Setting Flashcards
1: Sexual Violence and Psychological entrapment- setting as a mechanism of patriarchal power
Point
In both The Duchess of Malfi and A Streetcar Named Desire, settings are not neutral containers of action but are meticulously designed, invaded and weaponised by male characters to orchestrate the physical and psychological collapse of women. The spaces in which rape, manipulation and emotional degradation occur not incidental; they are part of a patriarchal architecture that renders such violence as inevitable and invisible, conditioning the audience to witness injustice as spatially and symbolically naturalised.
1: Sexual Violence and Psychological entrapment- setting as a mechanism of patriarchal power
Webster: Architectural Entrapment and Performative sadism
Points and analyses
-Ferdinand’s orchestration of the Duchess’s torment in Act 4.1 is a masterclass in patriarchal scenography. His instruction- “Let her have m
