Dutchess of Malfi critics

• Christina Luckyj


  'acts on human impulses in the name of virtue only to discover that she cannot control the consequences of her choices.'
• John Russel Brown


  'the story of the tragedy was a syndrome for contemporary issues.'
• Christina Luckyj


  'a catalyst for social transformation and tragic recognition.'
• Lord David Cecil


  'the world as seen [by Webster] is of its nature incurably corrupt.'
• Lever


  Ferdinand's rage is due to deep seated prejudices of rank and blood.
• McCrae


  He breaks dramatic conventions of a tragedy (e.g unity of time)
• McCrae


  "one of the strongest criticism of society in literature but without a moral core running through it"