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Theatrical Interpretations
William pool s date,
William pool,
Gemma arterton date
13
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Context
True story,
Date written,
How webster deviates from the story
32
cards
Key Quotations - Ferdinand
Ferdinand with his sycophants,
Ferdinand not wanting the duchess...,
Warning the duchess that all will...
15
cards
Key Quotations - The Duchess
First line value of widows,
Oxymoron on the court,
The duchess s spontaneousness rec...
19
cards
Key Quotations - Antonio
Antonio court renaissance motif,
Corrupt court spreads to the land,
Antonio on bosola
18
cards
Key Quotations - Cardinal
Cardinal on marriage,
Women are inconstant,
Showing his machiavellianism
8
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Key Quotations - Julia
Pointing pistol at bosola,
Fancies bosola,
Foil to the duchess
5
cards
Key Quotations - Bosola
Bosola on the aragonian brothers,
Seeing the irony in his nobility,
Bosola accepting his corrupt role...
18
cards
Key Quotations - Delio
Delio on the corrupt cardinal,
Delio on ferdinand,
What he will do with the duchess ...
4
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Key Quotations - Cariola
Bad feeling the duchess has done ...,
Thinks the duchess s plan is blas...,
Duchess has been crying
4
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Critical Interpretations - Duchess and Antonio
Repeating the historic transgress...,
He cares more for his own safety ...,
Use social difference to offset g...
16
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Critical Interpretations - Aragonian Brothers
Ferdinands potentially in love wi...,
A threatened aristocrat frightene...,
Each brother is driven by a diffe...
10
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Critical Interpretations - Bosola
Blunt moralistparticipates in the...,
With all his many roles bosola is...,
David gunby
4
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Critical Interpretations - The Play as a Whole
Webster fundamentally concerned w...,
The play collapses under its own ...,
The nature of female rule was unn...
6
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Critical Perspectives
Marxism,
Jungism,
Feminism
8
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