Duchess of Malfi: Love/Marriage

Question 1

‘Tis not the ________ cut in _________, kneels at my husbands _____’

Answer 1

‘Tis not the figure cut in alabaster, kneels at my husbands tomb’

Question 2

‘Shes a young ________, I would not have her ______ again’

Answer 2

‘Shes a young widow, I would not have her marry again’

Question 3

‘___________ are most of value, that have _______ through most ___________ hands’

Answer 3

‘Diamonds are most of value, that have passed through most jewellers hands’

Question 4

‘Taken you off your ____________ perch, _____ you upon my ____ and showed you _________’

Answer 4

‘Taken you off your melancholy perch, bore you upon my fist and showed you game’

Cardinal (comparison to bird of prey, possession, ‘game’=sexual desires/freedom)

Question 5

‘We are now _____ and _____ and tis the _______ that must but _____ this’

Answer 5

‘We are now man and wife and tis the church that must but echo this’

Question 6

‘We are forced to ____ because none dare _____ us’

Answer 6

(‘The misery of us that are born great….) ‘We are forced to woo because none dare woo us’

Duchess

Question 7

‘The duchess seeks private ____________ at the ________ of public _______’

Answer 7

‘The duchess seeks private happiness at the expense of public stability’

Lee Bliss (19th)

Question 8

‘The Duchess thus ____________ her society’s _______ of proper __________ conduct.’

Answer 8

‘The Duchess thus transgresses her society’s notion of proper female conduct.’

Callaghan (20th)