nd emotionless and flat, which is a cold tone to take when talking of his late wifes happy nature. The language used also reflects his character well,Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubtWheneer I passed herThe use of the word passed shows how little time the Duke spent with her, yet he still fully expected to be the only receiver of her attention. The ending shows fully though how power-mad the Duke is, he finishes by name-dropping and showing off one of his prize art-works. The Duke finishing in this way is reminding the listener of his power and wealth and how he is unanswerable to anyone for his actions. This also makes us dislike the Duke more, all the other speaks desperately need something to fulfil themselves, whilst the Duke has everything, power, money and a pleasant wife yet he still demands, and gets, more. The Duke is abusing power whilst the other speakers have no power to abuse.Brownings characters are very different in their natures but are also very similar. Three killers as different as Porphyrias lover, the speaker in The Laboratory and the Duke are similar as they are all killers due to jealously, but this jealously provokes very different feelings in the different characters. They vary from a megalomaniac to a psychopath to someone acting on childlike ideas and whims. The two painters are similar also has they both live from means which they have no rights to use, though one deceived people out of need and the other stole due to greed. The reason these characters can be so distinct simply due to their speeches is because of the various poetic methods used to represent them. Browning made his poetry compete with prose, and used idioms of ordinary speech in his text. He was also highly skilled at concentrating his meaning into very few words, using imagery to reflect the character. Such as how Andreas compliments to his wife are all backhanded and add to the impression of him being a poor conveyer of his feelings and how wea...
