Malfi Critics

Question 1

‘women’s bad behaviour can be seen as being as much a response to……’

Answer 1

‘women’s bad behaviour can be seen as being as much a response to male policing mechanisms as a cause of them’ - Hopkins

Question 2

‘the duchess as a tragic heroine……’

Answer 2

‘the duchess as a tragic heroine destroyed by the heartless authouritarian regime of her brothers’

Question 3

‘the duchess she is by turns ______ her appeal lies not in any one controlling virtue like _____ but in the _____’

Answer 3

‘the duchess she is by turns natural, unorthodox, courageous and in need of ordinary reassurance. her appeal lies not in any one controlling virtue like courage or patience but in the variety and vitality of her nature as a whole’ - legatti

Question 4

‘the _____ spirit of the duchess cannot be ___’

Answer 4

‘the radiant spirit of the duchess cannot be killed’ - murray

Question 5

‘the final act is designed to show the way of the aragonian brothers is that of ____ the complete descent of man into beast symbolised by____’

Answer 5

‘the final act is designed to show the way of the aragonian brothers is that of madness and determination the complete descent of man into beast symbolised by the lycanthropia of ferdinand’ - wigham

Question 6

‘the cardinal knows that…..’

Answer 6

‘the cardinal knows that he is already in hell’ - bradbrook

Question 7

‘webster seems intent on developing a ____ undergoing ______ inner change, though he is unable to reform or destroy the system - _______’

Answer 7

‘webster seems intent on developing a complex, unstable figure undergoing real, violent inner change, though he is unable to reform or destroy the system - in kafkaesque manner the system devours those who serve it’ - gibbons

Question 8

‘with all his many roles……..’

Answer 8

‘with all his many roles bosola is never permitted the luxury of being a self’ - bradbrook