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Quote Pairing Duchess Of Malfi And Paradise Lost > Women > Flashcards

Women Flashcards

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Portrayals of women

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Capability and agency of women

Female transgression + impact on others

Women’s fatal flaws

Female expectations

Women as a victim of their gender

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Causes of female transgression

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Duchess - personal happiness

Eve - desire for knowledge

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Female fatal flaws

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Duchess - defying brothers in pursuit of her own desires

Eve - ambition, and questioning divine authority

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Webster context for women

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Gender roles

Revenge tragedies

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Milton context for women

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Genesis

Puritanism

Great chain of being

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Duchess’ first words to Ferdinand

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“To me, Sir?”

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“You already know…”

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“…what a man is”

Ferdinand to duchess

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“Lusty…”

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“…widow”

Ferdinand

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“The right noble…”

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“…duchess”

Antonio about duchess

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“Diamonds are of most…”

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“…value…that have passed through most jeweller’s hands”

Duchess

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“Whores by that rule…”

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“…are precious”

Ferdinand

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“I am going into a…”

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“…wilderness”

Duchess on marriage

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“She is often found…”

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“…witty, but is never wise”

Bosola about duchess

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“Notorious…”

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“…strumpet”

Ferdinand

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“Your whores…”

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“…blood”

Ferdinand

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“I will marry for…”

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“…your honour”

Duchess (liar)

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[she puts her ring…]

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[…upon his finger]

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“For nothing lovelier can be found…”

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“…in woman, than to study household good”

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“The wife…safest and seemliest…”

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“…by her husband stays”

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“Fairest, unsupported…”

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“…flower”

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“Thine shall…”

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“…submit”

Eve’s punishment

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“Children thou shalt bring…”

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“…in sorrow forth”

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“But of this tree we may not…”

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“…taste nor touch; God so commanded”

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“What fear i then…of”

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“…God, or death, of law or penalty?”

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“She plucked…”

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“…she ate”

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“Into her heart…”

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“…to easy entrance won”

27
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“For inferior…”

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“…who is free?”

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Eve feels her what?

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“My power”

29
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“Disturbances on earth through…”

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“…female snares”

30
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“At his feet…”

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“…fell humble”

31
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“On me exercise not…”

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“…thy hatred”

32
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“Her seed shall…”

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“…bruise thy head”

33
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Empson on miltons views on women

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“Milton thought men ought to control women”

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Gilbert on eve as a victim of her gender

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“Eve is a patriarchal ideal of womanhood, deprived of her autonomous identity”

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1995 London production - what does the duchess do when Ferdinand comes into her chamber?

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She slaps him, and threatens him with his own dagger

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Tennenhouse on womanhood and sovereignty

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“Womanhood and sovereignty are logically incompatible”

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Callaghan on female desire

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[female desire was seen as a] “disease and monstrous abnormality”

Quote Pairing Duchess Of Malfi And Paradise Lost (8 decks)

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