Scene Overviews Flashcards
1
Q
1.1
A
- A returns from the french court and envies its greatness
- F asks Duchess to appoint Bosola so he can spy on her
- F and C forbid the Duchess from remarrying
- Duchess and A get married in secret (Cariola as witness)
2
Q
2.1
A
- B thinks the Duchess is pregnant and gives her apricots (thought to induce abortion)
- Duchess goes into labour
- Delio tells A to pretend the Duchess is ill (to hide the noises)
3
Q
2.2
A
- B rails against promiscuous women again
- A orders the palace gates to be locked
- A tells servants that jewels have been stolen and they are to stay in their rooms
- the Duchess delivers her baby
4
Q
2.3
A
- B hears a cry from the Duchess’ bedchamber
- A tells B he suspects him of poisoning the Duchess
- A drops horoscope announcing the birth of their son
- B vows to send the horoscope to F and C
5
Q
2.4
A
- Julia agrees to be C’s mistress
- Delio arrives to woo J but she refuses
- F has heard the D has given birth and is mad
- Delio thinks A’s secret has been unveiled
6
Q
2.5
A
- C fears the royal blood has been tainted
- F is furious and almost insane with rage
- F calms down and decides to do nothing until he knows who the D’s lover is
7
Q
3.1
A
- its 2 or 3 years later
- A reveals the D has given birth to 2 more children
- F states he has thought of a husband for the D
- B tells F he doesn’t know who the D’s husband is but has the key to her bedchamber
8
Q
3.2
A
- A, the D and Cariola joke as the D is getting ready for bed
- F enters with a poinard at tells the D to use it on herself
- F no longer wants to know who the D’s husband is as he will kill him
- B tells the D that F has left for Rome
- the D tells A to run away to Ancona as she has told B he has cheated in her
- the D tells B her and A’s secret
- B tells the D to say she is going on a pilgrimage to a shrine near Ancona
9
Q
3.3
A
- set in Rome
- emperor has asked C to return to his profession as a soldier
- B arrives to tell C and F about the D and A and where she is heading now
10
Q
3.4
A
- C sets out for Loretto
- F orders B to meet him with an armed force
- A and D are shown at the shrine
- A and D are banished
11
Q
3.5
A
- B overtakes the D and A and gives them a letter from F
- B leaves and the D tells A to take their eldest son and flee to Milan
- B and armed guards arrest the D
12
Q
4.1
A
- F comes to visit the D
- F makes her kiss a dead man’s hand which she soon discovers isn’t his
- she sees the wax figures of dead versions of her husband and son
- F decides to surround her with mad people
- B says he will not see the D unless he is in disguise
13
Q
4.2
A
- Cariola tries to comfort the D
- F has sent the madmen to torture the D
- B enters and tells her she is to die
- D is strangled
- B orders Cariola’s execution
- F arrives to see his sisters dead body
- F rewards B a pardon for killing his sister and not pittying her
- the D wakes momentarily speaks 2 words then dies
- B promises to protect A and their son
14
Q
5.1
A
- A doesn’t know the D is dead
- P gives A’s land to J
- P goes to visit F who has arrived in Milan
- A goes to see C that night
15
Q
5.2
A
- C makes up a story to explain F’s madness
- C asks B to find A and kill him
- J tries to seduce B
- B hides while J tries to get C to reveal why he is sad
- C tells his secret
- C makes J kiss a poisoned bible and she dies
- B tries to find A to help him revenge the D’s death
