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Give a quotation to show that the Duchess trusts her twin:

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‘Your knowledge of him condemns him and prefers him’

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What is Antonio’s view of ambition?

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‘Ambition is a great man’s madness’

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Who says this: ‘how superstitiously we mind our ends: the throwing down of salt, or crossing of a hare, bleeding at the nose, the stumbling of a horse or singing of a cricket are of power to daunt whole man in us’?

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Delio which shows that he’s superstitious

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Give a quotation to show Bosola’s desperation to become of a higher social class:

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‘I must have part of it, my intelligence will freeze else’

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How does Antonio describe Bosola at the beginning?

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‘Court-gall’

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How are Julia and the Duchess similar?

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Both hiding their happiness and both need a man

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Who says this and what is the act: ‘now, for this act I am certain to be rais’d’?

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Bosola says it after excessively complimenting Antonio as to win the Duchess’ trust and get information

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Give evidence to show how devoted the Duchess is to her family:

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After seeing the fake dead bodies of her family she says ‘there is not between heaven and earth one wish I stay for after this’

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Who says this about who: ‘more perfect in her tears than in her smiles’?

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Bosola about the Duchess

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What does the quotation ‘these words should be mine and all the parts you have spoke’ show about The Duchess?

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She too the more dominant/masculine role in their courtship

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Give a quotationto show Antonio’s hyperbolic language in his description of the Duchess?

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‘Heaven’s gates are not so highly arched as prince’s palaces: that that enter there must go upon their knees’

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What sins has the Cardinal committed that don’t fit with his profession?

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Adultery
Gambling
Murder

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Who says this about who: ‘he strews in his way flatterers, panders, intelligences, atheists, and a thousand such political monsters’?

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Antonio describes the Cardinal

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Who is more frightening between the two brothers?

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The cardinal because he is eerily calm and shows no remorse

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How does Bosola describe himself?

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‘An actor in the main of all much gainst mineown good nature’

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Give a quotation to show Ferdinand’s potential homosexuality:

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‘Strong thighed bargemen’

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Evidence of Eros love

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Cardinal and Julia

The Duchess and Antonio

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Evidence of pragma love

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The Duchess and Antonio

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Evidence of storge love

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The Duchess Antonio and their children

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Evidence of philantia love

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The cardinal

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Evidence of mania love

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Ferdinand

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Example of ludus love

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Duchess and Antonio

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Evidence of philia love

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Delio and Antonio

The Duchess and cariola

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‘Diamonds are of most value…’

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‘Diamonds are of most value,

They say, that have passed through most jewellers’ hands.’

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‘The misery of us that are born great…’
‘The misery of us that are born great, | We are forced to woo because none dare woo us'
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‘Ambition madam…’
‘Ambition madam is a great man’s madness’
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‘These words should be mine’
Antonio is embarrassed that the Duchess is in control
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'some of you give entertainment…’
'some of you give entertainment for pure love; but more for precious reward.’
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‘Where I am a man…’
‘Where I am a man | I'd beat that counterfeit face into thy other.’
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'I look no | higher than…’
'I look no | higher than I can reach'
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‘Yes. I can be angry…’
‘Yes. I can be angry without this rupture;’
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‘Men oft are…’
‘Men oft are valued high, when th’are most wretched’
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‘I am…’
‘I am Duchess of Malfi still’
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What are Ferdinand's last words?
"Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, | Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.“
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theme of decay and corruption
this renaissance motif is used to expose moral excess
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quotation for the theme of decay and corruption
‘poison’t near the head, / Death and disease through the whole land spread’
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what is an aphorism
a succinct statement that embodies an astute general truth
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example of an aphorism
Castruchio says ‘It is fitting a soldier arise to be a prince, but not necessary a prince descend to be a captain’
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what is a parable
a short, allegorical story which illustrates a moral or spiritual truth
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what is a sententia
similar to an aphorism but appears at the end of scenes in elizabethan and jacobean drama in rhyming couplets
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example of a sententia
Ferdinand says ‘That friend a great man’s ruin strongly checks, / Who rails into his belief, all his defects’
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some of you give entertainment for love...
but more for more precious reward
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who said this? 'whose throat must i cut?'
bosola
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would be as lecherous, covertous or bloody...
if he had the means to be so
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and wherefore should you lay..
your marble colours
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who said this 'now my revenge is perfect'
bosola
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the last part of my life..
hath done me best service
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i look no higher than i can reach...
when a man's mind moves faster than his horse, they both quickly tire
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we are merely the star's tennis balls...
struck and banded which way please them
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let worthy minds ne'er stagger...
in distrust to suffer death or shame for what is just: mine is another voyage
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there is not in nature a thing that makes a man...
so deformed, so beastly, as doth intemperate anger
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who said this about who 'he strews in his way flatterers, panderers, intelligencers, atheists and a thousand such political monsters'
antonio about the cardinal
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who said this 'i can be angry without this rupture'
the cardinal
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the cardinal ears himself...
much too cruel
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tis more easy to...
tie knots than unloose them
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who said this 'look to my brother he gave us these large wounds'
the cardinal
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let me be laid by...
and never thought of
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what is ferdinand described as
'such a wild tempest'
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who said this 'my imagination will carry me to see her in the shameful act of sin'
ferdinand
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who does ferdinand see his sister with
'strong thighed bargemen'
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'tis not your whore's milk that shall quench my wildfire...
but your whore's blood
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ferdinand's reason for the whole ordeal
'i had a hope, had she continued widow to have gained an infinite mass of treasure by her death, and that was the main cause'
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whether we fall by ambition, blood or lust
like diamonds we are cut with our own dust
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ferdinand's reaction to seeing the duchess dead
'my sister oh my sister'
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who said this about who 'his nature is too honest for such business'
the cardinal about antonio
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ambition, madam...
is a great man's madness
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were there no heaven nor hell...
i should be honest
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who said this about who 'this mole does undermine me'
antonio about bosola
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quotation to show antonio being superstitious
'my nose bleeds one that were superstitious would count this ominous'
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what is happening here 'you must instantly part hence'
the duchess is sending antonio away
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who said this to who 'this good one you speak of is my husband'
the duchess to bosola
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he fashioned us of nothing...
and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing
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how does antonio describe the duchess
'let all sweet ladies break their flatt'ring glasses and dress themselves in her'
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how does ferdinand describe his sister
'lusty widow'
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the birds that live i'th'field on...
the wild benefit of nature live happier than we; for they may choose thai mates
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i know not which is best...
to see you dead or part woth you
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who said this 'must i...account it praise to suffer tyranny'
the duchess
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were i a man...
i'd beat that counterfeit face into thy other
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men oft are valu'd high...
when they're most wretched
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pull and pull strongly...
for your able strength must pull down heaven upon me
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yet stay, heaven't gates are no so highly arched...
as princes palaces, they that enter there must go upon their knees'
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quotation showing the corruption of the court
'a prince's court is like a common fountain'

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