Duchess of Malfi: Love/Marriage Flashcards
‘Tis not the ________ cut in _________, kneels at my husbands _____’
‘Tis not the figure cut in alabaster, kneels at my husbands tomb’
- Expectations of a patriarchal society
- Seeks to transform women into decorative/precious objects that can be locked away
‘Shes a young ________, I would not have her ______ again’
‘Shes a young widow, I would not have her marry again’
‘___________ are most of value, that have _______ through most ___________ hands’
‘Diamonds are most of value, that have passed through most jewellers hands’
‘Taken you off your ____________ perch, _____ you upon my ____ and showed you _________’
‘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)
‘We are now _____ and _____ and tis the _______ that must but _____ this’
‘We are now man and wife and tis the church that must but echo this’
‘We are forced to ____ because none dare _____ us’
(‘The misery of us that are born great….) ‘We are forced to woo because none dare woo us’
Duchess
‘The duchess seeks private ____________ at the ________ of public _______’
‘The duchess seeks private happiness at the expense of public stability’
Lee Bliss (19th)
‘The Duchess thus ____________ her society’s _______ of proper __________ conduct.’
‘The Duchess thus transgresses her society’s notion of proper female conduct.’
Callaghan (20th)
‘______ should only I of ___ the ________ of the _______ /Be ______ up like a _____ relic’
‘Why should only I of all the princes of the world /Be cased up like a holy relic’
- Male form “prince” =sees herself as no different to other rulers, despite gender
-‘holy relic’ = does not want to be virtuous figure, removed from the world
‘_________ is better executed than __________’
‘Marriage is better executed than celebrated’ (Ferdinand)
‘Bless ________, this sacred gordian which let ________ never _________’
‘Bless heaven, this sacred gordian which let violence never untwine’ (Antonio)
- ‘gordian’ = knot
- The strength of their union, which cannot be broken/severed
‘Without the Duchess, __________ is aimless and _________’
‘Without the Duchess, Antonio is aimless and pathetic’
Gunby
‘because she retains the ______ duchess of malfi at the end, she ‘negates her ____________ with Antonio’
‘because she retains the title duchess of malfi at the end, she ‘negates her relationship with Antonio’
Oakes
‘fear more than to love me’
‘fear more than to love me’
- Duchess to Antonio in A1
- Her love/a relationship with her is not something to be feared
- Attempts to subvert/alter social norms such as marrying within class/status
