Robert Browning

Draw round my bed: is Anselm keeping back?”

And Andrea's wife does not care for him. “But do not let us quarrel any more, No, my Lucrezia; bear with me for once:”

So, we see that Browning’s characters are in a conflict , they are in a cri tical situation and they now try to cope up with their situation. Browning could examine a character through a few psychoanalytical touches. His real interest lay in the incidents leading to the development of soul. As soul dissection was his favourite subject of study, so he does not even define the physical charms of his female characters. We know of their beauty only by the passion which they excite. He was interested in the study of the soul, in making a psychological analysis, in probing deeper into the mental  processes of his characters, in analyzing their motives and in laying bare their souls before his readers. He was interested in exposing the ‘inner man’ by painting the inner landscape of his soul. It was merely for the purpose of “soul dissection” that he used and perfected the dramatic monologue, the poetic form suited best for depicting the soul or psyche of his characters. To deal out with the critical situation Browning presents the whole of his case. Browning shows us the past and present of his character and how this character gets involved in this critical situation. So Browning unfolds the whole of the life of his character to make it  possible to analyze the history of the character. This is Browning’s technique of casemaking . The stronger is the case, the interesting will be the poem. Through the technique of case-making, browning dissects the soul of his character and this technique of soul dissection helps the reader to understand the character and clearly see why his character reaches to this critical juncture. We know that Fra was poor in his childhood  and the guardian church was very strict with him. He had been suppressed adversely in his life. “And I’ve been three weeks shut within my mew, A –  painting for the great man, saints and saints And saints again. I could not paint all night –”

The last rider  could not express his love to his beloved and won her. “–  And this beside, if you will not blame, Your leave for one more last ride with me.”

The bishop had been a worldly man and jealous of Gandolf. “And so, abut his tomb of mine. I fought With tooth and nail to save my niche, ye known:”

 Andrea deceived the French King, who was very kind to him. “… … … … … … … … God is just.