Act 5 Scene 5 Flashcards
What are the cardinal and Bosola now feeling
Following Julia’s death
How is it shown
Cardinal- how tedious is a guilty conscience
Bosola- I have come to kill thee
Monosyllabic
Why do men not rush to cardinal
Role when they do arrive
Cardinal said not too
‘He told us thus forehand’
O sad disaster
Why does Bosola kill servant and cardinal
He kills the servant
His secret isn’t told
Not justice
Why does Ferdinand wound both his brother and Bosola
What do you notice about how his lines are structured
Mad - wounds cardinal
And accidentally kills Bosola
He wounds the cardinal and (in the scuffle) gives Bosola his death wound
Help me I am your brother. The devil?
Share lines - corruption
Why does Bosola kill Ferdinand
Now my revenge is perfect: sink, thou main cause of my undoing!’
Kills Ferdinand
Ferdinand v cardinal final lines
Ferdinand: ‘my sister! Oh my sister there’s the cause on’t! ‘Whether we fall by ambition blood or lust, Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust’
—> sister mad
Cardinal - ‘And now, I pray’
What explanations does Bosola give for his actions during the play in last speeches
My undoing
-Revenge for the duchess of Malfi murdered
-for Antonio, Slain by this hand
for lustful Julia Posioned by this man
For myself
What is focus of Delios closing lines
Significance of characters on stage
Let us make noble use/ Of this great ruin; and join all our force/ To establish this young hopeful gentleman/ In’s mother’s right.’
Significance of characters left at stage at end
Delio - ‘wretched eminent things’
Corruption.
