Malfi

Question 1

Bosola

Answer 1

‘He and his brother are like plum trees that grow crooked over standing pools’
Act 1 Scene 1
‘What do you intend to do?’ ‘Can you guess’ ‘No’ ‘Then do not ask’ 3.2

Question 2

Duchess

Answer 2

‘I am armed ‘gainst misery’ Act 3 Scene 5
‘Do not think of them’ Act 1 Scene 2
‘We are now man and wife and tis the church that must echo this’ Act 1 Scene 2
‘Sir your direction shall lead me by the hand’ Act 3 Scene 5
‘Since they were born acussed, curses shall be their first language’ Act 3 Scene 5
‘Alas what pleasure can two lovers find in sleep’ Act 3 Scene 2

Question 3

Cardinal

Answer 3

‘He strews in his way flatterers…He should’ve been pope…he bestowed bribes’ Antonio on Cardinal Act 1 Scene 2
‘Shall our blood be thus attainted’ Act 2 Scene 5
‘Yes I can be angry without this rupture’ Act 2 Scene 5
‘Cardinal takes the ring from the duchess finger… banishes her’- during the dumbshow 3.4
‘Doth she make religion her ridinghood’ 3.3
‘Bore you upon my fist’ 2.4
‘That hath a little fingering on the lute’ 2.4

Question 4

Ferdinand

Answer 4

‘I would have their bodies / Burnt in a coal-pit, with the ventage stopped, / That their cursed smoke might not ascend to heaven.’ Act 2 Scene 5
‘A most perverse and turbulent nature’ Antonio on Ferdinand Act 1 Scene 2
‘Your darkest actions- nay you’re privatest thoughts- will come to light’ Act 1 Scene 2
‘Such weddings may be said to be executed than celebrated’ Act 1 Scene 2
‘Women like that part… hath ne’er a bone in’t’ Act 1 Scene 2
‘Happily with some strong thighed bargeman’ 2.5

Question 5

Antonio

Answer 5

‘but if’t chance / Some cursed example poison’t near the head, / Death and diseases through the whole land spread’ Act 1 Scene 1

Question 6

Cariola

Answer 6

‘(points the pistol at Cariola)’ Antonio 3.5

‘A fearful madness I owe her some pity’ 1.2