Duchess of Malfi Quotes and Critics Flashcards
Christopher Hart
“The two brothers are not driven by any sense of possessive outrage, however warped, but by a delight in malice itself”
Roider
“A cautionary tale which shows what can happen when women marry without being granted the “proper” consent.”
Christina Luckyj
- ‘A catalyst for social transformation and tragic recognition.’
- “The Duchess is a woman of sexual energy and vulnerability”
R.S White
“The tragedy of a virtuous woman who achieves heroism through her death.”
Murray
‘The radiant spirit of the Duchess cannot be killed’
Helen Mirren
‘It is essentially a feminist play about a woman who is fighting for her autonomy’.
‘He and his brothers…’
‘He and his brother are like plum trees that grow crooked over standing pools’
‘Crows…’
‘Crows, pies and caterpillars feed on them’
‘False…’
‘False friend’
‘A letter that shall…’
‘A letter that shall make her brother’s galls, overflow their livers’
‘I’ll go sleep…’
‘I’ll go sleep, till I know who leaps my sister’
‘She shames…’
‘She shames to acknowledge’
‘I’ll find scorpions to…”
‘I’ll find scorpions to sting my whips and fix her in a general eclipse’
‘Violent passions…’
‘Violent passions in riddles and in dreams’
‘Fearful madness…’
‘Fearful madness, I owe her much pity’
To live i’ th’…’
‘To live i’ th’ court here and observe the Duchess’
‘I’ll conceal…’
‘I’ll conceal this secret from the world’
‘Till the…’
‘Till the Devil be up’
‘Sorcery…’
‘Sorcery used on the Duchess’
‘I am…’
‘I am still the Duchess of Malfi’
‘I am not mad yet…’
‘I am not mad yet, but I long to be so, out of this excellent misery.’
