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Duchess of Malfi
Literature马尔菲公爵夫人
(english) John Webster
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.
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.