Duchess of Malfi Critics

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Koh (on Bosola)
"Bosola agrees to murder not because he enjoys it, but because he needs to survive"
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Grace Windsor
"When confronted with female power and sexual desire, male characters react with extreme violence"
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Winston
"Webster's portraits of the Duchess and Antonio as a 'mannish' woman and a 'womanish' man; she is generally decisive and assertive, and he is passive"
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Bergeron
The madmen could be an outward manifestation of the inner ordeal the Duchess is undergoing
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Jankowski (on the Duchess)
"The Duchess becomes an uneasy and threatening figure"
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Nancy Roider
"Cautionary tale"
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R.S. White
"Tragedy of a virtuous woman who achieves heroism through her death"
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Cecil
"He presents it (evil)... as far more powerful than good"
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P.B. Murray (on Antonio)
"Antonio is modelled on the ideal of Christian gentility"
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P. Spinrad (on the play)
"They wander ever deeper into darkness, madness and despair"
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Card 2

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Grace Windsor

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"When confronted with female power and sexual desire, male characters react with extreme violence"

Card 3

Front

Winston

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Card 4

Front

Bergeron

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Jankowski (on the Duchess)

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Preview of the front of card 5
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