Duchess of Malfi-- Critics and Productions

Question 1

R.S White

Answer 1

“The tragedy of a virtuous woman who achieves heroism through her death”

Question 2

Rupert Brooke

Answer 2

“Webster’s world is inhabited by people driven, like animals, only by their instincts, but more blindly and ruinously”

Question 3

David Cecil

Answer 3

“The world as seen by Webster is, of its nature, incurably corrupt”

Question 4

Travis Bogard

Answer 4

“The ultimate tragedy of Webster’s world is not the death of any individual but the presence of evil and decay which drags all mankind to death”