Discuss Browning as a poet of dramatic monologue.with qoutation from his poems.

Browning was indeed a poet closely associated with the
dramatic monologue; some more famous examples are 'My Last Duchess', 'Porhyria's
Lover' and 'The Laboratory'. The reason he often chose to write in this form is because
he was interested in peoples' motivations for their actions and using the first person
allows the audience into a character's thoughts and
feelings.

The poems above all have the theme of murder and
using the dramatic monologue form allows the reader to slowly realise what is actually
happening which is very powerful.

This form also makes us
question whether we actually believe what the character is telling us. For example the
Duke in 'My Last Duchess' claims that the duchess was 'too soon made glad' but do we
actually believe him? Or was this just an excuse to get rid of her? We can only imagine
the reaction of the courtier that he is telling the story
to.

It is interesting for Browning to write as though he
were a women or a historical character which is more
challenging.