Ferdinand Flashcards
(25 cards)
How does Ferdinand describe himself and the Cardinal’s nature?
He and his brother are like plum trees that grow crooked over standing pools.
What does Ferdinand assert about dominance and control?
Take fire when I give fire.
How is Ferdinand’s character described?
A most perverse and turbulent nature.
What is Ferdinand’s view of justice?
The law to him is like a foul black cobweb to a spider.
How does Ferdinand manipulate others?
He speaks with others’ tongues.
What insult does Ferdinand make about others’ morality?
Their livers are more spotted than Laban’s sheep.
What does Ferdinand invoke to demonstrate patriarchal violence?
This was my father’s poniard. Do you see?
What is Ferdinand’s misogynistic logic?
Whores, by that rule, are precious.
What crude sexual joke does Ferdinand make?
Women like that part which, like the lampery, Hath ne’er a bone in’t.
How does Ferdinand dismiss the Duchess?
Farewell, lusty widow.
What does Ferdinand reveal about his descent into madness?
I have this night digged up a mandrake.
How does Ferdinand shame the Duchess?
A sister damned: she’s loose i’ th’ hilts; Grown a notorious strumpet.
What violent revenge does Ferdinand fantasize about?
Till of her bleeding heart I make a sponge to wipe it out.
What does Ferdinand express about his destructive rage?
That I might toss her palace ‘bout her ears… blast her meads.
What does Ferdinand desire to do to ‘cleanse’ the Duchess?
To purge infected blood – such as hers.
What is Ferdinand’s violent intent?
When I have her hewed to pieces.
How does Ferdinand insult the Duchess using animal imagery?
Excellent hyena.
What torments Ferdinand regarding imagined infidelity?
Quickly or my imagination will carry me to see her in the shameful act of sin.
What does Ferdinand imagine about the Duchess with a commoner?
Some strong-thighed bargeman.
How do Ferdinand’s lust and rage collide?
’Tis not your whore’s milk… but your whore’s blood.
What grotesque vengeance fantasy does Ferdinand have?
Boil their bastard to a cullis and give’t his lecherous father.
What cosmic-scale punishment does Ferdinand vow?
I’ll find scorpions to string to my whips… fix her in a general eclipse.
What does Bosola criticize about flattery and self-delusion?
You are your own chronicle too much, and grossly flatter yourself.
How does Bosola react to Ferdinand’s madness?
What hideous thing is that doth eclipse thee?
