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Oxford Literature Companions: AS / A Level: The Duchess of Malfi
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Oxford Literature Companions: AS / A Level: The Duchess of Malfi
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Easy to use in the classroom or as a tool for revision, Oxford Literature Companions provide student-friendly analysis of a range of popular A Level set texts. Each book offers a lively, engaging approach to the text, covering characterisation and role, genre, context, language, themes, structure, performance and critical views, whilst also providing a range of varied and in-depth activities to deepen understanding and encourage close work with the text. Each book also includes a comprehensive Skills and Practice section, which provides detailed advice on assessment and a bank of exam-style questions and annotated sample student answers. This guide covers The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster and is suitable for the most recent AS/A level specifications.

Language
English
ISBN
9780198437536
Contents
Introduction
Plot and Structure
Plot
Structure
Context
Biography of John Webster
Historical background
Women in Jacobean society
Marriage in Elizabethan and Jacobean society
Webster’s sources
Theatrical context
Genre
Tragedy
English revenge tragedy
Characterisation and Roles
The Duchess
Ferdinand
The Cardinal
Antonio
Bosola
Minor characters
Language
Verse, prose and rhyme
Language and character
Symbolic language and concrete visual symbols
Fables
Themes
Revenge
Secrecy and deceit
Spying / eavesdropping / voyeurism
Reward and punishment / salvationand damnation
Identity and sense of self / madness
Performance
The director’s role
Theatre design: setting
Theatre design: costume
Selected production history
Critical Views
Reading positions and approaches
Skills and Practice
Exam skills
Sample questions
Sample answers
Glossary
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