Key quotes for act 3 scene 4 and 5 duchess of malfi Flashcards
Pilgrim 1 about the duchess-“so great a lady would have….
Match herself unto so mean a person”
Pilgrim 2 about the duchess-“fore hearing of….
Her looseness”
Pilgrim 1 about Antonio- “ his own weight will bring…
Him sooner to the bottom”
Antonio- “yes you see what power….
Lightens in great men’s breath”
Duchess- “this put me in mind….
Of death”
Antonio-“right fashion…
Of the world”
What does Antonio say the “the fashion of the world is”?
“Men cease to build where the foundation sinks”
What does the duchess say happened to all the diamonds in her dream?
“All the diamonds were changed to pearls”
What does Antonio say the pearls in the duchess’s dream signify?
“The pearls do signify your tears”
Duchess- “ false Hearts speaks fair to…..
Those they intend most mischief”
What does the duchess say Ferdinand’s letter to Antonio is?
“A political equivocation”
What does Antonio say about heaven in terms of hand?
“Heaven hath a hand in it”
What does Antonio say about what we strive to do?
“Bring ourselves to nothing”
duchess-‘‘fortune’s wheel is…
overcharged with princes’’
duchess-‘‘what devil art thou that….
counterfeits heavens thunder’’
