Duchess of Malfi: Duchess Quotes Flashcards
‘Let all sweet ladies break their flatt’ring glasses….’
‘and dress themselves in her’ - Antonio
‘Lusty….’
‘Widow’ - Ferdinand
‘Me thinks unjust actions should….’
‘wear these masks and curtains, not us’
‘This puts me….’
‘in mind of death’
‘The birds that live i’ th’ field on….’
‘the wild benefit of nature live happier than we; for they may choose their mates’
‘I know not which is best…’
‘to see you dead or part with you’
‘must I… account it praise…’
‘to suffer tyranny’
‘were I a man…’
‘I’d beat that counterfeit face into thy other’
‘men oft are valu’d high….’
‘when they’re most wretched’
‘there’s no deep valley….’
‘but near some great hill’
‘I am the….’
‘Duchess of Malfi still’
‘pull and pull strongly….’
‘for your able strength must pull down heaven upon me’
‘Yet stay, heaven’s gates are not so highly arched….’
‘as princes palaces (they that enter there must go upon their knees)’.
Last words?
‘Antonio’ ‘Mercy’
