DofM: Social class and power Flashcards
“This goodly roof…
“This goodly roof of yours is too low built… Raise yourself, / Or if you please, my hand to help you: so.”
“The misery of us…
“The misery of us that are born great / We are forced to woo because none dare woo us.”
“Shallow blood…
“Shallow blood, the royal blood of Aragon and Castille, be thus attainted”
“Whether we fall by ambition…
“Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust / Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust”
“Ambition, madam,…
“Ambition, madam, is a man’s great madness”
“Princes court / Is like…
“Prince’s court / Is like a common fountain… poison’t near the head, / Death and diseases through the whole land spread”
heaven gates are not so highly…
heaven gates are not so highly arched
As princes’ palaces: they that enter there
Must go upon their knees. [Kneels]
B: “I look no higher…
B: “I look no higher than I can reach”
-> “Now for this act I am certain to be raised”
Duchess dies
[dies on her knees]
“For no, whether I am doomed to…
“For no, whether I am doomed to live or die, I can do both like a prince”
“Tell my brothers…
“Tell my brothers I perceive death as best gift they can give”
