Compare And Contrast Porphyria's Lover And My Last Duchess

Love is commonly expressed through many forms of literature. Affection is compared and contrasted to many different things, in many different forms. Two pieces of literature that can be correlated to each other are Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess. These two remarkable dramatic monologues portray love in a very odd way by the killing of their lovers. Each of the speakers in the stories have different motives, but ultimately executed the same deed. Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess are two pieces of literature with many similarities, as well as differences.

The motives of the speaker in Porphyria’s Lover are much different than those of My Last Duchess. The man, and lover of Porphyria, opens the monologue in a dull room sitting by himself. He recognizes the weather outside as violent, which adds suspicion that something atrocious may happen. When Porphyria enters the room, she begins to add character to the scene. She starts a fire, and

The first, and completely obvious observation of their common characteristics is the cold, hard fact that each lover exterminated their significant other. Another affinity is the overall logic of doing so. “I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together. There she stands As if alive.” The narrator of My Last Duchess kills his lover because of her “extreme” joy. He ultimately states that she cannot be controlled, and that is why he had to assassinate her. The Duke loved her, and without being able to control her he did not want to lose her love. He executed his duchess because of her inability to be controlled or commanded. The speaker of Porphyria’s Lover is utterly insane. He strangles his suitor to fulfill a wish that she had made, but in a completely lunatic way. To allow for Porphyria to be with him for eternity, he kills her. What a looney! The logic of two murders is similar because of the fact to keep their woman controlled or for