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Porphyria's Lover - Coggle Diagram
Porphyria's Lover
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"The sullen wind was soon awake,it tore the elm-trees down for spite and did it's worst to vex the lake"
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foreshadowing
violent and destructive actions of the wind foreshadow the violent act the speaker is about to commit.
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creates a dark, ominous, and eerie mood, setting the stage for the poem's dark events and contributing to the feeling of isolation
Dramatic monologue
allows the speaker to reveal his psychological breakdown, obsession, and lack of remorse as he narrates his murder of Porphyria to a silent listener.
The monologue exposes his twisted justification for the act, his desperate attempt to control and possess her forever, and his delusion that he acted out of Porphyria's own "one wish".
the reader to interpret the events based solely on the unreliable and biased account of the murderer. This makes the narrative and the speaker's motivations all the more disturbing.
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the narrator is unreliable due to his delusion, self-justification, and obsession, which lead him to twist reality to suit his desires.
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