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Robert Browning’s “An Epistle Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Karshish, the Arab Physician” is a dramatic monologue in which Karshish writes to Abib about his experiencing the miracle of Jesus, when he raises Lazarus from the dead. “Karshish” is a dramatic monologue containing most of the tenets of Browning.
Although “Karshish ....
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.... speaker the audience believe that the miracle did happen. This contrast between doubt and believe creates the dramatic tension of the work. Thus, “Karshish” contains the character study and dramatic tension which make the work a dramatic monologue.
“Karshish” contains many of the tenets of Browning. One of first tenets noticed is the idea that physical success in this life does not correspond to success in the next. This can be seen in the peaceful “carelessness” seen in Lazarus after being raised from the dead despite the knowledge of the Roman troops coming to conq ....
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