Robert Browning and the Dramatic Monologue

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