The Poniard of Patriarchy
This bad boy makes two appearances: first when the brothers are hassling the Duchess about remarrying in Act 1, and later when Ferdinand makes his really scary (and really rude) visit to the Duches...
Standing and Kneeling
You've probably cottoned on that social ambition and social climbing are Big Ideas here (go check out the "Society and Class Theme" for more). To accompany that, there are multiple instances of cha...
The Wheel of Fortune
Rising and falling doesn't just correlate to social climbing; it also refers to the age old concept of the Wheel of Fortune (the good old Rota Fortunae, for you Latin-lovers), wherein your life get...
Rings
While it's not clear that rings have an absolutely unified symbolism in the The Duchess of Malfi, they sure do show up a lot. The Happy RingsThe most prominent rings are the wedding rings of Antoni...