Malfi Quotes Flashcards
CARDINAL: ‘shall our blood……’
‘shall our blood the royal blood of aragon and castille be thus attainted?’
how does ferdinand intend to ‘purge’ the duchess’ ‘infected’ blood?
‘we must not now use balsamum but fire’
ANTONIO: ‘she’s an excellent….’
‘she’s an excellent feeder of pedigrees’
DUCHESS: ‘for I know wether I am doomed to live or die I can do so like a ___’
‘for I know wether I am doomed to live or die I can do so like a prince’
FERDINAND: ‘thou art undone; and thou hast taken that….”
‘thou art undone; and thou hast taken that massy sheet of lead that hid thy husband’s bones and folded it about my heart’
analyse this quote: ‘thou art undone; and thou hast taken that massy sheet of lead that hid thy husband’s bones and folded it about my heart’
death imagery of husband’s coffin
‘undone’ judgement of loose sexuality
jacobean christian husband and wife 1 flesh
DUCHESS: ‘diamonds are of the most value…..’
‘diamonds are of the most value they say, that have passed through most jeweller’s hands’
analyse this quote: ‘diamonds are of the most value they say, that have passed through most jeweller’s hands’
duchess metaphor emphasises her self worth
acknowledges she is seen as a piece of property
defiant
DUCHESS: ‘as men in some great battles _______ I have heard soldiers say so, so I through frights and threatenings will asay this dangerous venture________’
‘as men in some great battles by apprehending danger have achieved almost impossible actions - I have heard soldiers say so, so I through frights and threatenings will asay this dangerous venture. let old wives report i winked and chose a husband’
analyse this quote: ‘as men in some great battles by apprehending danger have achieved almost impossible actions - I have heard soldiers say so, so I through frights and threatenings will asay this dangerous venture. let old wives report i winked and chose a husband’
defiance of patriarchy
militaristic imagery
in order to overcome patriarchal oppression she must adopt the aggressive masculinity of war
ANTONIO: ‘paphine, for her peevish flight became a ______, syrnx turn’d to ______ anaraxete was ____, whereas those which married [-] transhaped in to ________”
‘paphine, for her peevish flight became a fruitless bay tree, syrnx turn’d to the pale empty reed anaraxete was frozen into marble, whereas those which married [-] transhaped into the olive, pomegranate, mulberry, became flowers, precious stones or eminent stars’
analyse this quote: ‘paphine, for her peevish flight became a fruitless bay tree, syrnx turn’d to the pale empty reed anaraxete was frozen into marble, whereas those which married [-] transhaped into the olive, pomegranate, mulberry, became flowers, precious stones or eminent stars’
cites examples of ovid’s the metamophoses
fruitful - reproductive qualities / but also suggests the celestial transformation of marriage
DUCHESS: ‘you violate a sacrament……’
‘you violate a sacrament o’th’church shall make you howl in hell for’t’
analyse this quote: ‘you violate a sacrament o’th’church shall make you howl in hell for’t’
duchess gives herself authourity through the patriarchal power of the church
‘howl’ reminiscient of lycanthropia - a curse
ANTONIO: ‘if’t chance some _____’
‘if’t chance some curs’d example poison’t near the head, death and disease through the whole land spread’
