Ford

Question 1

S to A: “Strumpet…

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…I’le rip up thy heart.”

Question 2

G to F: “I have unclasped…

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… the burdens of my soul.” “Emptied the storehouse of my thoughts and heart.” “Made myself poor of secrets.”

Question 3

G to F: “Are we not…

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… therefore each to other bound so much the more by nature.”

Question 4

G to A: “A heart…

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… in which is writ the truth I speak.”

Question 5

G to A: “thy immoral…

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… beauty hath untuned all harmony.”

Question 6

G to A: “I have…

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… too long suppressed the hidden flames.”

Question 7

B: “My…

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… belly seethes like a porridge pot.”

Question 8

Donado: “Is this…

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… a churchman’s voice? Dwells justice here?”

Question 9

P to G: “O sir…

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… we are all undone, quite undone, utterly undone.”

Question 10

V to H: “Your own…

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… mischievous treachery hath killed you.”

Question 11

G to A: “I have asked…

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… the counsel of the church who tell me I may love you.”

Question 12

Florio: “I will not…

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… have her marry for wealth, but love.”

Question 13

G: “That beauty…

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… which, if framed anew, the Gods would make a God of.”

Question 14

F to G: “Young man…

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… there are no school points.”

Question 15

G to F: “Your age…

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… o’errules you, had you youth like mind, you’d make her love your heaven.”

Question 16

F to A: “Then you will…

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… wish each kiss your brother gave had been a dagger’s point.”

Question 17

F to G: “For death…

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… waits on thy lust.”

Question 18

A to G: “For every sigh…

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…. thou hast spent for me, I have sighed ten.”

Question 19

Richardetto: “The Cardinal…

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… is noble; he no doubt will give true justice.”

Question 20

Corrine S Abate: “The Cardinal…

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… is a morally compromised man, amid this morally compromised society.”

Question 21

Lisa Hopkins:

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“Ford portrays incest too sympathetically by making Giovanni and Annabella attractive.”

Question 22

Dorothy M Farr: “The death of…

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… Bergetto presents the violation of innocence in a corrupt society.”

Question 23

G to A: “Can’t thou…

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… be dared to swear that thou wilt live to me and to no other?”

Question 24

S to H: “Learn to…

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… repent and die.”

Question 25

B's letter: "Yours...

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... upwards and downwards."

Question 26

F to G: "Oh, ignorance...

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... in knowledge."

Question 27

F to G: "She did...

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... yield to lust."

Question 28

V to H: "I am...

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... infinitely yours." (irony)

Question 29

S about A: "Precious...

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... jewel, such a prize." (ironic- corrupt.)

Question 30

G to A: "Forgive me." A to G:...

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... "With my heart." (depth of meaning)

Question 31

Gio: "The glory...

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... of my deed."

Question 32

A to G: "What, are...

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... you jealous?"

Question 33

P to A: "Tis too...

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... late to repent now, heaven help us!"

Question 34

F to A: "You have...

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... unripped a soul so foul and guilty."

Question 35

F to A: "Whiles...

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... I do read a lecture."

Question 36

F to A: "Heaven...

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... is merciful."

Question 37

Cardinal: "Rise...

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... up, Grimaldi!" (symbolically forgiving him)

Question 38

Cardinal: "He is...

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... no common man, but nobly born."

Question 39

G to A: "Tis my...

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... destiny that you must either love or I must die."

Question 40

A to G: "I blush...

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... to tell thee."

Question 41

H to A: "I come...

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... not to defraud you of your man."

Question 42

Wiggins:

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"The only excessive pressure on Annabella comes form the Friar and his alarming account of eternal torment."

Question 43

Stavig:

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"The symbol of true religion leaves the city, corruption and hypocrisy go unchallenged."

Question 44

Corrine S Abate: Hippolita=

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"While not admirable, certainly does not justify being poisoned in public."

Question 45

Dorothy M Farr: "Bergetto is...

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... a childish simpleton, not far removed from the 'innocent' in the Elizabethan sense."

Question 46

Dorothy M Farr: "The Friar...

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... is no corrupt churchman neither is he an aged well-wisher."

Question 47

H J Oliver:

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"Their loves are pure; their souls unstained."

Question 48

Dorothy M Farr: "She is...

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... a child of nurture rather than of nature."

Question 49

Stavig: "As an atheist...

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... an incestuous lover, a revenger and a murderer, Giovanni has many characteristics of a stage villain."

Question 50

Stavig: "Instead of...

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... worshipping God, he has substituted an earthly 'idol', his sister."

Question 51

Sonia Massai: "The first English...

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... play to represent sibling incest as a passionate, all consuming love story."

Question 52

G to A: "For colour,

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lips; for sweet perfumes, her breath; for jewels, eyes."

Question 53

G: "Tis not...

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... I know, my lust, but tis my fate that leads me on."

Question 54

G: "It were more easy...

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... to stop the ocean from floats and ebbs than dissuade my vows."

Question 55

A to G: "What blessed...

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... shape of come celestial creature now appears?" (heavenly/divine) (may not have recognised him- common of the time- boys sent away to be educated)

Question 56

G to A: "I think you...

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.... love me, sister." "Yes, you know I do." (pace) (romantic intimacy)

Question 57

G to A: "Let not...

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.... this music be a dream."

Question 58

G to A: "Wise nature...

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... first in your creation meant to make you mine."