Murder was a method of achieving love in both monologues. "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" are famous dramatic monologues by Robert Browning who wrote forms of dramatic monologue in the Victorian era. Both poems outline the man's obsession with a woman which ends in her murder. His way of showing love is that it ultimately turns into death or murder. Together, the monologues include the themes of jealousy, obsession, love and hate. Individually the speakers were exceptionally possessive, the murders were deliberate; the monologues had different settings, tones and approaches to make them seem more dramatic. Both speakers of each monologue were selfish men who love their victims. They loved their women for their beauty but did not care about the invisible love in their beauty. In "Porphyria's Lover," Browning writes of an abnormally possessive lover who awaits the return of his woman. The lover is obsessed with Porphyria and wants this moment of love to last forever. He feels that Porphyria loves him equally. He is always happy when she is around him. The speaker had said, "Happy and proud; at last I knew/ Porphyria adored me: surprise/ It made my heart swell, and still grow" (32-34). The speaker is also self-centered and jealous, but as he speaks he kills the woman. The speaker had said, "With a long yellow thread I wrapped her throat three times and strangled her. She didn't feel any pain; I'm pretty sure she felt no pain." (39-43).The speaker killed his victim by tying her hair around her neck. The women didn't stop him. By killing him, he knew she could no longer leave him. It would be his and his alone until the end. Likewise, the Duke is proud, possessive and loving of... middle of the card... so he thinks it was fine. The speaker had said, “And all night we didn't move, / And yet God didn't say a word!” (59-60). In "My Last Duchess" the Duke has every right to do what he wants because he is dominant in his rank. If his love is not suited to the Duchess's, he can move on and forget her. The monologues are similar because both women in the monologues are killed for control. The speakers were possessive, jealous and full of love and hate and spoke to the silent listeners about dramatic events or experiences. Porphyria's murder was his only thought to get them together and the Duke did not kill the Duchess out of love, but because he doubted himself. Both women are very flirtatious. Every man wants to own his woman and treat her like an object. This is the only solution why they ultimately take women's lives.