Shakespeare and Robert Browning

display Shakespe be and browning both open the theme of craving through their central char be arrs. skirt Macbeth (and Macbeth) is motivated by the commit for ambition and authority in Macbeth whilst in the Browning monologues the monologists are driven by the trust of indicator and hold up in Porphyrias fan and vindicate in The laboratory. All of which expect to prevail fatal conclusions as a pull up stakes of each of their commits.As the texts were produced over 400years ago, earreachs whitethorn father put up the works of Shakespeare and Browning highly thought-provoking and socialize whilst contemporary audiences finding the different aspects of appetency relatable to fresh situations. brothel keeper Macbeths need for authority in her famous soliloquy doctor me here reflects on the feelings of military personnely women at that clock time longing for fountain.Likewise, audiences of the the research lab are able to empathise with the protagonists desire for revenge upon their adulterous grappler. In Porphyrias Lover, Browning reveals an obsessive and controlling role who can totally satisfy his absolute bonk for his lover by strangling her, presenting his desire for control over others. Section 1 How do the writers expose the central characters? LADY MACBETH Lady Macbeths admittance to the audience in Act 1, pic 5 immediately reconciles it clear of her intentions. Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst abrasiveness. As this is a soliloquy, it invites the audience in to specify her inner thoughts and feeling and her true desire for power. * Her intention of desperate verbs, contend and fill me not only notifies the audience of her desire for power, but the lengths she is go come forthing go to reach it. Lady Macbeths mention of the super indispensable interprets how epic she is for her desire as she craves to posses characteristics o f a man by calling upon the spirits and this possibly confirms the dark crosstie she has to the witches prophecy as she dos commanding language add followed by supernatural references spirits and only calls upon them. * She says come to me womans breast and take my draw for gall. Stating the physical differences of males and females not only press outs the limitations of her desire (she is a woman), but reflects on the position of women at the time beca utilise she is pleading to have all her feminine traits emoved to attain her desire. * Likewise, when she says that tend on deterrent example thoughts unsex me here she is asking the spirits to de-feminise and undo her natural order her as she wants to be emotionless and not feel guilty as she recognises that her desire goes against the moral order thus emphasising her sacrosanct feeling of desire and how faraway she will go. It could in like manner be argued that the circumstance that women had to act in certain ways in the 16th century, for instance beingnessness completely against furiousness of any sorts, may have spurred on doll Macbeth to rebel and achieve her desire. Also, the reference to direst cruelty make thick my logical argument further supports her portrayal to the audience as an evil and corrupted character. The use of the semi-colon emphasises the use of the word cruelty which is a trait seen to be masculine not feminine * This may have been shocking yet entertaining to the Elizabethan audiences as women at that time werent expected to act and think in such a way. * The particular that when we meet her when Macbeth is not present (or any atomic number 53 else) shows her desire for power as she is telling us what she wants THE LABORATORY Similarly, in Robert Brownings monologue of The laboratory the audience are made fully aware of the narrators intentions from the beginning. May gaze thro these faint smokes curling whitely. The personae describes deadly arsenic fumes as somethi ng handome which suggests to the reader that she is somewhere where chemical reactions take place- therefrom the title. * The fact that we are introduced to her in this associationting brings a dark atmosphere similar to intro of brothel keeper Macbeth * This may portray signs of insanity which questionable passim the poem. Reference to the devils smithy further enhances her desire for revenge as she knows she is doing something bad by red to a devils smithy * Poison to poison her- reinforces the narrative to drink down and the firstborn glimpse to who the revenge is on (her) and doesnt mention the name * It shows how deranged the protagonists nature has become, who goes so far as to poison her bear on in love The use of rhyming quickens the pace of the poem, adding to the womans increase vehemence as the apothecary grinds up the mixture.Many of Brownings poems were create verbally about people with an unusual nature. At first glance, the poem appears to be written as i f she were take to task to the apothecary, but reading into it shows that she may be thought process to herself as at the start of the poem she tells the man to take his time, but as she thinks about the possibilities and power the poison will bring her she begins to hurry him. Her offhand attitude towards her future crime suggests that she may have previously killed and does not care about being found out as she is proud of what she will have d one and only(a). PORPHYRIAS LOVER the rain set early this evening- tonight is a time indicator and possibly foreshadows something that will happen tonight * Use of pathetic fallacy- weather mirrors feeling tangle by the narrator * Irregular rhyme pattern- may show narrators instabilltiy * No stanzas reflective of the narrators mental nominate/personality * When obsessed cant interference lecture about something * Build up of tenseness at the beginning to get to the climax COMPARRISON OF exclusively * All start in a sour gloomy w ay * Section 2 How do the writers show that desire motivates and drives these characters?LADY MACBETH * Act 1, Scene 7- When you durst do it then you were a man shows Lady Macbeths play on masculinity as she uses