Malfi - Duchess quotes Flashcards
1
Q
Sexual appetite
A
- ‘diamonds are of most value that have passes through most jewellers’ hands’
- ‘farewell, lusty widow’
- ‘how greedily she eats them!’
- ‘though lust do mask in never so strange disguise / she’s oft found witty, but is never wise’
2
Q
Public vs private
A
- ‘let old wives report I winked and chose a husband’
- ‘the common table do directly say she is a strumpet’
- ‘a scandalous report is spread / touching mine honour’
- ‘you have shook hands with reputation and made him invisible’
3
Q
Hamartia/transgression
A
- ‘A: But for your brothers? D: Do not think of them’
- ‘I have not gone about in this to create any new world or custom’
4
Q
Status/corruption
A
- ‘men are often valued high, when they’re most wretched’
- ‘I account this world a tedious theatre / for I do play a part in it against my will’
5
Q
Heroism/morality
A
- ‘so noble / as gives majesty to adversity’
- ‘I am Duchess of Malfi still’
