Act 3 Scene 5

Question 1

What does Ferdinand’s letter read?

Answer 1

“I want his head in a business… I had rather have his heart than his money”

Question 2

What does the Duchess think of what Ferdinand is saying in the letter?

Answer 2

“He doth not want your counsel, but your head… the devil is not cunning enough to circumvent us in riddles”

Question 3

What does Antonio say?

Answer 3

“Thus, tell him - I will not come… bloodhounds abroad, which till i hear are muzzles, no truce” - naive because he thinks this is possible.

Question 4

What does the Duchess think to do now that Ferdinand knows where they are?

Answer 4

“I do conjure you to take your eldest son and fly towards milan”

Question 5

What are Antonio’s last words to the Duchess?

Answer 5

“Be a good mother to your little ones and save them from the tiger”

Question 6

How does the Duchess feel?

Answer 6

“My laurel is all withered”

Question 7

What does the duchess say to the soldiers wearing visages?

Answer 7

“Were I a man, I’d beat thy counterfeit face into thy other!”
“Men are oft valued high, when th’ are most wretched”