Porphryias Lover
Crazy In Love
A general meaning of the term psychopath is when a person with an antisocial personality
disorder, manifested in aggressive, perverted, criminal, amoral behavior without empathy or
remorse. (Webster New Collegiate Dictionary)The term can also be used to illustrate a mental
and unstable person. A psychopath is exemplified in Robert Browning's poem Porphyria's
Lover," In this dramatic monologue the speaker describes how and why he murders his dear
Porphyria. The speaker displays his psychotic his characteristics through his jealousy , possessive
behavior and his self deception.
One of the psychotic characteristics of the speaker would be his jealously. Browning
makes it quite obvious to the reader that Porphyria is an upper-class woman by describing her
wardrobe [She] withdrew the dripping cloak and shawl, and laid her solid gloves by, untied her
hat and let her damp hair fall"(lines......
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