DOM Quotations Flashcards
Give a quotation to show that the Duchess trusts her twin:
‘Your knowledge of him condemns him and prefers him’
What is Antonio’s view of ambition?
‘Ambition is a great man’s madness’
Who says this: ‘how superstitiously we mind our ends: the throwing down of salt, or crossing of a hare, bleeding at the nose, the stumbling of a horse or singing of a cricket are of power to daunt whole man in us’?
Delio which shows that he’s superstitious
Give a quotation to show Bosola’s desperation to become of a higher social class:
‘I must have part of it, my intelligence will freeze else’
How does Antonio describe Bosola at the beginning?
‘Court-gall’
How are Julia and the Duchess similar?
Both hiding their happiness and both need a man
Who says this and what is the act: ‘now, for this act I am certain to be rais’d’?
Bosola says it after excessively complimenting Antonio as to win the Duchess’ trust and get information
Give evidence to show how devoted the Duchess is to her family:
After seeing the fake dead bodies of her family she says ‘there is not between heaven and earth one wish I stay for after this’
Who says this about who: ‘more perfect in her tears than in her smiles’?
Bosola about the Duchess
What does the quotation ‘these words should be mine and all the parts you have spoke’ show about The Duchess?
She too the more dominant/masculine role in their courtship
Give a quotationto show Antonio’s hyperbolic language in his description of the Duchess?
‘Heaven’s gates are not so highly arched as prince’s palaces: that that enter there must go upon their knees’
What sins has the Cardinal committed that don’t fit with his profession?
Adultery
Gambling
Murder
Who says this about who: ‘he strews in his way flatterers, panders, intelligences, atheists, and a thousand such political monsters’?
Antonio describes the Cardinal
Who is more frightening between the two brothers?
The cardinal because he is eerily calm and shows no remorse
How does Bosola describe himself?
‘An actor in the main of all much gainst mineown good nature’
Give a quotation to show Ferdinand’s potential homosexuality:
‘Strong thighed bargemen’
Evidence of Eros love
Cardinal and Julia
The Duchess and Antonio
Evidence of pragma love
The Duchess and Antonio
Evidence of storge love
The Duchess Antonio and their children
Evidence of philantia love
The cardinal
Evidence of mania love
Ferdinand
Example of ludus love
Duchess and Antonio
Evidence of philia love
Delio and Antonio
The Duchess and cariola
‘Diamonds are of most value…’
‘Diamonds are of most value,
They say, that have passed through most jewellers’ hands.’
‘The misery of us that are born great…’
‘The misery of us that are born great,
We are forced to woo because none dare woo us’
‘Ambition madam…’
‘Ambition madam is a great man’s madness’
‘These words should be mine’
Antonio is embarrassed that the Duchess is in control
‘some of you give entertainment…’
‘some of you give entertainment for pure love; but more for precious reward.’
‘Where I am a man…’
‘Where I am a man
I’d beat that counterfeit face into thy other.’
‘I look no
higher than…’
‘I look no
higher than I can reach’
‘Yes. I can be angry…’
‘Yes. I can be angry without this rupture;’
‘Men oft are…’
‘Men oft are valued high, when th’are most wretched’
‘I am…’
‘I am Duchess of Malfi still’
What are Ferdinand’s last words?
“Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust,
Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.“
theme of decay and corruption
this renaissance motif is used to expose moral excess
quotation for the theme of decay and corruption
‘poison’t near the head, / Death and disease through the whole land spread’
what is an aphorism
a succinct statement that embodies an astute general truth
example of an aphorism
Castruchio says ‘It is fitting a soldier arise to be a prince, but not necessary a prince descend to be a captain’
what is a parable
a short, allegorical story which illustrates a moral or spiritual truth
what is a sententia
similar to an aphorism but appears at the end of scenes in elizabethan and jacobean drama in rhyming couplets
example of a sententia
Ferdinand says ‘That friend a great man’s ruin strongly checks, / Who rails into his belief, all his defects’
some of you give entertainment for love…
but more for more precious reward
who said this? ‘whose throat must i cut?’
bosola
would be as lecherous, covertous or bloody…
if he had the means to be so
and wherefore should you lay..
your marble colours
who said this ‘now my revenge is perfect’
bosola
the last part of my life..
hath done me best service
i look no higher than i can reach…
when a man’s mind moves faster than his horse, they both quickly tire
we are merely the star’s tennis balls…
struck and banded which way please them
let worthy minds ne’er stagger…
in distrust to suffer death or shame for what is just: mine is another voyage
there is not in nature a thing that makes a man…
so deformed, so beastly, as doth intemperate anger
who said this about who ‘he strews in his way flatterers, panderers, intelligencers, atheists and a thousand such political monsters’
antonio about the cardinal
who said this ‘i can be angry without this rupture’
the cardinal
the cardinal ears himself…
much too cruel
tis more easy to…
tie knots than unloose them
who said this ‘look to my brother he gave us these large wounds’
the cardinal
let me be laid by…
and never thought of
what is ferdinand described as
‘such a wild tempest’
who said this ‘my imagination will carry me to see her in the shameful act of sin’
ferdinand
who does ferdinand see his sister with
‘strong thighed bargemen’
‘tis not your whore’s milk that shall quench my wildfire…
but your whore’s blood
ferdinand’s reason for the whole ordeal
‘i had a hope, had she continued widow to have gained an infinite mass of treasure by her death, and that was the main cause’
whether we fall by ambition, blood or lust
like diamonds we are cut with our own dust
ferdinand’s reaction to seeing the duchess dead
‘my sister oh my sister’
who said this about who ‘his nature is too honest for such business’
the cardinal about antonio
ambition, madam…
is a great man’s madness
were there no heaven nor hell…
i should be honest
who said this about who ‘this mole does undermine me’
antonio about bosola
quotation to show antonio being superstitious
‘my nose bleeds one that were superstitious would count this ominous’
what is happening here ‘you must instantly part hence’
the duchess is sending antonio away
who said this to who ‘this good one you speak of is my husband’
the duchess to bosola
he fashioned us of nothing…
and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing
how does antonio describe the duchess
‘let all sweet ladies break their flatt’ring glasses and dress themselves in her’
how does ferdinand describe his sister
‘lusty widow’
the birds that live i’th’field on…
the wild benefit of nature live happier than we; for they may choose thai mates
i know not which is best…
to see you dead or part woth you
who said this ‘must i…account it praise to suffer tyranny’
the duchess
were i a man…
i’d beat that counterfeit face into thy other
men oft are valu’d high…
when they’re most wretched
pull and pull strongly…
for your able strength must pull down heaven upon me
yet stay, heaven’t gates are no so highly arched…
as princes palaces, they that enter there must go upon their knees’
quotation showing the corruption of the court
‘a prince’s court is like a common fountain’
