What do you find interesting about how Browning presents the poem to the reader.
Fra Lippo Lippi:
In Fra Lippo Lippi the reader can immediately react to the pure length of the poem. The narrative is of a monk who has been found by the police, he is drunk and has just come out of a brothel. This in the first extract is interesting as we all know that monk's are forbidden from doing such things, i think he chose to start with this as it allows the reader to quite involved with the story.
Browning also chooses to express the oppression within the monastery about not allowing to do stuff that normal men and women could do like drink and have sex. By him leaving the monastery for even one night it is showing his needs to be free of the monastery as he never got the chance to do anything, as he was thrust into the monastery at such a young age. I think it is a good way of showing how Monks are not so free loving and godly they like to do "naughty" things as well.
In the poem i also think Fra Lippo Lippi comes across as rather self centered as he is talking about himself and how hard his life was and the only good thing he can do was paint, But as the character opens himself up the reader you start to feel sorry for him although he is being really self centered he is a character that you cannot help feeling sorry for.
I also think it is interesting as Fra Lippo Lippi starts to rant about how vanity will get the better of people and how that is why he won't be caught in his crime although he has been because he knows he belongs to a wealthy family and he knows that because he is a good painter he can get away with all the naughty things he does.
I think Browning presents an urge of freedom in this poem as for the monk to escape he had to climb down a rope made out of blankets which suggest to the reader that he was trapped within his wealthy family that do allow him to go out of bounds but they keep him locked away fro themselves so that know one else can have his art work.
In the poem Browning also shows a very religious view to the reader as he expresses his own feelings through Fra Lippo Lippi, about how no-one can change what god has created and how they shouldn't be painted any prettier or uglier then they are in real life , which is what the church where trying to do at this moment in time. He is saying that there shouldn't have to be a constant reminder of what god has given us, in vanity we want more, but to just live life and not expect anything more or less.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
What do you find interesting about how Browning Presents The Poem To The Reader
Posted by Anne - As English Lit <3 at 8:07 AM
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It's interesting that you point out that Lippo is vain. It's a poem that does grab your attention right from the start. You make good comments. The point about freedom is good. Can it be applied to artistic freedom?
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