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Critics for Rossetti/Webster
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A level English Literature (Webster/Rossetti ) Mind Map on Critics for Rossetti/Webster, created by Katie Newton on 05/05/2017.
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Critics for Rossetti/Webster
Dr James Sharpio
Webster
'Troubled soul'
'Fascinated by realism'
'Bosola reflects Webster in that he is an outsider'
He 'saw life in the prism of the theatre'
Jacobean Theatre
Audience are within touching distance of the players
'Light has a very deliberate effect'
'Actors wore pearl dust to sparkle in the light'
The period/historical context
Plague killed 1 in 7 - 'excess of death'
The English were 'shaken by religious change'
Todd Borlik
'Life was as turbulent as Webster was depicting'
'The Protestant church felt that the Catholic church were abusing power'
'Webster's Cardinal arguably represents these contemporary Protestant feelings'
'Webster's Italian Catholic setting offers him the opportunity to critique religion without censorship'
'Life and death are not distinct rounds - the Duchess' echo suggests a blurring of boundaries in this respect'
'Webster has a fondness for really grotesque comparisons'
R.S White
'The Duchess is inescapably the victim of others' evil'
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