Duchess of Malfi: Love/Marriage Flashcards
(20 cards)
‘Tis not the ________ cut in _________, kneels at my husbands _____’
‘Tis not the figure cut in alabaster, kneels at my husbands tomb’
- Expectations of a patriarchal society
- Seeks to transform women into decorative/precious objects that can be locked away
‘Shes a young ________, I would not have her ______ again’
‘Shes a young widow, I would not have her marry again’ (Ferdinand)
‘___________ are most of value, that have _______ through most ___________ hands’
‘Diamonds are most of value, that have passed through most jewellers hands’
‘Taken you off your ____________ perch, _____ you upon my ____ and showed you _________’
‘Taken you off your melancholy perch, bore you upon my fist and showed you game’
Cardinal (comparison to bird of prey, possession, ‘game’=sexual desires/freedom)
‘We are now _____ and _____ and tis the _______ that must but _____ this’
‘We are now man and wife and tis the church that must but echo this’
Duchess
‘We are forced to ____ because none dare _____ us’
(‘The misery of us that are born great….) ‘We are forced to woo because none dare woo us’
Duchess
‘The duchess seeks private ____________ at the ________ of public _______’
‘The duchess seeks private happiness at the expense of public stability’
Lee Bliss (19th)
‘The Duchess thus ____________ her society’s _______ of proper __________ conduct.’
‘The Duchess thus transgresses her society’s notion of proper female conduct.’
Callaghan (20th)
‘______ should only I of ___ the ________ of the _______ /Be ______ up like a _____ relic’
‘Why should only I of all the princes of the world /Be cased up like a holy relic’
- Male form “prince” =sees herself as no different to other rulers, despite gender
-‘holy relic’ = does not want to be virtuous figure, removed from the world
‘_________ is better executed than __________’
‘Marriage is better executed than celebrated’ (Ferdinand)
‘Bless ________, this sacred gordian which let ________ never _________’
‘Bless heaven, this sacred gordian which let violence never untwine’ (Antonio)
- ‘gordian’ = knot
- The strength of their union, which cannot be broken/severed
‘Without the Duchess, __________ is aimless and _________’
‘Without the Duchess, Antonio is aimless and pathetic’
Gunby
‘because she retains the ______ duchess of malfi at the end, she ‘negates her ____________ with Antonio’
‘because she retains the title duchess of malfi at the end, she ‘negates her relationship with Antonio’
Oakes
‘______ more than to ______ me’
‘fear more than to love me’
- Duchess to Antonio in A1
- Her love/a relationship with her is not something to be feared
- Attempts to subvert/alter social norms such as marrying within class/status
‘l_______ w_______’
‘lusty widow’
- Ferdinand calls Duchess
- Disapproval of her lustful desires/secret marriage
‘best __________ was to seek __________ from a new ____________’
‘best option was to seek protection from a new husband’
Callaghan
- Women in the 17th century
‘women are _________ for softness and ________ attractive _______’
‘women are formed for softness and sweet attractive grace’
Wollstonecraft (Milton’s depiction of Eve)
‘Marry! they are most ______________ will wed _____’
‘Marry! they are most luxurious will wed twice’
Ferdinand
- widows who are most promiscuous/unchaste will remarry
‘there is a ______ and ____________ devil is ______________ in this circle’
‘there is a saucy and ambitious devil is dancing in this circle’
Antonio
- aware that marrying the Duchess is overly ambitious/unexpected for his social class
- ‘circle’ = wedding ring
“You have left me heartless!’
“You have left me heartless!’
- Hyperbole
- Antonio has stolen her heart
