TDOM/PL corruption and politics Flashcards
1 - “a prince’s court is
like a common fountain”
Bosola says in Act 1
“the only reward of doing well is the doing of it’
Act 1 - Ferdinand
“the law to him is like a foul black cobweb to a spider” “a prison to entangle”
Duchess in Act 1 is “making
my will, as tis fit princes should”
act 1 duchess - “whether
I am doomed to live or die, I can do both like a prince”
Satan’s temptation
“fraudulent”
“seeks man’s destruction”
Cardinal - “able to possess
the greatest devil and make him worse”
1.2 - “she’s a young widow
I would not have her marry again”
2.1 Bosola - “i look no
higher than I can reach” - telling the brothers he is no threat. ambiguity over a limit to his “reach”
3.1 - “the witchcraft
lies in her rank blood”
3.2 - Ferdinand asks the Duchess - “dost
thou know what reputation is?”
4.2 - “i am
Duchess of Malfi still” - seeks refuge in her status
with Sin and Death, Satan is described as
“prince of darkness”
Satan sitting on his throne
“false glitter”
Satan’s speech in Hell
“dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn”
ferdinand ao5
frank whigh - “threatened aristocrat, frightened”
william painter’s palace of pleasure
portrayed the duchess as evil
