Act 2, Scene 3

Question 1

Antonio (aside)- ‘This mole does undermine me’

Answer 1

Connotations of ‘mole’, someone who works against enemy espionage.Distrust.

Question 2

Antonio- ‘wrought here for my name, Are drowned in blood’

Answer 2

Tarnished reputation, proleptic.

Question 3

Bosola- ‘If one could find the father now; but time will discover’

Answer 3

Bosola depicted as an intelligent character but even he does not know the father, shows the extent of the transgression that Bosola thinks its unthinkable.
Duplicates Cariola, language represents the social attitudes of the era.