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7 Cards in this Set
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The fair Vittoria
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Flamineo - talking about Vittoria before we meet her. Only addressing her appearance already objectifying her.
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Women are more gloriously chaste, when they are least retrained of their liberty |
Flamineo - although it appears that he is saying let women be free, in reality he is lying in order to trick Camillo in order to get Bracciano to Vittoria. He expresses his real views in the next page.
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Women are like cursed dogs...they do most good or most mischief
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Flamineo - demonstrating his real views on women when he is alone. He thinks they are troublesome and more plotting than men are despite the fact he says 'we are engaged to mischief and must on' later.
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Excellent Devil
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Flamineo - description of Vittoria again as cruel and manipulating. Vittoria as the White Devil.
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Fury
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Used for Isabella, Cornelia and Vittoria. Showed that if a women did not stay quiet and obey men and society's constructs then they were labelled as mad or insane.
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Trust a woman? Never, never.
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Flamineo
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O woman’s poor revenge / Which dwells but inthe tongue |
Vittoria - demonstrating how women cannot get the same revenge as men can due to the society they live in. They can only get revenge through verbal communication never physical or effectively. |
