Duchess Flashcards
Rebellion against brothers
“this is terrible good council”
Determination to take life into own hands
“let old wives report / I winked and chose a husband”
Raising Antonio to her social status
“raise yourself, / or if you please, my hand to help you”
Challenge to male dominance
“for know, whether I am doomed to live, or die, / I can do both like a prince.”
Didn’t want to be revolutionary in her marriage, just married for love
“why might not I marry? I have not gone about in this to create / Any new world or custom.”
Duchess and freedom
“the birds that live i’th’field / on the wild benefit of nature, live / Happier than we; for they may choose their mates / And carol their sweet pleasures to the spring.”
Cariola about Duchess
“Whether the spirit of greatness or of woman reign most in her, I know not; but it shows a fearful madness. I owe her much of pity.”
