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English literature Revision: Mock, 22nd May 2018Section BHow far would you agree that Webster and Williams alike in “creating settings and
locations which speak volumes about social attitudes” in The Duchess of Malfi and A
Streetcar Named Desire? [60]
Settings & Key
Themes:
Dark and Light
imagery-

The Duchess of Malfi:

“she stains the time past
and lights the time to come”
In both plays light is ~ in this sense, Antonio
symbolic to
associates the Duchess’s
represent the
virtue and nobility with the
differences
light
...

that she might not be fully
However, the
Duchess is seen to aware of the danger that is
be more associated to come
...
As a result,
we could argue that is symbolizing that the
Duchess’s virtue has been
even though the
removed, and the removal
Duchess was
equally deceptive,
of her security
...

subjects the Duchess to
...
In
Malfi, it acts as the
and secrecy
...
As a
which implies that

A Streetcar Named Desire:

Connections: context

“I can’t stand a naked
lightbulb” ~ this rejection to
the light, can also be
Blanche’s rejection to seeing
the truth behind her fantasy
...

When hiding in the darkness,
Blanche becomes a
deceptive figure in which she
uses as her security from her
true age, intentions, nature,
and guilt
...


Malfi- the contrasting
association of Ferdinand
with the darkness, may
portray his darker
Machiavellian qualities, and
his ability to deceive his own
family for his personal
political gain
...
It is also
seen in scene 4, when
Blanche is isolated from
Stella through the lighting
when the lights ha “[a
lingering brightness on their
embrace]”
...

Malfi- they use curtains as a
method of concealment
...

Both of the women are of
higher class (Blanche and
Stella) who descended from
former plantation owners
...

Blanche closes the curtains,
which could imply that she is
concealing her true femininity
from the men, in fear or in a
vicious nature
...


concealment ultimately
leads to tragedy
...


“it is fitting for a soldier arise
to be a prince, but not
Both plays
necessary a prince descend
consist of the
to a captain” ~ castruchio
tensions between suggests that that Antonio
the cl

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