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7、youswine!SummaryThishighlyentertainingpoemportraysthegrumblingsofajealousmonkwhofindshispleasuresmoreinthefleshthaninthespirit.Presentinghimselfasthemodelofrighteousness,thespeakercondemnsafellowmonk.Brother1.awrence,forhisimmorality;butwesoonrecognizethat(hefaultsheassignsto1.awrcnccareinfacthisown

8、.UnlikemanyofBrwning,smonologues,thisonehasnorealhistoricalspecificity:wehavenoClueSastowhenthespeakermighthavelived,andtheSpanishcloisterissimplyananonymousmonastery.FormThepoemcomprisesnineeight-lineslanzas.eachrhymingABABCDCD.Thelinesfallroughlyintotetrameter,althoughwithsomeirregularities.Browni

9、ngmakesampleuseoftheconventionsofspokenlanguage,includingnonverbalsoundsC%jr-r-r-)andcolloquiallanguage(*,Hclldryyouupwithitsflames)Manyofthelaterd1111nalicmonologuesdispensewithrtynealtogether,butthisPoCmretainsit.perhapstosuggestthespeakersself-righteousnessandcarefuladherencetotraditionandformalc

10、onvention.BecauseIheUPeakerhereistalkingtohimself,(bepoemisno(technicallyadramaticmonologueassomanyfBrowningspoemsare:rather,itis.asitstitlesuggests,a“soliloquy”(eventhoughitisafreestandingpoem,andnotaspeechfromaplay).Neverthelessitsharesmanyofthefeaturesof(hedramaticmonologues:aninterestinsketching

11、outacharacter,anattentiontoaes(beticizingdetail,andanimpliedcomne11arj,onmorality.Commcntar)uSoIiIoquyof(heSpanishCIOiSIerMexploresmoralhypocrisy.OnIhesurface,thePoCnImayseemIobealighthistoricalpiece,lheUlleringsofagrumpybulinterestingInonkhowever,itrepeatedlyapproachesatonesimilartothatusedbythemor

12、estridentofVictorianessayistsandreligiousfigures.Browningportraysthismansinteriorcommentarytoshowthatbehindrighteousnessoftenlurksself-righteousnessandco11p(ion.ThespeakerlevelssomerathermalevolentcursesalBrother1.awrence,accusinghisfellowmonkofgluttonyandlechery,whenitisobvious,basedontheexampleshe

13、gives,thatitisthespeakerhinsclfwhoisguiltyofthesesins(forexample,whendescribingthesupposedtocusof1.awrenceslecherousattentions,thespeakerindulgesinfairlyabundantdetail;dearlyhehasbeenlookingforhimself.)Moreover,(hespeakersfantasiesabouttrapping1.iiwrcnccintodamnationsuggestthat1.awrcnceisinfuelagood

14、nunwhowillreceivesalvation.ThusBrowningimpliesthatthemostvehementmoralistsinventtheirownoppositioninordertoelevatethemselves.Perhaps11uMirnprtanlly.thespeakerdescribesabargainhewouldmakewithSatanIohurt1.awrcncc.IhcspeakerclaimshecouldmakesuchabargainthatSatanwouldbelievehewasgettingthespeakerssoulwh

15、enintaelaloopholewouldletthespeakerescape.TheparadoxhereisthatmakinganysortofbargainWiIhIhedevil(othedisadvantageofanothe;whetheronetricksSatanintheendrnol.mustnecessarilyinvolvethelossofonessoul:theveryactofmakingsuchatreacherousbargainconstitutesamortalsin.Noonecouldadmirethisspeaker,smoraldissolution;yclherepresentsancrclyIhinlyveiledversionofpeoplewhosepubliccharactersarcVerymuchadmiredthemora