Duchess Of Malfi Quotes

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Quits first his royal palace

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Of flatt'ring sycophants

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1.1 Antonio

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Would be as lecherous, covetous...

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...As any man,

if he had the means to be so

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1.1 Antonio (about Bosola)

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For a notorious murder, and 'twas thought

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The Cardinal suborned it

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1.1 Delio

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This foul melancholy

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Will poison all his goodness

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1.1 Antonio (about Bosola)

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It is fitting a soldier arise to be a prince,

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but not necessary a prince descend to be a captain

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1.1 Castruchio (to Ferdinand)

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A most perverse and turbulent nature

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What appears in him mirth is merely outside

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1.1 Antonio (about Ferdinand)

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She's a young widow,

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I would not have her marry again.

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1.1 Ferdinand (about Duchess)

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Sway your

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high blood

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1.1 Cardinal (about Duchess)

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Will you hear me?

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I'll never marry.

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1.1 Duchess

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Your darkest actions, nay, your privat'st thoughts,

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Will come to light

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1.1 Cardinal (to Duchess)

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This was my father's poniard...

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...I'd loath to see't rusty

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1.1 Ferdinand (to Duchess)

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You have made me

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stark blind

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1.1 Antonio (to Duchess)

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Ambition, madam,

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is a great man's madness

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1.1 Antonio (to Duchess)

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The misery of us

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that are born great

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1.1 Duchess (to Antonio)

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Stage Direction

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He rises

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1.1 Antonio

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I sign your

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Quietus est

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1.1 Duchess (to Antonio before kissing him)

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a fearful

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a fearful madness

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1.1 Cariola (when alone on screen)

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Man stands

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Man stands amazed to see his deformity in any creature but himself

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2.1 Bosola

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I look

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I look no higher than I can reach

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2.1 Bosola

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traitors are

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traitors are ever confident until they are discovered

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2.3 Antonio

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the ascendant

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the ascendant signifies short life

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2.3 Bosola (when reading horoscope)

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what trick

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what trick didst thou invent

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2.4 Cardinal `

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the royal

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the royal blood of Aragon and Castile be thus attainted?

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2.5 Cardinal

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unequal nature

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unequal nature, to place women's hearts so far upon the left side

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2.5 Cardinal

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a false

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a false key into her bedchambers

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3.1 Ferdinand

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whether I am doomed

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whether I am doomed to live or die, I can do both like a prince

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3.2 Duchess

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why should only i

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why should only I of all the other princes of the world be cased up like a holy relic?

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3.2 Duchess

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methinks unjust actions

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methinks unjust actions should wear these masks and curtains and not we

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3.2 Duchess

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this jesting with religion

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this jesting with religion this feigned pilgrimage

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3.2 Cariola

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superstitious

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superstitious fool

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3.2 Duchess

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the Cardinal bears

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the Cardinal bears himself too cruel

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3.4 Pilgrim 1

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Portia...

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Portia...dead example of a loving wife

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4.1 Duchess

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to bring

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to bring her despair

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4.1 Ferdinand

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I am Duchess

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I am Duchess of Malfi still

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4.2 Duchess

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sin their

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sin their conception

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4.2 Bosola

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heaven gates are not

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heaven gates are not so highly arched as princes' palaces

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4.2 Duchess

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why didst not

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why didst not thou pity her

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4.2 Ferdinand

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Duchess last word

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Mercy

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4.2 Duchess

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the office of

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the office of justice is perverted quite

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4.2 Bosola

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I must feign

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I must feign somewhat

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5.2 Cardinal (aside)

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pointing a

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pointing a pistol at him

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5.2 Julia (stage direction)

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now I

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now I woo you

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5.2 Julia

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I am like

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I am like one that is condemned

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5.2 Julia

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as great a sin

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as great a sin as adultery

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5.2 Julia

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I go I know

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I go I know not whither

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5.2 Julia (dying words)

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the master

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the master-key

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5.2 Cardinal

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in our miseries

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in our miseries Fortune have a part

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5.3 Antonio

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How tedious

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How tedious is a guilty conscience!

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5.5 Cardinal

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whether we fall

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whether we fall by ambition, blood or lust

like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust

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5.5 Ferdinand (dying words)