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Flashcards in Duchess of Malfi: Duchess Quotes Deck (14)
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1
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‘Let all sweet ladies break their flatt’ring glasses….’

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‘and dress themselves in her’ - Antonio

2
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‘Lusty….’

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‘Widow’ - Ferdinand

3
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‘Me thinks unjust actions should….’

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‘wear these masks and curtains, not us’

4
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‘This puts me….’

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‘in mind of death’

5
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‘The birds that live i’ th’ field on….’

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‘the wild benefit of nature live happier than we; for they may choose their mates’

6
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‘I know not which is best…’

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‘to see you dead or part with you’

7
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‘must I… account it praise…’

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‘to suffer tyranny’

8
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‘were I a man…’

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‘I’d beat that counterfeit face into thy other’

9
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‘men oft are valu’d high….’

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‘when they’re most wretched’

10
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‘there’s no deep valley….’

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‘but near some great hill’

11
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‘I am the….’

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‘Duchess of Malfi still’

12
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‘pull and pull strongly….’

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‘for your able strength must pull down heaven upon me’

13
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‘Yet stay, heaven’s gates are not so highly arched….’

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‘as princes palaces (they that enter there must go upon their knees)’.

14
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Last words?

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‘Antonio’ ‘Mercy’