Malfi chaucer ao5

Marcus on Cardinal

thoroughly corrupt,,, can easily toss off his religious vocation

Jankowski ferdinand obssesion

Ferdinand has an obssesive desire to confine his sister & preserve her chastity

Jankowski Duchess challenging gender

the duchess challlenges jacobean views on female sexuality/the body

Desmet duchess not normal

the duchess examines a woman who is barred from normal feminine experiences due to her political position

Marcus Ferdinand

He is imprisoned by incest

McNamara - lust and women

it is the villains of the play that link womens actions to lust

Quote from DoM that disproves above Mcnamara quote (or proves)

Julia 5.1 “If i steal a diamond oft its perch, the fault is not of the stone but of the thief”

Belton Antonio

He is the christian stoic/play’s moral compass

Belton misoginy

The brothers are primary mouthpieces for the misogynistic discourse of the era

Callaghan duchess 2nd marraige

She remarries not for dynastic reasons - but erotic

Shaw, 21st century May’s adultery

May’s adultery is revenge for January’s treatment of her