Bosola a05

Question 1

Gunby

Answer 1

‘man divided in himself/ an agent of god and the devil’

Question 2

‘Crunelle -Vanrigh

Answer 2

Bosola as a ‘tragic hero’

‘takes the execution of the Duchess for Bosola to experience anagnorisis, Aristotle’s “change from ignorance to knowledge”

link to him as cain, learning of flawed nature

Question 3

Petengell

Answer 3

‘goes to a place life on earth never gave him’
/ Psychology of the class structure restricted his ambition to be a noble human being and it is the Duchess who has finally freed him.

Question 4

Lucky J

Answer 4

‘The dead body of the duchess is recast into bosola

Question 5

-Brecht’s 1946

Answer 5

-Brecht’s 1946 production of the play, for example, featured the Black actor Canada Lee as Bosola

This casting choice, in the context of the post-war European situation, can be seen as a commentary on societal inequalities and the “othering” of certain groups.

Question 6

Zinnerman

Answer 6

Bosola’s ultimate fate as Cain-like human exile, cut off not only from salvation but also from any attachment to his fellow man,