the sinless tense were highlighting the difference now and in advance which provokes Macbeth and in turn manipulates him to go through with the carrying out of Macbeth with will get allow her to attain her desire for power (again shows how far she is willing to go to achieve happiness) * * Strong imagery and emotive lang-passionate * Blank poetise instead of prose * Shakespeare uses a metaphor and contrast to show that Lady Macbeth is remorseless.In Act I scene 7, when Macbeth wants to rump out of killing Duncan, she tells Macbeth I have dispose suck, and know / How tender tis to love the babe that milks me / I would, while it was smiling in my face, / Have pluckd my mammilla from his deboned gums, / And dashd the brains out, had I so sworn as you. * First, Lady M acbeth uses feminine language, showing she knows what it means to be tender and nurturing with words handle tender love and milk. But then, she shocks the audience by apply violent language such as step on it the brains out.This is an upsetting image it makes the audience empathise that Lady Macbeth would put a promise to begin with the life of her own child. * Lady Macbeth seems to have no problem with violence of the cruelest kind violence against a child. What makes Lady Macbeth sound even more ruthless are words like as boneless and smiling because the baby sounds defenseless, yet Lady Macbeth wont show it mercy. * By having Lady Macbeth talk about committing infanticide, Shakespeare makes her a villain in the eye of the audience, because in the 1600s, women were seen as soft and nurturing.Behaving this way would be seen as unnatural and would have shocked Shakespeares audience. * This shows how her she is driven by desire because for Lady Macbeth (who portrays a strong per sonae) to talk about how she knows what Is like to be a woman and be nurturing, which doesnt happen very often in the play, as a way to control her conserve into getting into power shows how driven she is and again how far shell go. THE LAB * Browning also presents the reader with a character who is completely ruthless when it comes to fulfilling her desires.Although Lady Macbeth desires power whereas the speaker in The Laboratory desires revenge, they share the corresponding determination to get what they want regardless of the consequence. When talking to the chemist about her plans for revenge the speaker says and Elize, with her head, and her breast, and her hands should drop dead . Just like the first appearance of Lady Macbeth, Browning also paints a intense image of death and murder. Worryingly for the reader, Browning strongly suggests the speakers enjoyment of the topic of her rivals death.By repeating the word and it suggests that she is relishing the idea of revenge and also that she has thought about it save as much. Section 3 How do the writers show how desire affects relationships in the text? Section 4 How do the writers show the results/consequences of desire? LADY MACBETH * In the final stages of the play the result of Lady Macbeths desire for power becomes clear when she loses her mental constancy and starts to re-live the murder she and her husband committed. Whilst in her room she utters the expression * Out damned spot * Out I say * The use of the command here clearly shows the fact that Lady Macbeth a once effectual and desire driven woman is becoming more and more unstable. Shakespeares use of the repetition of the word out shows how desperate she has become, how she has lost control. The repeated use of the ecphonesis marks highlights the intensity of her need for her hands to be clean. The spot to which she is referring to is that of the blood of King Duncan, up to now in this instance the blood is a figurative manifes tation of her guilt, and one that will neer go away.Her need for power has destroyed her she can no longer escape the consequences of what she has done. In this dialogue Lady Macbeth also alludes to the fact that she herself has been damned, just like she may never get the spot of blood off of her skin she will never be able to clean her own soul, she will never be able to escape what she has done. Through the use of the word damn Shakespeare successfully suggests the idea of hell, one which was key in Lady Macbeths initial soliloquy.In this scene many may feel a sense of sympathy for Lady Macbeth, as she is going through a traumatic experience, and yet there is no sign of Macbeth, once again taken over by desire he has abandoned his wife in her time of need. However, this scene may be considered to be appropriate by Shakespearian audiences as Lady Macbeth losing her mental stability is seen as a result of her dealing with aspects of life that are deemed to be not feminine. Conclu sion present your own ideas about the varying successes of the different writers, evaluating which of the treatments you cull and why exemplar to follow * Whilst Shakespeare presents highly make characters in the shape of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, both of whom are driven to self-destruction by their strong feelings of desire, it is Brownings monologist in The Laboratory that conjures this desire roughly convincingly. Grind away, moisten and mash up thy paste,/ tucker out at thy powder, I am not in haste Both the language and the form obligate the reader to reluctantly empathise with the persona. We feel pull into the conspiracy she has arranged with her apothecary, driven by the imperative commands she expresses through the use of alliteration, exclamations and commanding verbs. Moreover, the use of bilabial plosives paste pound owder attracts the reader, caught up in the excitement she feels as she anticipates the deadly outcomes of the concoction being created. Of course, she is in haste. What is interest is that all three texts make desire enticing (even though we know that moral boundaries are being challenged and broken). Browning not only shows the corruption that strong feelings of desire can bring but also succeeds in corrupting the reader as we unattackable to her intentions