Ao5 Duchess Of Amalfi Flashcards
(15 cards)
What does Samuel pepys(1666) say about DOM ?
Describes it as “a sorry play”
What does archer(1892) complain about bosola ?
A fatal lack of clearness ruins everything
What does lee(1899) say about DOM
That it has “ repulsive themes and characters”
What does rylands(1945) say about Webster ?
“Webster could handle a scene but he could not compass a plot”
What does calderwood(1962) say about Ferdinand ?
“It is Ferdinand who is unsure of himself”
What are the two things belton(1976) says about Antonio ?
“ Critics have found little to like or admire about Antonio”
“Antonio represents, perhaps better than Antone else in Webster, the Christian stoic”
What does Rabkin(1968) say about the marriage of duchess and Antonio ?
Describes it as “ willful and irresponsible”
What does bliss(1983) say about the cardinal in compassion with Ferdinand ?
“ the cardinals cool,Unemotional detachment is more terrifying than Ferdinand’s impassionate raving”
How does pearsall(1992) describe DOM
‘An amoral tale”
What does hunter(1997) say about Italian plays ?
“Italian plays increasingly came to be read as metaphors of England”
What does whigham(1985) say about Julia ?
“Act out the renaissance court strumpet”
What does neill(2015) say about Antonio ?
“Antonio can be no model of virtue, he is too like the equivocal bosola”
What does a young Webster say in Shakespeare in love (1998) ?
“I like it when the cut their heads off”
What does jankowski(1990) say about the duchess ?
“ the duchess abandons her duties of “body politics””
What dies mikesell(1983) describe the duchess remarriage as ?
“ a violation of social norms for widows”
