Critical Interpretations - Aragonian Brothers

Question 1

‘Ferdinand’s potentially in love with his sister’

Answer 1

F.L. Lucas on Ferdinand’s feelings towards his sister

Question 2

‘A threatened aristocrat, frightened by the contamination of his ascriptive social rank’

Answer 2

Frank Whigham on Ferdinand

Question 3

‘Each brother is driven by a different obsession; Ferdinand’s is sexual, the Cardinal’s is social rank’

Answer 3

Brian Gibbons on the Aragonian Brothers

Question 4

‘The Cardinal comes across as a hypocritical machiavellian rather than an agent of divine retribution’

Answer 4

Todd Borlik on the Cardinal

Question 5

‘Ferdinand is a narcissist and a sadist

Answer 5

Charles Folker on Ferdinand

Question 6

F.L. Lucas on Ferdinand’s feelings towards his sister

Answer 6

‘Ferdinand’s potentially in love with his sister’

Question 7

Frank Whigham on Ferdinand

Answer 7

‘A threatened aristocrat, frightened by the contamination of his ascriptive social rank’

Question 8

Brian Gibbons on the Aragonian Brothers

Answer 8

‘Each brother is driven by a different obsession; Ferdinand’s is sexual, the Cardinal’s is social rank’

Question 9

Todd Borlik on the Cardinal

Answer 9

‘The Cardinal comes across as a hypocritical machiavellian rather than an agent of divine retribution’

Question 10

Charles Folker on Ferdinand

Answer 10

‘Ferdinand is a narcissist and a sadist