poetic form of dramatic monologue to protest the social standards of their time. While Browning wrote

“The Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” about moral hypocrisy, Tennyson expressed his views about

the need for individual assertion and the rebellion against bourgeois conformity through “Ulysses.” The

result is the development of two very self righteous characters who place more value on themselves

Browning’s “Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” is an extremely entertaining poem which

humorously captures the muttering’s of an envious monk who tends to be prone to sensuality rather

than spirituality. While the speaker perceives himself as the model of goodness, he condemns a fellow

monk, Brother Lawrence for his corruptive nature. However, it soon becomes clear that the faults he

issues to Lawrence are purely his own, reflected on an innocent bore. It becomes obvious that when he

explicitly describes Brother Lawrence’s lust for Dolores and Sanchicha that he must have an ungodly

interest in the women in order to recall such specifics. Otherwise how wou

also reveals that he does not always think before acting when he considers making an

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