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The Duchess of Malfi

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By: Finn Harris
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Decks in this class (15)

Theatrical Interpretations
William pool s date 1,
William pool 2,
Gemma arterton date 3
13  cards
Context
Date written 1,
How webster deviates from the sto...,
First performed by 3
32  cards
Key Quotations - Ferdinand
Ferdinand with his sycophants 1,
Ferdinand not wanting the duchess...,
Warning the duchess that all will...
15  cards
Key Quotations - The Duchess
First line value of widows 1,
Oxymoron on the court 2,
The duchess s spontaneousness rec...
19  cards
Key Quotations - Antonio
Antonio court renaissance motif 1,
Corrupt court spreads to the land 2,
Antonio on bosola 3
18  cards
Key Quotations - Cardinal
Cardinal on marriage 1,
Women are inconstant 2,
Showing his machiavellianism 3
8  cards
Key Quotations - Julia
Fancies bosola 1,
Foil to the duchess 2,
Admitting she is a pursuer subver...
5  cards
Key Quotations - Bosola
Bosola on the aragonian brothers 1,
Seeing the irony in his nobility 2,
Bosola accepting his corrupt role...
18  cards
Key Quotations - Delio
Delio on the corrupt cardinal 1,
Delio on ferdinand 2,
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 3
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
Ferdinand s potentially in love w...,
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 3
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 1,
Jungism 2,
Feminism 3
8  cards

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