Duchess of Malfi: Punishment Flashcards
‘Webster’s characters die __________, asserting their __________ to the last _______’
‘Webster’s characters die superbly, asserting their selfhood to the last breath’
Tyan
‘To bring her to _______’
‘To bring her to despair’ (Ferdinand about Duchess)
- Bring her to damnation, views himself as the ultimate judge
- Wants to control the Duchess’ mind and soul
‘Where shalt thou find this __________ registered unless in ____?’
‘Where shalt thou find this judgement registered unless in hell?’
- Hellish/immoral nature of Bosola’s actions that belong to ‘hell’
- Punishment of the Duchess not justified
‘Was I her _______?’
‘Was I her judge?’ (Bosola)
- Bosola questioning his actions and his authority over the duchess
- Reference to God’s divine judgement
‘____________ humour’
‘melancholy humour’
- Reference to Ferdinand’s lyncanthropy (mental/physical punishment for his immoral acts)
- Context: Greek physician Hippocrates belief human existence/health dependent on the balance of the 4 humours (blood, yellow+black bile, phlegm)
‘Now my __________ is perfect. ______, thou main cause of my _________’
‘Now my revenge is perfect. SInk, thou main cause of my undoing’
- Ferdinand and the Cardinal’s death fulfils Bosola’s revenge
- They are the reason for his sinful soul/ruin/downfall
‘she seems rather to __________ the end of misery than ______ it; a behaviour so ______ as gives a majesty to _________’
‘she seems rather to welcome the end of misery than shun it; a behaviour so noble as gives a majesty to adversity’
- Bosola to F about Duchess’ death
- ‘majesty to adversity’=makes hardship/death seem elegant + regal
- Acceptance of death rather than denial
- Noble=double entendre (means rank/status + honour/virtuous)
‘A wolf’s ______ was hairy on the ___________, his on the _______’
‘A wolf’s skin was hairy on the outside, his on the inside’
- Morally corrupt physical and emotional state
- Infection of both his interior + exterior being
