Dom Quotes

Question 1

Bosola to. The Cardinal

Answer 1

I served your tyranny

Question 2

Cardinal description Julia

Answer 2

Fickle woman

Question 3

Ferdinand incestuous desire

Answer 3

Some strong thighed bargeman

Question 4

Duchess to Antonio class

Answer 4

Raise yourself

Question 5

Duchess on Antonio’s house

Answer 5

This goodly roof of yours is too low built

Question 6

Ferdinand on Duchess when she is dead

Answer 6

Cover her face

Question 7

Ferdinand on Duchess - sexual desire

Answer 7

Tis your whores milk that will quench my wildfire

Question 8

Ferdinand on widows

Answer 8

Farewell lusty widow

Question 9

Cardinal on control over duchess

Answer 9

I would not have her marry again

Question 10

Antonio on the Italian court

Answer 10

Some curs’d example poison’t near the head

Question 11

Adam on womankind

Answer 11

Fair defect on nature

Question 12

Why did Webster set play in Otaly

Answer 12

Sidestep political suspicion would not be safe to set in England
Italy is catholic so would be known to be corrupt

Question 13

Subversion of gender stereotype

Answer 13

Duchess subverted contemporary gender rolww
Power and wealth were unusual qualities at the time
Duchess is the character with most power
Tragic protagonist and tragic victim

Question 14

Why would female power be undermined

Answer 14

Men would play female characters taking away from the radically of the duchess power

Question 15

Webster also wrote the devil’s low case what did this expose

Answer 15

The corrupt catholic church

Question 16

How is Ferdinand similar to Kinh James

Answer 16

Both succomb to sycophants in their courts

Question 17

Contextual link to duchess being lusty widow

Answer 17

Widows would don’t remarry out of sexual desire and it was only acceptable for women to not be open on sexual intent

Question 18

How could the Duchess be an example of stoicism

Answer 18

She endures pain and hardship when tortured but remains true

Question 19

Example duchess remarries to be errotic

Answer 19

Already has a son so remarriage is not for her dynasty

Question 20

How could Webster have been influenced by Elizabeth first

Answer 20

Strong female leader
Her leadership deemed illegitimate by the pope link Ferdinand cardinal
Duchess strong leader

Question 21

How does cardinal exemplify Catholicism being corrupt

Answer 21

Kills julia with a poisoned bible

Question 22

What did gunpowder plot 1605 do for catholicism

Answer 22

Featured resentment towards Catholicism seen as radical

Question 23

The importance of status in marriage

Answer 23

Webster writing at a time when status was everything
Equality in rank was a necessity
Makes duchess decision more shocking

Question 24

P.B Murray on the duchess

Answer 24

The radiant spirit of the duchess never dies

Question 25

Michael Billington on Webster technique

Answer 25

Webster uses tragedy to offer vision of human existence as chaotic and unstable