Compare two Robert Browning poems - The Laboratory and My last Duchess. :: English Literature

Compare two Robert Browning poems - The testing ground and My pass Duchess.The two Robert Browning poems I halt chosen are The Laboratory andMy become Duchess. My initial reaction on reading The laboratory wasone of standoff and fascination as it tells a tale of a woman scorned. Ifound it horrifying that a human being could plan in such a cold andcalculating way, but I likewise found this fascinating.Not that I bid you spare her the painLet close be felt and the proof remainMy feelings on reading My stand Duchess was pity for the Duke who wasnarrating the poem as it was clear that his jealousy and insecurityhad washed-up their relationship.she smiled, no doubt,Wheneer I passed her but who passed withoutMuch the alike smile?both poems have contemporary relevance, as people today are hush upintrigued by murder, mystery and tales of unrequited love. It is very distinct that the poems were wrote in the nineteenth century though, as someof the language is no longer in use in tod ays society eg durst/daredand forsooth/indeed. There are different indications that the poetry waswritten in the 19th century by the references do to the use of a fanand also the way the poison was prompt using pestle and mortar.Grind away moisten and mash up thy paste, confiscate at thy powder-I am not in haste.The topic of the poem in My Last Duchess is infact a painting, had itbeen written in the 21st century it would have been far more likely tohave been a photograph.The theme of The Laboratory is one of the eternal love triangle.Whereas the theme in my last duchess would look to be about anobsessive yet insecure lover. The similarity would be the extremejealousy that is displayed by both narratives. The difference is thatthe narrator in My Last Duchess is so jealous and insecure that hegave commandsThen completely smiles stopped together.implying that he sent away or disposed of his love one in some way.In The Laboratory, the focus of jealousy is enjoin at the another(pr enominal)woman.He is with her, and they know that I knowThe character of the narrator in The Laboratory displays an intensityof emotion through her obvious jealousy of the other woman, thisintensity of jealousy could only be achieved if she also hadexperienced the same level of love. Similarly, the character of thenarrator in My Last Duchess also displays obvious jealousy although itis without such an intensity of emotion. It is my opinion that the