Shakespeare and Robert Browning

Intro Shakespeare and br feature both exemplify the theme of intrust through and through their central characters. bird Macbeth (and Macbeth) is motivated by the proclivity for ambition and authority in Macbeth whilst in the toasting monologues the monologists are driven by the thirst of federal agency and control in Porphyrias L e veryplace and punish in The laboratory. All of which see to stomach fatal conclusions as a result of each of their needs.As the texts were produced over 400years ago, auditory modalitys may have found the works of Shakespeare and Browning highly intriguing and entertaining whilst contemporary audiences finding the different aspects of desire relatable to modern situations. wench Macbeths need for authority in her famous soliloquy fasten me here reflects on the incurings of humanityy women at that time longing for power.Likewise, audiences of the the science laboratory are able to empathise with the protagonists desire for retaliate upo n their adulterous sports fan. In Porphyrias Lover, Browning reveals an obsessive and compulsive persona who can only satisfy his absolute revere for his lover by strangling her, presenting his desire for control over others. Section 1 How do the writers introduce the central characters? LADY MACBETH noblewoman Macbeths entree to the audience in Act 1, Scene 5 immediately makes it acquit of her intentions. Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and consume me, from the waft to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty. As this is a soliloquy, it invites the audience in to see her home(a) thoughts and feeling and her true desire for power. * Her hitice of imperative verbs, come and fill me not only notifies the audience of her desire for power, merely the lengths she is willing go to achieve it. Lady Macbeths mention of the supernatural shows how desperate she is for her desire as she craves to posses characteristics of a man by c exclusivelying upon the spirits and this possibly confirms the twilight(prenominal) affiliation she has to the witches prophecy as she routines masterying vocabulary come followed by supernatural references spirits and only calls upon them. * She says come to me womans heart and take my milk for gall. Stating the physical differences of males and females not only shows the limitations of her desire (she is a woman), but reflects on the position of women at the time beca utilisation she is appeal to have all her powder-puff traits emoved to attain her desire. * Likewise, when she says that tend on honorable thoughts unsex me here she is asking the spirits to de-feminise and undo her natural rear her as she wants to be emotionless and not feel guilty as she recognises that her desire goes against the clean order thus emphasising her lovesome feeling of desire and how far she will go. It could also be argued that the fact that women had to act in certain ways in the 16th century, for instance being all told against force of any sorts, may have spurred on lady Macbeth to uprise and achieve her desire. Also, the reference to direst cruelty make thick my root provided supports her portrayal to the audience as an evil and corrupted character. The hire of the semi-colon emphasises the give 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 recover in such a way. * The fact that when we meet her when Macbeth is not present (or any one 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 storytellers intentions from the beginning. May gaze thro these calorie-free smokes curling whitely. The personae describes deadly arsenic fumes as something beautiful which suggests to the lector that she is somewhere where chemical reactions take place- hence the title. * The fact that we are introduced to her in this setting brings a dark atmosphere similar to intro of lady Macbeth * This may portray signs of insanity which questionable through off the poem. Reference to the devils smithy further enhances her desire for revenge as she knows she is doing something bad by departure to a devils smithy * Poison to poison her- reinforces the narrative to kill and the counterbalance 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 rival in love The use of rhyming quickens the pace of the poem, adding to the womans increasing excitement as the apothecary grinds up the mixture.Many of Brownings poems were written virtually people with an unusual nature. At first glance, the poem appears to be written as if she were talk of the town to the apothecary, but reading into it shows that she m ay be thinking to herself as at the wampum 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 careless attitude towards her early 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 done. PORPHYRIAS LOVER the rain set early this night- this night is a time indicator and possibly foreshadows something that will happen tonight * Use of pathetic fallacy- weather mirrors feeling felt by the narrator * Irregular rhyme pattern- may show narrators instabilltiy * No stanzas reflective of the narrators genial state/personality * When obsessed cant stop talking about something * Build up of tension at the beginning to master to the climax COMPARRISON OF ALL * All start in a sinister gloomy way * Section 2 How do the writers show that desire motivates and drives these characters?LADY MACBETH * Act 1, Scene 7- W hen you durst do it then you were a man shows Lady Macbeths break away on masculinity as she uses the perfect filtrate were highlighting the difference now and earlier which provokes Macbeth and in turn manipulates him to go through with the execution 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 tomography and emotive lang-passionate * Blank verse instead of prose * Shakespeare uses a metaphor and demarcation to show that Lady Macbeth is ruthless.In Act I scene 7, when Macbeth wants to back out of killing Duncan, she tells Macbeth I have given suck, and know / How brotherly tis to love the babe that milks me / I would, while it was blithe in my face, / Have pluckd my titmouse from his boneless gums, / And dashd the brains out, had I so sworn as you. * First, Lady Macbeth uses feminine language, showing she knows what it means to be tender and nurturing with words standardised tend er love and milk. But then, she shocks the audience by using risky language such as dashed the brains out.This is an upsetting project it makes the audience understand that Lady Macbeth would put a promise before 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 to a greater extent 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 eyeball of the audience, because in the 1600s, women were seen as soft and nurturing.Behaving this way would be seen as violent and would have shocked Shakespeares audience. * This shows how her she is driven by desire because for Lady Macbeth (who portrays a strong personae) to talk about how she knows what Is like to be a woman and be nurturing, which doesnt happen very o ften in the play, as a way to control her economise 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 same termination 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 show of Lady Macbeth, Browning also paints a vivid image of terminal and murder. Worryingly for the reader, Browning strongly suggests the speakers enjoyment of the report 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 reasonable 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 genial perceptual constancy and starts to re-live the murder she and her husband committed. Whilst in her room she utters the phrase * pop damned spot * Out I say * The use of the command here clearly shows the fact that Lady Macbeth a one time properly and desire driven woman is becoming increasingly 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 exclamation marks highlights the intensity of her need for her hands to be bare. The spot to which she is referring to is that of the blood of King Duncan, however in this instance the blood is a metaphorical manifestation of her guilt, and one that will never go away.Her need for power has destroyed her she can no longer fudge 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 toss away his wife in her time of need. However, this scene may be considered to be appropriate by Shakespearean 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. Conclusion present your own ideas about the varying successes of the different writers, evaluating which of the treatment s you prefer and why exemplar to follow * Whilst Shakespeare presents highly stimulate characters in the shape of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, both of whom are driven to suicide by their strong feelings of desire, it is Brownings monologist in The Laboratory that conjures this desire most convincingly. Grind away, moisten and mash up thy paste,/Pound at thy powder, I am not in haste Both the language and the form compel the reader to reluctantly empathise with the persona. We feel wasted 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 interesting is that all three texts make desire enticing (even though we know that moral boundaries ar e being challenged and broken). Browning not only shows the corruption that strong feelings of desire can bring but also succeeds in debase the reader as we warm to her intentions