Critics for Duchess of Malfi Flashcards
Jankowski (The Duchess)
“The Duchess becomes an uneasy and threatening figure”
Jankowski (Death of Duchess)
“abandons her duties of body politic for those of her body natural and for this she has to die”
David Gunby
Malcontent-“character divided within himself”
P B Murray
“The radiant spirit of the Duchess cannot be killed”
Michael Neil
“Antonio can be no model of virtue”
Lee Bliss
“The cardinals cool, unemotional detachment is far more terrifying than ferdinands impassioned ravings”
Dympna Callaghan
female desire seen as a - “disease or monstrous abnormality”
feminist
Duality of virtuous (life) and fulfilling married life”
Andrew Marr
“suffering transforms her from a romantic widow to a tragic heroine”
Sellar and yeatman
“James 1st slobbered at the mouth and had favourites”
Thoma Beard-Theatre of God’s judgement (lusty widow)
“nothing but plain whoredome and fornification”
Thomas beard-theatre of God’s Judgement (Cardinal)
(god) “used him as an instrument to punish those who under veil of secret marriage” lusted
Aristotle
“some error of judgement or frailty”
Linda woodbridge
“the dogged sexiness of the duchess - not to mention her ravenous cravings in pregnancy- has troubled and intrigued audiences for centurys”
Rupert Brooke
“inhabited by people driven like animals , and perhaps like men, only by their instincts”
leah Marcus
“not an act of unbridled lust but and act of heroic resistance”
Christina Luckyi
“refined sexual beauty”
“victimised by the cruel cynicism of men”
Lisa Jardine
“like Hamlets mother, steps out of the path of duty and marries for lust”
Emma Smith
“metaphysical poet who brings his rather jaded eye”
Emma smith (intelligence)
“intelligence goes sour”
Doctor Faustus- echo of epilogue
‘we ought never to climb higher than our force permiteth”
Basilikon Doron
employ “every man according to his gifts”
Revelation 17:5 (Whore of babylon)
“mystery Babylon the great mother of harlots and abominations of the earth”
The Rule and Exercise of holy living
“God hath restrained thy former licence and bridled their desire”
