AO5 Critical

Question 1

Comment that says cardinal and Ferdinand aren’t driven by their want of control but they just like being evil

Answer 1

“The two brothers are not driven by any sense of possessive outrage, however warped, but by a delight in malice itself” - Christopher Hart

Question 2

Saying that cardinal is more scary than Ferdinand

Answer 2

“The Cardinal’s cool, unemotional detachment is more terrifying than Ferdinand’s impassioned raving” - Lee Bliss

Question 3

Quote saying that the play is about what happens when woman marry without consent

Answer 3

“a cautionary tale which shows what can happen when women marry without being granted the “proper” consent” -Nanci Roider

Question 4

Quote abt the genre of the play and how Dutches dies

Answer 4

“The tragedy of a virtuous woman who achieves heroism through her death.” - R.S. White

Question 5

How Dutches questions society’s views abt women

Answer 5

“She challenges Jacobean society’s views regarding the representation of the female body and woman’s sexuality.” - Theodora A. Jankowski

Question 6

How Webster sees the wold

Answer 6

“Incurably corrupt” - David Cecil

Question 7

Quote abt the play being feminist

Answer 7

“a feminist play about a women who is fighting for her autonomy” - Helen Mirren

Question 8

Quote abt how Bosola is seen (duality)

Answer 8

“A man divided against himself” - Gunby

Question 9

What is Antonio without the Dutches

Answer 9

“Without the Dutches he is aimless and apathetic” - David Charles Gunby