What does the Duchess claim draws Antonio to the relationship?
“You’ll say/ love mixed with fear is sweetest”
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What does Ferdinand see when he is picturing his sister's lover?
“Strong-thighed bargeman”
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What does the Duchess say about the court's reaction to her wedding to Antonio?
“Let old wives know I winked and chose a husband”
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What misogynistic insult does Ferdinand use to describe the Duchess?
“lusty widow”
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What is the Duchess' reason for choosing her own husband?
“we are forced to woo, because none dare woo us”
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Why do the brother's not want the Duchess to remarry?
“t’will poison your fame”
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What does Bosola say when he becomes the Duchess' avenger?
“The weakest arm is strong enough that strikes/ With the sword of Justice”
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What does Ferdinand exclaim when he hears the Duchess has had a child?
"Tis not your whore's milk that will quench my wild-fire/ but your whore's blood! “
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What does Ferdinand want to do to the Duchess' child?
“Boil her ******* to a cullis”
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What does Ferdinand threaten the Duchess with if she disobeys the family?
“This was my father’s poniard… I’d be loath to see’t look rusty.”
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What does Ferdinand say when he feels regret for murdering the Duchess?
“cover her face/mine eyes dazzle”
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What quote shows the difference in the reactions of the Cardinal and Ferdinand?
“I can be angry/ without this rupture”
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What shows the Cardinal's lack of responsibility for his actions?
“How tedious is a guilty conscience!”
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What quote shows the Duchess is not afraid of the brothers and death?
I am Duchess of Malfi still”
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Why is the Duchess glad for the madmen?
“Nothing but noise and folly/ Can keep me in my right wits; whereas reason/ And silence make me stark mad”
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What is the simile that highlights the brother's corruption?
“He and his brother are like plum trees that grow crooked over standing pools”
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What is the simile that shows the corruption in the Italian court?
“a Prince’s court is like a common fountain… but if’t chance/ Some cursed example poison’t near the head/ death and diseases through the whole land spread”
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What does Bosola have to say about the corrupt world of Malfi?
“place and riches oft are bribes of shame/ Sometimes the devil doth preach”
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How does Antonio describe the Duchess?
“She stains the time past, lights the time to come”
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What does the Duchess say about the corrupt court?
“Men are oft valued high, when th’are most wretched”
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What does Bosola say to the Cardinal to get revenge for the Duchess?
“Thou tookst from Justice her most equal balance/ and left naught but her sword”
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What does Ferdinand say when he is dying about the outcome of living a corrupt life?
“Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust/ Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust”
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What does the Duchess claim when trying to convince the brothers to let her remarry?
“Diamonds are of most value , they say, that have passed through most jewelers hands”
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What does Ferdinand see when he is picturing his sister's lover?
Back
“Strong-thighed bargeman”
Card 3
Front
What does the Duchess say about the court's reaction to her wedding to Antonio?
Back
Card 4
Front
What misogynistic insult does Ferdinand use to describe the Duchess?
Back
Card 5
Front
What is the Duchess' reason for choosing her own husband?
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