Secrecy Flashcards
Types of secrecy
Secrecy for personal gain
= duchess (marriage) and eve (knowledge)
Weaponisation of secrecy as a tool for manipulation
= bosola and satan
Decision to keep secrets being linked to fatal flaws (7DD EG)
= all of them
Motivations of secrecy
For personal autonomy / escape
Maintaining power / control stemming from pride, envy
Revenge stemming from pride, wrath, envy
Consequences of secrecy
Death
Self destruction
Introduction of sin and death
Loss of innocence
Familial destruction - DoM her own family / PL family of humanity
Webster context for secrecy
Court of James I
Gender roles / expectations
Class systems + challenging them
Revenge tragedies
= hamlet + the Spanish tragedy both highlight how secrecy drives revenge
Milton context for secrecy
Puritanism - emphasis on truth and omniscience
Genesis - shows consequence of secrecy
7 deadly sins - secrecy is driven by these
“Your darkest actions… …”
“…will come to light”
Ferdinand to duchess
“Thy curiosity…”
“…hath undone”
“A quaint invisible…”
“…devil in flesh”
Bosola to Ferdinand
“It gives you…”
“…life to knowledge”
Secrecy for personal gain
“His fraudulent…”
“By…”
“…temptation thus began”
“…stealth”
Weaponisation of secrecy as a tool of manipulation
“With act…”
“That destruction wide…”
“…intelligential”
“…may range”
Secrecy driven by pride
“To undergo with me…”
“…one guilt, one crime”
“Revenge, at first…”
“…though sweet, bitter”
Revenge stemming from 7DD
“Death from Sin…”
“The savour of death…”
“…no power can separate”
“…from all things there that live”
Death as a consequence of secrecy
“Transformed with himself…”
“…also suddenly into serpents”
Self destruction as a consequence of secrecy
