Act 4 Scene 2 Flashcards
Duchess tells Cariola
‘I am not mad yet’
Quotes to prove this
‘Dost thou think we shall know one another/ in the other world?’
Make notes on madmens performance
What does it say about Ferdinands sanity
Losing his own mind whine trying to get her to lose her own
OTT torture
The idea of madmen etc show his mental instability
What is the significance of the madmens occupation
Taint her
Act as a comparison to how she kept her sanity
Mad lawyer, secular priest, etc - all respected professions but corrupt - like Catholic Italy
‘You’d think the devil were among them’
Why Webster including madmen scene
So much action and drama - need to slow it downs
- singing and dancing acts as comic relief before her death
Reflects consequences of her action
What disguise does Bosola use when he returns
‘Like an old man’ - symbolic of time and death
Said never wanted to see her in his own self
Duchess ‘is he mad too’- his illness from all wrong doing
What does Bosola said about death in madman’s scene
Body - food for earth worms
Body is the prison of the soul
What is the tone of the duchess’ great line ‘I am Duchess of Malfi still’
Epitomises her character
Dignity
She is better than Bosola
How does Bosola respond to I am Duchess of Malfi still
Her title and nobility are decorative title and mean nothing after she dies
‘Neither heat nor light’
What does Bosola say his profession is and what is the irony of this
Daunting tomb maker - he’s not
Flatter dead not living
What present does she receive from her brother
‘Coffin’
‘Cord’
‘Bell’ - John Dun?
What performance does Duchess hey before death
Bosola soliloquy to prepare her for death
‘Much you had of land and rent’
‘Your length in day’s new competent’
Rhyming couplets
Signals her end
Like rhymes at end of act
Ritualistic
Significance of when executioners come
Duchess says
‘I forgive them’
Last view of her brother
‘They May feed in quiet
Carioca before death
I will die with her
Cariola after duchess death
I will not die
She bites and scratches
