Key Quotations - The Duchess Flashcards
First line, value of widows
‘Diamonds are of the most value, they say, they have passed through the most jewellers hands’
Oxymoron on the court
‘This is terrible good counsel’
The Duchess’s spontaneousness/recklessness
‘I winked and chose a husband’
Reaction to Ferdinand and the Cardinal’s insistence on not remarrying, stoicism
‘Shall this move me?’
Imagery of adventure
‘Wish me good speed, for I am going into a wilderness where I shall find nor path nor friendly clew to be my guide’
Hinting to Antonio with the ring
‘Twas my wedding ring, And I did vow never to part with it, but to my second husband’
Antonio’s social status
‘This goodly roof of yours is too low built’
Pulling Antonio up the hierarchy
‘Raise yourself, Or, if you please, my hand to help you’
The Duchess literal and metaphorical promise to Antonio
‘You may discover what a wealthy mine I make you lord of’
Duchess upset about her status and having to make the first move
‘The misery of us that are born great! We are forced to woo, because none dare woo us’
Dramatic when Antonio questions the marriage
‘Go, go brag you have left me heartless!’
Stoicism, sees Ferdinand in her room
‘For know, whether I am doomed to live or die, I can do both like a prince’
Confessing to Ferdinand she is married
‘I pray, sir, hear me: I am married’
Duchess’s intelligence, coming up with a plan
‘I have fashioned it already’
The Duchess on her brothers
‘Make themselves of strength and power, only to be our after-ruin’
