Gabrielle Stith
Denton
English 12-2
May 13, 2004
Robert Browning and the Dramatic Monologue
Controlling Purpose: to analyze selected works of Robert Browning.
I. Brief overview of Browning
A. Greatest Poet
B. Family Life
II. Brief overview of “My Last Duchess”
A. Descriptive adjectives
B. Cause for death
C. Description of his wife
III. Definition of Dramatic Monologue
IV. Comments by Glenn Everett
A. Point of View
B. Tone
C. Audience Imagination
V. Comments by Terry Bohannon
A. No Christianity
B. Evil Characters
Robert Browning and the Dramatic Monologue
Robert Browning, one of the greatest poets of his literary period, was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell, London. He was the first child of Robert and Sarah Anna Browning (“Robert Browning’s Bibliography” 1). His father was a clerk at the Bank of England and his mother was a zealous Evangelist. By 1846, Browning got married to Elizabeth Barrett.......
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