Act 1 Flashcards
(41 cards)
(Antonio) “Flattering…
sycophants” (1.1)
(Antonio) “Poison…
near the head, death and disease through the whole land spread” (1.1)
(Antonio) “Here comes Bosola…
lecherous, covetous and proud, bloody and envious as any man” (1.1)
(Bosola) “Miserable…
age” (1.1)
(Bosola) “I fell into…
the galleys in your service” (1.1)
(Antonio) “This fellow were able to possess…
the greatest devil and make him worse” (1.1)
(Bosola) “He and his brother…
are like plum trees that grow crooked over standing pools. They are rich and overladen with fruit, none but crows, pies and caterpillars feed on them” (1.1)
(Bosola) “Could I be one…
their flattering panders, I would hang on their ears like a horse leech, till I were full, and then drop off” (1.1)
(Antonio) “This foul melancholy…
will poison all his goodness” (1.1)
(Antonio) “Breeds…
all black malcontents” (1.1)
(Castruccio) “It is fitting a soldier arise to be a…
prince, but not necessary a prince descend to be a captain” (1.2)
(Castruccio) “That realm…
is never long in quiet where the ruler is a soldier” (1.2)
(Antonio about the Cardinal) “Such flashes…
superficially hang on him…He is a melancholy churchman…Jealous…Bestows bribes so largely and imprudently” (1.2)
(Antonio) “A most perverse…
and turbulent nature” (1.2)
(Antonio) “A foul black cobweb…
to a spider. He makes it his dwelling and a prison to entangle those shall feed him” (1.2)
(Antonio) “The right…
noble Duchess…Divine…Noble virtue…Heaven” (1.2)
(Antonio) “She throws upon a man so sweet a…
look that it were able to raise one to a galliard” (1.2)
(Cardinal about Antonio) “You are deceived in him…
his nature is too honest for such business” (1.2)
(Bosola) “I was lured…
to you” (1.2)
“Whose throat…
must I cut?” (1.2)
(Ferdinand) “Observe…
the Duchess” (1.2)
(Ferdinand) “I would not have her marry again…
do not ask the reason, but be satisfied” (1.2)
(Bosola) “Take your devils…
which Hell calls angels” (1.2)
(Bosola) “The devil candies…
all sins over” (1.2)
