Duchess of Malfi Quotes Flashcards

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Duchess: “lus …

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“lusty widow”

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Duchess: “hea …

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“heavenly”

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Duchess: “right …

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“right noble Duchess”

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Duchess: “I am …

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“I am the Duchess of Malfi still”

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Duchess’s Strength: “Peace …

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“Peace, it affrights not me”, “Mercy!”

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Duchess’s Independence: “If I had …

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“If I had a husband now, this care were quit; But I intend to make you overseer”

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Duchess’s Independence: “Let …

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“Let old wives report / I winked and chose a husband”

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Duchess’s Independence + Feminism: “The misery …

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“The misery of us that are born great! We are forced to woo because none dare woo us”

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Duchess’s Sexuality: “This is fresh …

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“This is fresh and blood, sir, / ‘Tis not a figure cut in alabaster / Kneels at my husband’s tomb”

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Duchess’s Pregnancy: “Is sick …

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“Is sick a-days: she pukes: her stomach seethes”
“fall’n in labour”
“Do I not grow fat?”

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Duchess vs Brothers: “so …

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“so different temper”

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Ferdinand: “some sin …

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“some sin in us heaven doth revenge”

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Ferdinand + Duchess: “Happily …

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“Happily with a strong-thighed bargeman”

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Ferdinand + Duchess: “I would …

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“I would not have her marry again”

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Ferdinand + Duchess: “Till I know …

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“Till I know who leaps my sister, I’ll not stir”

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Ferdinand + Children: “boil …

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“boil their bastard to a culls”

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Ferdinand + Children: “I would have …

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“I would have their bodies / Brunt in a coal-pit”

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Bosola’s Aim: “provisor …

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“provisor of the horse”

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Bosola: “mal …

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“malcontent”

“vaulting ambition”

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Bosola: “cre …

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“creature” to avoid “ingratitude”

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Bosola: “very quaint …

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“very quaint invisible devil in flesh: / An intelligencer”

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Bosola: “court …

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“court ghoul”

“leech”

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Bosola’s Downfall: “This foul …

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“This foul melancholy / Will poison all his goodness”

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Cardinal: “brave …

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“brave fellow”

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Cardinal: “man …

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“man of God”

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Cardinal: “Oh, this …

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“Oh, this gloomy world”

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Cardinal: “melancholy …

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“melancholy churchman”

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Cardinal: “bestow …

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“bestow bribes”

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Cardinal + Corruption: “Shall our …

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“Shall our blood. / The royal blood of Aragon and Castile / Be thus attained?”

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Corruption: “miserable age …

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“miserable age, where only the reward / Of doing well is the doing of it”

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Corruption: “thousands …

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“thousands such political monsters”

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Corruption: “places in the …

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“places in the court are but like beds in the hospital”

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Corruption: “Death …

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“Death and diseases through the whole land spread”

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Corruption: “if’t entrance …

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“if’t entrance / some cursed example poison’t near the head”

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Politics: “How do …

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“How do you like the French court?”
“work of heaven”
“blessed government”
“noble duty”

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Antonio: “Ambition …

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“Ambition, madam, is a great man’s madness”

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Delio + Antonio: “Old friends …

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“Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best”

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Delio on Antonio: “You play …

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“You play the wire-drawer with her commendations”

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Antonio after Duchess’s death: “I have …

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“I have no use / To put my life to”

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Friendship: “Integrity of life …

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“Integrity of life is fame’s best friend, / which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end”

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Julia: “You have prevailed …

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“You have prevailed with me / Beyond my strongest thoughts”

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Duchess + Cariola: “I owe …

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“I owe her much pity”

“conceal this secret from the world”

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Cariola: “super …

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“superstitious fool”

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Love: “Such weddings …

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“Such weddings may more properly be said / To be executed than celebrated”

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Love: “The marriage …

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“The marriage night / Is the entrance into some prison”

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Marriage: “We are man …

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“We are man and wife, and ‘tis the Church / That must but echo this”

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Death: “My Duchess …

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“My Duchess is asleep now / And her little ones”

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Death: “To suffer …

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“To suffer death or shame for what is just - / mine is another voyage”

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Religion + Sin: “whether we fall …

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“whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, / Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust”

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Ferdinand’s Incestuous Desire: “let …

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“let me see her face again”

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Ferdinand: “What cannot …

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“What cannot a neat knave with a smooth tale; make a woman believe”

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Antonio: “Ambition …

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“Ambition, madam, is a great man’s madness”