Jacobean drama continued the trend of stage violence and horror set by Elizabethan tragedy, under the influence of Seneca. The play begins as a love story, when the Duchess marries beneath her class, and ends as a nightmarish tragedy as her two brothers undertake their revenge, destroying themselves in the process. The Duchess of Malfi is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by British dramatist John Webster in 1612–1613. I do not altogether look up at your title the ancientest nobility being but a relic of time past, and the truest honour indeed being for a map to confer honour on himself, which your learning strives to propagate, and shall make you arrive at the dignity of a great example.The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy, John Webster That I may present my excuse why, being a stranger to your lordship, I offer this poem to your patronage, I plead this warrant:-men who never saw the sea yet desire to behold that regiment of waters, choose some eminent river to guide them thither, and make that, as it were, their conduct or postilion: by the like ingenious means has your fame arrived at my knowledge, receiving it from some of worth, who both in contemplation and practice owe to your honour their clearest service. Hon. George Harding, Baron Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle, and Knight of the Order of the Bath to the illustrious Prince Charles. The Duchess of Malfi Book download in PDF, ePub & Mobi by John Webster
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