duchess critics

Question 1

Lucky “Duchess acts on human impulses in the name of virtue only to find

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she cannot control the consequences of her choices”

Question 2

F.L Lucas

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First to introduce idea Ferdinand has incestuous love for Duchess

Question 3

Whigham “Ferdinand is a threatened aristocrat frightened by

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the contamination of his social rank”

Question 4

Kerrigan “What’s most remarkable about the Duchess is

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her faith”

Question 5

Alexander ‘In many ways the Duchess is an ordinary woman,

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that is precisely her problem”

Question 6

Gibbons “Bosola is unable to reform or destroy the

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system”

Question 7

Hemming “A foil to the

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evil and decadence of the court”

Question 8

Rolder “A cautionary tale which shows what can happen when

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women marry without being granted the proper consent”

Question 9

Jankowski “conscious of the political implications of

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all activities she engages in”

Question 10

Graham “Duchess is down-trodden by a

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misogynistic world”