Critical Perspectives Flashcards

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Marxism

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  • The ruling class (F+C) have full control and use the WC (B) to commit crime which only benefit themselves
  • Idea of Antonio marrying the Duchess and procreating being disgusting as it corrupts the UC
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Jungism

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Bosola as sharing some traits with ‘The Trickster’, as he is a clever character who used tricks and deceit as a defence

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Feminism

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  • TDOM raises questions about the nature and gendering of political authority
  • The Duchess combines the roles of a tragic protagonist and victim
  • Dramatic centrality on the male characters
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Nietzschean

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TDOM represents a world which is monstrous and rotten, full of nihilism and lacking purpose

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Deconstructive

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Bosola undermines binary notions of good and evil - despite his evil actions, at the end of the play he avenges the Duchess and her children

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Psychoanalytical

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Ferdinand’s obsession with his sister’s sexuality indicates his repressed desire to sleep with her, which comes from his id)

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Aristotelian tragedy

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Tragedies-of-blood in the play

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John Locke

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Antonio wished his son would ‘fly the court of princes’ - it is the corrupt environment which would turn his son from pure and good to evil

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