deception and temptation Flashcards
‘all love and ….’
‘your brothers mean you..
’ all love and safety’
‘ your brothers mean you safety and pity’
- Bosola lies to the duchess that her brothers dont want to harm her
’ by what authority didst thou…
’ by what authority didst thou execute this bloody sentence’ - ferdinand
Ferdinand has deceived Bosola and is now blaming him for the murder of the duchess despite he himself being the one to orchestrate it
‘flattering…
’ flattering psychophants’
links to Satan’s flattery of Eve and Eve’s flattery of adam as temptation
‘that duke there? a most perverse and turbulent …
‘that duke there? a most perverse and turbulent nature/what appears in him mirth is merely outside’
- antonio exposes the true nature of Ferdinand
- Antonio talking about Ferdinand in 1.1 - emphatic placement of words and deliberately given to Antonio (as an audience perceives him as moral and so believe him)
‘there’s no more credit to be given to th’face/….
‘there’s no more credit to be given to th’face/that to a sick man’s urine’
Bosola on being able to trust face - link to Jacobean Catholics being forced to hide priests in their homes; couldn’t trust who was/wasn’t Catholic
*doctors thought they could diagnose illness by observing urine - Bosola mocking
- appearance vs reality
‘distrust doth cause us ….’
‘distrust doth cause us seldom be deceived’
- Ferdinand
‘as I taste comfort in this friendly speech/so …
‘as I taste comfort in this friendly speech/so would i find concealment’
- the Duchess trusts Bosola to keep her marriage a secret
Bosola stage direction showing him wearing something that is a symbol of deception
[enter Bosola with a guard with vizards]
’ i will swear you to’t upon this book’
‘ most religiously’
the cardinal poisons Julia and tricks her so that she cannot reveal his secret.
Her use of language suggests it is a bible- irony and corruption of the church
‘how ..
’ how greedily she eats them’
