Duchess of Malfi Quotes Flashcards
Duchess: “lus …
“lusty widow”
Duchess: “hea …
“heavenly”
Duchess: “right …
“right noble Duchess”
Duchess: “I am …
“I am the Duchess of Malfi still”
Duchess’s Strength: “Peace …
“Peace, it affrights not me”, “Mercy!”
Duchess’s Independence: “If I had …
“If I had a husband now, this care were quit; But I intend to make you overseer”
Duchess’s Independence: “Let …
“Let old wives report / I winked and chose a husband”
Duchess’s Independence + Feminism: “The misery …
“The misery of us that are born great! We are forced to woo because none dare woo us”
Duchess’s Sexuality: “This is fresh …
“This is fresh and blood, sir, / ‘Tis not a figure cut in alabaster / Kneels at my husband’s tomb”
Duchess’s Pregnancy: “Is sick …
“Is sick a-days: she pukes: her stomach seethes”
“fall’n in labour”
“Do I not grow fat?”
Duchess vs Brothers: “so …
“so different temper”
Ferdinand: “some sin …
“some sin in us heaven doth revenge”
Ferdinand + Duchess: “Happily …
“Happily with a strong-thighed bargeman”
Ferdinand + Duchess: “I would …
“I would not have her marry again”
Ferdinand + Duchess: “Till I know …
“Till I know who leaps my sister, I’ll not stir”
Ferdinand + Children: “boil …
“boil their bastard to a culls”
Ferdinand + Children: “I would have …
“I would have their bodies / Brunt in a coal-pit”
Bosola’s Aim: “provisor …
“provisor of the horse”
Bosola: “mal …
“malcontent”
“vaulting ambition”
Bosola: “cre …
“creature” to avoid “ingratitude”
Bosola: “very quaint …
“very quaint invisible devil in flesh: / An intelligencer”
Bosola: “court …
“court ghoul”
“leech”
Bosola’s Downfall: “This foul …
“This foul melancholy / Will poison all his goodness”
Cardinal: “brave …
“brave fellow”
