THE DUCHESS OF MALFI BY JOHN WEBSTER - General Questions 5
A. “Jacobean dramatists encourage their audience to be too fascinated by the gruesome”. How far does your reading of the play support this view?
B. In the force of its imagery lies its strength”. Consider this opinion of The Duchess of Malfi.
C. Look again at the opening scene of the play. Draw out at least three ways in which the scene provides the reader with clues about plot development.
D. Look again at Act III, Scene II, lines 280-296 of The Duchess of Malfi. What is ironic in this extract and how does this reflect Bosola’s personal tragedy, as revealed in other scenes?