AO5 - the duchess

the duchess/women

bodies - helen smith

womens bodied are contained with secrets but are at the same time supposed to be legible

act 5

the absence of the duchess in act 5 serves to insist on the necessity of looking squarely at the aftermath of the male violence to which she has been sacrificed

body politic / body natural - jankowski

the duchess attempts to secure herself politically by divorcing her natural body from her political one by creating a private second marriage that exists simultaneously with her public life as a ruler

jankowski

the duchess opens herself to accusation as a whore and a witch - women who do not follow accepted patterns of behaviour

kate millets sexual politics

feminism and feminist criticism are profoundly political in claiming the personal and the political cannot be separated

christina lucky - on the duchess

acts on human impulses in the name of virtue only to discover that she cannot control the consequences of her choices

christina lucky - on the duchess

a catalyst for social transformation and tragic recognition