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Tree or Trellis? Jacobean Displays of Death in The Duchess of Malfi

Tree or Trellis? Jacobean Displays of Death in The Duchess of Malfi M arch 2000 18 G o ttfrie d von S trassb u rg , Tristan, A.T. H a tto , T ran slato r, (M iddlesex: P e n g u in , 1984) 278. TREE O R TRELLIS? JACOBEAN DISPLAYS O F DEATH IN THE DUCHESS OFM ALFI In IV.i o f W eb ster’s The Duchess ofM alfi, th e D uchess discov­ ers “ the artificiali figures o /A n to n io and his children; appearing as i f they were dead' (^¿ГѴ .і.бБ).1 T h e d uchess req u ests th a t Bosola “b in d m e to th a t lifeless t r u n k ” (ГѴ.І.68). T h e d u c h e s s ’s use o f tr u n k refers n o t only to h e r fam ily tre e b u t also to th e tre e o n w hich h e r family is h u n g — a tidy a n d d ram atically effective pluralism . B ut w ere th e b o dies tie d to a realistic tr u n http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png English Language Notes Duke University Press

Tree or Trellis? Jacobean Displays of Death in The Duchess of Malfi

Kahan, Jeffrey
English Language Notes , Volume 37 (3) – Mar 1, 2000
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M arch 2000 18 G o ttfrie d von S trassb u rg , Tristan, A.T. H a tto , T ran slato r, (M iddlesex: P e n g u in , 1984) 278. TREE O R TRELLIS? JACOBEAN DISPLAYS O F DEATH IN THE DUCHESS OFM ALFI In IV.i o f W eb ster’s The Duchess ofM alfi, th e D uchess discov­ ers “ the artificiali figures o /A n to n io and his children; appearing as i f they were dead' (^¿ГѴ .і.бБ).1 T h e d uchess req u ests th a t Bosola “b in d m e to th a t lifeless t r u n k ” (ГѴ.І.68). T h e d u c h e s s ’s use o f tr u n k refers n o t only to h e r fam ily tre e b u t also to th e tre e o n w hich h e r family is h u n g — a tidy a n d d ram atically effective pluralism . B ut w ere th e b o dies tie d to a realistic tr u n

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Published: Mar 1, 2000

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