DofM: Sexual Oppression 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureThe Duchess of MalfiA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: Cat StottCreated on: 11-11-17 11:49 "notorious strumpet" Ferd. is degrading her reputation via shaming her sexual activity 1 of 8 "tis not your whore's milk that shall quench my eternal fire, but your whore's blood" Maternal image twisted: He wants her dead AND whore by nature, sexual desires override maternal instincts? 2 of 8 "who leaps my sister" Objectifies her to a form of prey / a prize 3 of 8 "infected blood as her" Duchess' actions have ruined her royal purity 4 of 8 "Strong thighed bargmen" Ferdinand has a sexual obsession with the male body as well as the female body? 5 of 8 "You may thank me lady, I have taken you off your melancholy perch...and showed you game" Cardinal to Julia: You achievements in life are because of me (she can't make her way in the world on her own) 6 of 8 "I will bear no more of your glass house, you are still abusing women" Old lady realises that Bosola's claims about women are based on on nothing and are simply offensive 7 of 8 "and lay her general territory as waste as she hath done her owners" Ferdinand want's to ruin her out of revenge for the consequences of her marriage 8 of 8
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