Akshit posted an Question
March 01, 2021 • 17:07 pm 30 points
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Do provide theme & detailed summary of white devil by webster

do provide theme & detailed summary of white devil by Webster

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    Deb dulal halder Halder best-answer

    and the Duchess of MAlFI deals with the said themes in a much better way to make it one of the most complex plays of the period

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    Deb dulal halder Halder best-answer

    themes - Revenge, misogyny, female virtue, individualism - these are also the themes of THE DUCHESS OF MAlFI

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    Deb dulal halder Halder Best Answer

    The White Devil can be considered a revenge tragedy, since it employs many of that genre's devices, like ghosts, high body counts, and scheming revenge. However, it also plays with the genre conventions. Brachiano seems to fit the traditional, masculine, aristocratic tragic hero, but lacks much heroic virtue by the play's end. Further, Flamineo also fits the tragic mold, unusual because he is a low-born character and because he constantly criticizes the elements that make the story seem like a traditional revenge tragedy. Vittoria, the third tragic character, is extremely unusual, as her presence offers a strong, intelligent criticism of the genre's widespread misogyny. Underlying The White Devil is a strong ambivalence between right and wrong, and it is difficult to declare any one character as the hero or villain.

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    Deb dulal halder Halder

    The White Devil is a play written by John Webster. Its first, failed staging occurred in 1612, at the Red Bull Theater in Clerkenwell, England, with the script published in quarto form that same year. The play was published again in 1631 after a successful revival. The White Devil takes place in Italy and is loosely based on a real-life murder and subsequent trial that occurred in 1585

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