The Duchess of Malfi
by John Webster

The Duchess of Malfi: Genre 1 key example

Act 4, Scene 2
Explanation and Analysis:

The play’s full title is The Tragedy of the Duchess of Malfi, and it contains many classic components of a tragedy. For one, all of the central characters die by the play’s end, many of them in a graphic or tragic manner. The play ends in a bloodbath that kills the Cardinal, Bosola, and Ferdinand. By that scene, most of the other characters have already been murdered by one of those three men.