bitter about the way his wife acted even though now a days her behavior is normal, polite and
Each man in each poem is pretty insane. In “Porphyria’s Lover” he’s paranoid, suspicious, and tempered with abnormal behavior. He even describes the storm in the poem like it’s more of a person that tore down and vandalized everything, which brings about a very aggressive nature in the man. The murder’s just reinforce the odd behavior. The Duke in “My Last Duchess” is a little more subtle than in “Prophyrias Lover.” He is in a different situation, looking back on his wife’s murder. His use of modesty and his own contradictions are very different. He is bitter about the way his wife acted even though now a days her behavior is normal, polite and