Discuss The Duchess of Malfi as a feminist text within 600 words for 15marks
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The Duchess falls in love with her steward, Antonio. Her brothers, Ferdinand and the Cardinal tell her not to remarry (she was recently widowed). She agrees and they leave for Rome. But they don’t trust their sister and hire a servant, Bosola, to spy on her.
Once they’ve gone, the Duchess meets Antonio. They confess their love for each other, she proposes and they are married in secret.
APRICOTS
Nine months later, Bosola suspects the Duchess is pregnant. He hatches a plan to present her with apricots (believed to induce labour). She eats them and immediately becomes ill.
The Duchess gives birth to a son. His father, Antonio, writes his newborn a horoscope, but then loses it. Bosola finds the horoscope – proof that the Duchess had a child. He tells her brothers, who are furious with her (they don't know she is married).
TWO YEARS LATER
The Duchess and Antonio have two more children.
Ferdinand returns from Rome and hides in his sister’s bedroom. When Antonio leaves he reveals himself, gives the Duchess a dagger and tells her to kill herself. She tells him she’s married, making him even more angry. He leaves saying he will never see her again.
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The Duchess of Malfi is an unusual central figure for a 17th-century tragedy not only because she is a woman, but also because, as a woman, she combines virtue with powerful sexual desire. Dympna Callaghan places Webster's character in the context of contemporary drama, politics and discourses about widows and female sexuality.