duchess of malfi AO5 early critical quotes Flashcards
1
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Lamb on the Duchess
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1808
‘She has lived among horrors till she is become native’
2
Q
Kingsley on the play
A
1890
‘Revenge, hatred, villainy, incest, and murder upon murder’
‘The study of human nature is not Webster’s aim. He has to arouse terror and pity, not thought’.
3
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Archer about the audience
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1892
‘wrote melodramatic romances for an eagerly receptive but semi-barbarous public’
4
Q
Archer on Bosola
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1893
‘(about Bosola) ‘a fatal lack of clearness ruins everything’
5
Q
Poel on Julia and the Duchess
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1893
‘an instance of unholy love in contrast to the chaste love of the Duchess’
6
Q
Lee on themes
A
1899
[the duchess of malfi] ‘repulsive themes and characters’
