A05 Flashcards
Philip J Finkelpearl’s view on Bosola’s Machiavellian influence
“Obsessed by a sense of unrewarded merit”
Critic Jankowski’s view on gender
“A large discourse did exist for describing married women- one that showed them to be subservient to their husbands”
Helen Mirren’s view on gender
“It is essentially a feminist play about a woman fighting for her autonomy”
Christopher Hart’s view on the brothers
“The brothers are not driven by any sense of possessive outrage, however warped, but a delight in malice itself”
RS White’s view on tragedies
“The tragedy of a virtuous woman who achieves heroism through her death”
Clifford Leech’s view on marriage
“ we cannot say that Webster condemns unequal marriages… He shows what the world thinks of them”
Frank Wighams view on death
“When is Ferdinand look down into his sisters “dazzling” eyes, he sees himself, faces his own death too”
TS Elliots view on death
“ Webster was much possessed by death”
PB Murray’s view on power
“ Antonio is modelled on the ideal of Christian gentility”
James Shapiro’s view on power
“capturing the dark excesses of the Jacobean moment”
Nancy roider’s view on love and marriage
“ a cautionary tale… shows what can happen when women marry without being granted the ‘proper’ consent”
RSC 2018 view on class
“Ferdinand forces money into Bosola’s hands”
