Duchess of Malfi: Complete the quote

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  • Created on: 28-09-21 14:22

1. "Damn her! That body of hers, while my blood ran pure in't" What is the most important aspect of this sentence relating to Ferdinand's and the Duchess's relationship?

  • Right after the the statement of "Damn her!", he immediately refers back to her "Body", which reinforces the incestious overtones
  • Ferdinand is making a holy judgement that his own sister is worthy of eternal damnation.
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2. "(1)_____? Was I her (2)_____? Did any form of _____ doom her to mot being?"

  • 1. Punishable 2. Council 3. God's hand
  • 1.Mine 2.Judge 3.Law
  • 1.Guilty 2. Jury 3. Justice

3. "A (1)_____ swam into the sea met with a (2)_____"

  • 1. They 2. Drunken Mariner
  • 1.She 2. Dog Fish
  • 1. It 2. Drunken Fisherman
  • 1. It 2. Shark

4. "Why do you (1._____)? Methinks you, you courtiers should be touchwood, take (2._____) and I give you (2._____), that is, (1._____) when I (1._____) "

  • 1. Protest 2. detest
  • 1.Hawk 2. Wealth
  • 1. Laugh 2. Fire
  • 1.Converse 2. Pleasantries

5. "Tis not your Whore's milk that shall quench my wildfire, but your Whores Blood" What is particularly disturbing about this line

  • The Fact that Ferdinand automatically refers to image of him drinking his sister's "milk" is not overly perverse and inannipropiate but it's the point of the play where his Incestious overtones are at it's bluntest.
  • It is revealed to the audience for the first time that that Ferdinand is capable being sexually violent towards his sister.
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