“The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less, a mask.” -Agatha Christie
People only know what you show them about yourself, and when you finally show your true colors, it can come as quite a surprise to most. In the stories The Most Dangerous Game and Porphyria’s Lover both of the main characters experience great twists in another’s seemingly mild personality. The authors use characterization and dialogue(in the case of Porphyria’s lover it’s more an inner monologue) to portray that people can hide their true and sometimes evil ideas or intentions behind their innocent facades.
Both Richard Cornell and Robert Browning use characterization to express how the main characters aren't actually as they seem. In The Most Dangerous Game Zaroff …show more content…
As Porphyria enters the home of her lover he seems loving and caring for her, he seems as though she meant the world to him. He “looked up at her eyes happy and proud; at last I knew Porphyria worshipped me.” This man who Porphyria was associated with was presumably the best you could ask for, the most kind, most caring and generous person ever. After you read ¾ of the poem however, it is quite hard to believe that he has any good left in him. The character’s psychotic minds are hidden in their facades and their entire personalities are cloaked in lies to hide what they really are. The author of Porphyria's Lover also use dialogue to show the crazy demented side of the character, The inner monologue of the speaker in Porphyria’s Lover is a bit different than that of the characterization in The Most Dangerous Game but it does still effectively portray the characters. Multiple stanzas later, Porphyria lied down in the bed and Porphyria’s lover is overtaken by possible guilt or another emotion which causes them distress and strangles her to death though,“ I am quite sure she felt no pain.” As she only witnessed the ‘bad side’ for a few seconds when she was strangled, she wouldn’t have felt any pain in the appearance of the demented character that she was actually courting and I believe that is the message that is present not that the
People only know what you show them about yourself, and when you finally show your true colors, it can come as quite a surprise to most. In the stories The Most Dangerous Game and Porphyria’s Lover both of the main characters experience great twists in another’s seemingly mild personality. The authors use characterization and dialogue(in the case of Porphyria’s lover it’s more an inner monologue) to portray that people can hide their true and sometimes evil ideas or intentions behind their innocent facades.
Both Richard Cornell and Robert Browning use characterization to express how the main characters aren't actually as they seem. In The Most Dangerous Game Zaroff …show more content…
As Porphyria enters the home of her lover he seems loving and caring for her, he seems as though she meant the world to him. He “looked up at her eyes happy and proud; at last I knew Porphyria worshipped me.” This man who Porphyria was associated with was presumably the best you could ask for, the most kind, most caring and generous person ever. After you read ¾ of the poem however, it is quite hard to believe that he has any good left in him. The character’s psychotic minds are hidden in their facades and their entire personalities are cloaked in lies to hide what they really are. The author of Porphyria's Lover also use dialogue to show the crazy demented side of the character, The inner monologue of the speaker in Porphyria’s Lover is a bit different than that of the characterization in The Most Dangerous Game but it does still effectively portray the characters. Multiple stanzas later, Porphyria lied down in the bed and Porphyria’s lover is overtaken by possible guilt or another emotion which causes them distress and strangles her to death though,“ I am quite sure she felt no pain.” As she only witnessed the ‘bad side’ for a few seconds when she was strangled, she wouldn’t have felt any pain in the appearance of the demented character that she was actually courting and I believe that is the message that is present not that the