The Duchess of Malfi

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Decks in this class (15)

Theatrical Interpretations
William pool s date,
William pool,
Gemma arterton date
13  cards
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  cards
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  cards
Key Quotations - Cariola
Bad feeling the duchess has done ...,
Thinks the duchess s plan is blas...,
Duchess has been crying
4  cards
Critical Interpretations - Duchess and Antonio
Repeating the historic transgress...,
He cares more for his own safety ...,
Use social difference to offset g...
16  cards
Critical Interpretations - Aragonian Brothers
Ferdinands potentially in love wi...,
A threatened aristocrat frightene...,
Each brother is driven by a diffe...
10  cards
Critical Interpretations - Bosola
Blunt moralistparticipates in the...,
With all his many roles bosola is...,
David gunby
4  cards
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  cards
Critical Perspectives
Marxism,
Jungism,
Feminism
8  cards

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The Duchess of Malfi

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