FERDINAND

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The Duchess of Malfi
Mollie Webb-Macleod
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Mollie Webb-Macleod
Creado por Mollie Webb-Macleod hace alrededor de 6 años
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FERDINAND
  1. VILLAN
    1. Mad
      1. Tricks played on the Duchess
        1. Revenge Tragedy
      2. Mental Health not really understood
        1. More humorous possibly to a 17th century audience
        2. Abuses his power
          1. Not allowed to feel sorry for him when he becomes mentally ill
            1. Comedy Element - when he fights his own shadow
              1. Websters intentions - laughing behind backs - breaks tensions
              2. Ruled by his emotional impulses - contrasts with the Cardinal
                1. Results in cruelty - similarly with his sister but she has no intentions to be cruel. Siblings are their own worst enemies
                  1. Expressive in performance. Rollercoaster - audience on edge as he's always changing
                2. Controlling - loses this over his sister - insane
                  1. Surrounded by sycophants
                    1. James 1st criticised
                    2. Position in the family - inadequate/uncertain in his position?
                      1. Incest - perverted
                        1. Criticism of the aristocracy and royal courts
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