Duchess of Malfi

Duchess of Malfi

by (english) John Webster

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Ch. 25在红衣主教的房间
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The Duchess of Malfi by the tragic writer John Webster is horrifying and heartbreaking. The story of the play is full of blood and gore. The widowed duchess angered her brother, Duke Ferdinand, and the bishop by secretly marrying her butler. They tortured the duchess mentally and physically before killing her and strangling her two sons to death. Finally, the Duke went mad, and a servant who had participated in the torture of the Duchess repented and killed the Bishop.

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