Malfi - Bosola quotes Flashcards
1
Q
Corruption
A
- ‘these cursed gifts would make you a corrupter, me an impudent traitor’
- ‘place and riches are often bribes of shame’
- ‘we bear about us a rotten and dead body, we delight to hide it in rich tissue’
2
Q
Morality/metamorphosis
A
- ‘prefer a man merely for worth, without these shadows of wealth and painted honours?’
- ‘I would not change my peace of conscience for all the wealth of Europe’
- ‘we are merely the stars’ tennis balls, struck and banded which way please them’
3
Q
Justice/revenge
A
- ‘thou tookst from Justice her most equal balance and left her with naught but her sword’
- ‘revenge for the Duchess of Malfi… for Antonio… for lustful Julia… for myself, an actor in the main of all, much against mine own good nature’
