Control in Love and Relationships

A man who strangles his lover to keep her. A farmer who hunts his bride like a hare. Love that owns.

The quotes

6 quotes, in the order they happen.

I am quite sure she felt no pain

Browning · Porphyria's Lover · control · romantic love

He has just strangled her with her own hair. He is quite sure it did not hurt. He is not someone to be quite sure about anything.

That moment she was mine, mine, fair, Perfectly pure and good

Browning · Porphyria's Lover · control

He kills her at the moment she is his, so she will stay his. Mine, mine.

And yet God has not said a word!

Browning · Porphyria's Lover · control

The last line. He has sat all night with her body. Nothing has happened to him. He takes that as approval.

Too young maybe—but more's to do At harvest-time than bide and woo

Mew · The Farmer's Bride · control · romantic love

The farmer married a girl too young and had no time to be kind. He says so himself.

We chased her, flying like a hare

Mew · The Farmer's Bride · control

She ran away. They hunted her like an animal and locked her up.

The brown of her—her eyes, her hair, her hair!

Mew · The Farmer's Bride · control · romantic love

The last line. He wants her and cannot have her. The words break down.