• The Prior, a symbol for custom, forces Lippo to conform, severing the possibilities of progress.  Browning explicitly agrees with Mill about the degenerative qualities of repressing the individual.  Yet, where Mill fails to address the dangers of the excesses of individual liberties, Browning succeeds.  In many of his dramatic monologues, the reader discovers individuals who have personal freedom.  Contrariwise to Mill’s positive outlook, these men show no promise of contributing to society.  In these poems, Browning is saying not only does society need to place an emphasis on the individual; the individual must place emphasis on society.  Although one may have personal freedom, he or she must use that freedom for the sake of society, not the individual.  If not, then anything the individual has to offer society will be used to serve solely the individual.  Lastly, the true road between Mill’s hope and Arnold’s dejection can be found in Browning’s Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came.”