Dover Beach At first glance the setting of a poem is the psychological and

physiological environment in which the story takes place. In some instances, the

setting is used to develop the characters. Robert Browning and Matthew Arnold

use the setting to expose their character traits. "My Last Duchess" and "Dover

Beach," respectively, portray the weaknesses of the characters using elements from

the setting. The text, page 629 and 630, tells us that the setting in "My Last

Duchess" displays a valuable art form that exposes his greed and cruelty. "Dover

Beach" demonstrates changeability and impermanence. The speaker's solution is

to establish personal fidelity as a fixture against change, dissolution, and brutality.

Even though the text tells us the main use of setting in these two poems, I believe

that many individual words used in the poems help describe the surroundings and

the feelings that the speaker is trying to get across. Robert Browning, the author of

"My Last Duchess", uses the setting to show the Dukes greed, cruelty, and

Through his depiction of the eroding shores of the earth, Arnold describes the

"the Duke" in the same category as other men. The physical setting of this poem is

and then again begin" is indicative of the characters changing state of mind; to like

tranquil bay. The author is setting up a romantic scene for two people in love. The

describes the physical surroundings; it also describes the mental though of the

relationship has nothing hidden and the roar of the waves on the beach reflect

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