![]() ![]() However, as soon as they leave, she sets in motion a plan to propose to Antonio with the help of her maid, Cariola. She insists that she has no plans for remarriage, and shows some irritation at their attempts to control her. Bosola is reluctant, but eventually agrees.īefore they return to Rome, Ferdinand and the Cardinal lecture the Duchess about the impropriety of remarriage. Before leaving the Duchess, Ferdinand engages Bosola, previously used by the Cardinal as a hit man, to ostensibly manage the Duchess’s horses, but in reality to spy on her for the brothers so they can be sure she remains chaste and does not remarry. Antonio, the manager of her household, has just returned from France. The Duchess is a young widow whose two brothers, Ferdinand and the Cardinal, are visiting her from Rome at the play’s start. ![]() The Duchess of Malfi takes place in Italy, mostly at the Duchess’s palace in Malfi, in the sixteenth century. ![]()
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