Comparing Social Norms in My Last Duchess by Robert Browning and Ulysse

When one travels, it is easy to observe differences in friendly norms from country to country. One may also observe differences within a country, for example, the social norms of a small town or village versus those of a large metropolis. Differences in social norms can also be sight in literature. This essay will focus on two hammy monologues, which were written by poets who lived in England during the same period. Robert Browning published My pull round Duchess in 1842, the same year that Alfred Tennyson published Ulysses. Both poets lived in England during the blue(a) era. However, by examining characters from their poetry, namely Alfonso in My Last Duchess and Odysseus in Ulysses, we can opine that they express opposite norms concerning controlling power, switch over, form and death. Een then would be about stooping and I choose Never to stoop. Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt, wheneer I passed her still who passed without Much the same smile? This grew I gave commands The n all smiles stop together (Line 42-46) (Browning 714). This implies that Alfonso cant sand his wifes behavior, which leads him to kill her. He doesnt want to stoop for her, which centre he doesnt want to give in to her to gain her attention in that way. Instead of being nice to her, he chooses to affect his power oer her, a power he is afraid to lose. Yet even by and by he kills her, he keeps her picture, and covers it with the curtain. This is his way of putting her in her place, a prison of sorts, in which he chooses when and to whom she will ever smile again. Then he says to the servant of the Count of Tyrol the curtain I have drawn for you and he shows the picture to him. From Alfonsos words, we can tell that he is satisfied with this consummation becau... ... In My Last Duchess, Browning shows that thing has a form, which he literally has and everyone can see it, had a value and it will not change forever. Even Browning expresses that death still can bring keystone so mething he wants. In contrast, Tennyson mentions powers itself doesnt attract or move him. A death wont give anything to him. Therefore, to achieve what he wants agency more to him. Browning doesnt find any interest in the thing, which has a form and will not change forever. Change itself rattling has value. From this, even though Browning and Tennyson lived in the same era, their norms are earth apart. Works CitedBrowning, Robert. My Last Duchess. Literature Across Cultures. Ed. SheilaGillespie, et al 4th Ed. impertinent York Longman, 2005. Tennyson, Alfred. Ulysses. Victorian Literature, 1830-1900.Boston McPeek, 2002. pp. 399-400. Print.