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Duchess of Malfi : chief character in a tragic play of the same name by John Webster. As a result of her marriage to a commoner, she is imprisoned by her brother &, after a prolonged torture, put to death. First performed c.1613 & first published in 1623.

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... and return it to him drenched, beaten and shuddering. To the Hindu it would have seemed a savage and inhuman spirit that could take any aesthetic pleasure in the sufferings of an Oedipus or a Duchess of Malfi or in the tragedy of a Macbeth or an Othello. Partly this arose from the divine tenderness of the Hindu nature, always noble, forbearing & gentle and at that time saturated with the sweet & gracious ...

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