Duchess of Malfi Critics 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureDuchess of MalfiA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: The_BookwormCreated on: 01-03-22 08:10 Koh (on Bosola) "Bosola agrees to murder not because he enjoys it, but because he needs to survive" 1 of 10 Grace Windsor "When confronted with female power and sexual desire, male characters react with extreme violence" 2 of 10 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" 3 of 10 Bergeron The madmen could be an outward manifestation of the inner ordeal the Duchess is undergoing 4 of 10 Jankowski (on the Duchess) "The Duchess becomes an uneasy and threatening figure" 5 of 10 Nancy Roider "Cautionary tale" 6 of 10 R.S. White "Tragedy of a virtuous woman who achieves heroism through her death" 7 of 10 Cecil "He presents it (evil)... as far more powerful than good" 8 of 10 P.B. Murray (on Antonio) "Antonio is modelled on the ideal of Christian gentility" 9 of 10 P. Spinrad (on the play) "They wander ever deeper into darkness, madness and despair" 10 of 10
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