Dom Quotes Flashcards
Bosola to. The Cardinal
I served your tyranny
Cardinal description Julia
Fickle woman
Ferdinand incestuous desire
Some strong thighed bargeman
Duchess to Antonio class
Raise yourself
Duchess on Antonio’s house
This goodly roof of yours is too low built
Ferdinand on Duchess when she is dead
Cover her face
Ferdinand on Duchess - sexual desire
Tis your whores milk that will quench my wildfire
Ferdinand on widows
Farewell lusty widow
Cardinal on control over duchess
I would not have her marry again
Antonio on the Italian court
Some curs’d example poison’t near the head
Adam on womankind
Fair defect on nature
Why did Webster set play in Otaly
Sidestep political suspicion would not be safe to set in England
Italy is catholic so would be known to be corrupt
Subversion of gender stereotype
Duchess subverted contemporary gender rolww
Power and wealth were unusual qualities at the time
Duchess is the character with most power
Tragic protagonist and tragic victim
Why would female power be undermined
Men would play female characters taking away from the radically of the duchess power
Webster also wrote the devil’s low case what did this expose
The corrupt catholic church
How is Ferdinand similar to Kinh James
Both succomb to sycophants in their courts
Contextual link to duchess being lusty widow
Widows would don’t remarry out of sexual desire and it was only acceptable for women to not be open on sexual intent
How could the Duchess be an example of stoicism
She endures pain and hardship when tortured but remains true
Example duchess remarries to be errotic
Already has a son so remarriage is not for her dynasty
How could Webster have been influenced by Elizabeth first
Strong female leader
Her leadership deemed illegitimate by the pope link Ferdinand cardinal
Duchess strong leader
How does cardinal exemplify Catholicism being corrupt
Kills julia with a poisoned bible
What did gunpowder plot 1605 do for catholicism
Featured resentment towards Catholicism seen as radical
The importance of status in marriage
Webster writing at a time when status was everything
Equality in rank was a necessity
Makes duchess decision more shocking
P.B Murray on the duchess
The radiant spirit of the duchess never dies
Michael Billington on Webster technique
Webster uses tragedy to offer vision of human existence as chaotic and unstable
