Duchess Critics Flashcards
1
Q
Whitman ~ Duchess
A
“The Duchess cannot be seen as a model of goodness”
2
Q
T.S Eliot ~ Webster and Death
A
“Webster was much possessed by death, and saw the skull beneath the skin”
3
Q
Leaver 1 ~ Bosola
A
“Neither villain nor hero”
4
Q
Leaver 2 ~ Mind
A
Play shows “the effects of power on the human heart and mind”
5
Q
Cecil ~ world of the play
A
“The world as seen by Webster] is, of its nature, incurable corrupt.”
6
Q
Bradbrook ~ Bosola
A
“Never permitted the luxury of being a self”
7
Q
Fort ~ Duchess
A
“Confined…to enclosing definitions of womanhood”
8
Q
Borlick ~ Cardinal
A
“The Cardinal comes across as a hypocritical Machiavellian”
9
Q
Dustinberre ~ Ferdinand
A
“Dark web of lust” around his sister
10
Q
Bacon ~ Revenge
A
“Revenge is a kind of wild justice”
