The Duchess of Malfi

The Duchess of Malfi - Summary

• The Duchess inherits her political position from her dead husband
• Antonio - her steward, admires from afar 
• Duchess' brothers - Cardinal and Ferdinand are horribly corrupt and don't want her to remarry
• Make Duchess employ Bosola (Ferdinand's spy)
• She secretly proposes to Antonio and their marriage remains a secret
• Bosola works out that the Duchess is seeing someone as she becomes pregnant
• After a few years Bosola reports…