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The speaker also blames Brother Lawrence for things like gluttony, and lechery, when the speaker himself is the one that is guilty of those sins. For example, when he describes the focus of Lawrence's lecherous attentions, the speaker goes in to a good amount of detail, so it is obvious that he has been looking for himself. The fact that the speaker is making up things to try to catch Brother Lawrence in these sins actually suggests that Brother Lawrence is actually a holy man. The speaker also talks about a deal he would make with Satan, to try to hurt Lawrence. The fact that he would even think about making a deal with Satan means that he is not holy, and that In Robert Browning's "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" the speaker is a monk who is jealous of the character Brother Lawrence. The speaker blames Brother Lawrence for things that he did not do. The speaker also mocks Brother Lawrence, and tries to make him look as though he is not as holy as people think he is.
The speaker tries to influence the readers to think negatively of Brother Lawrence. The reason he does this is because he is jealous of Brother Lawrence. The speaker is jealous of the attention that Brother Lawrence gets, and he feels like he should be getting all the attention...