Key themes in The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
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- Created on: 23-01-13 14:16
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- Key themes in the Duchess of Malfi
- Disguise
- Bosola - what he says and his actions are very different
- he's a spy - as part of his job he has to lie/ be in diguise
- in the fourth act he also disguises himself as an old man,
- he's a spy - as part of his job he has to lie/ be in diguise
- The Duchess says from the very beginning of the play that she will never re-marry but even before the scene closes she has proposed! - she has disguised her true feelings here.
- Bosola - what he says and his actions are very different
- Corruption
- The Cardinal and Ferdinand are corrupted in their soul
- Cruelty
- Ferdinand and The Cardinal are very cruel towards the Duchess
- They make use of the wax figurines to make her believe that Antonio is dead.
- Disguise
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