The Duchess of malfi Flashcards
Quotes
“She stains …”
“She stains the time past and lights the time to come”
“Then the law …”
“Then the law to him is like a foul black cobweb to a spider”
“For I am going …”
“For I am going into a wilderness where I shall find nor path nor friendly clue to be my guide”
“Tis welcome …”
“Tis welcome, for I know whether I am doom’d to live or die I can do both like a prince”
“the misery …”
“The misery of us that are born great, we are forced to woo as none dare woo us”
“The marriage night …”
“The marriage night is the entrance into some prison”
“What cannot a neat …”
“What cannot a neat knave with a smooth tale make a woman believe. farewell lusty widow”
“This foul melancholy …”
“This foul melancholy will poison all his goodness”
“Why might not I marry …”
“Why might not I marry? I have not gone about in this to create any new world or custom”
“I have taken you …”
“I have taken you off your melancholy perch”
“This great fellow …”
“This great fellow were able to possess the greatest devil and make him worse”
“A prince’s …”
“A prince’s court is like a common fountain”
“You live in a …”
“You live in a rank pasture here in the court. There is a kind of honey-dew which is deadly”
“You have made me…”
“You have made me stark blind. There is a saucy and ambitious devil is dancing in this circle”
“Virtue where art …”
“Virtue where art thou hid? what hideous thing is it that doth eclipse thee?”
“He and his brother are like …”
“He and his brother are like plum trees that grow crooked over standing pools”
“this is flesh …”
“This is flesh and blood sir, tis not a figure cut in alabaster kneels at my husbands tomb”
“why should only I …”
“Why should only I of all the other princes of the world be cased up like a holy relic”
