Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Passion, Lust, and Bloodlust
Desire vs. Duty
Injustice
Religious Piety vs. False Idols
Female Sexuality vs. Social Expectation
Summary
Analysis
Vasquez informs Hippolita that Soranzo and Annabella are going to be married in two days. Hippolita wishes that they would marry in two hours so that she can get her revenge on them.
Another plot of revenge is brewing: Hippolita is using Soranzo’s wedding in order to carry out her own mission against him as the play continues to tie the themes of lust and bloodlust.
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Vasquez reaffirms his commitment to Hippolita’s plot. She tells him she will be his even though he is a servant. She says that Soranzo would laugh to see her weep, but that he can laugh and enjoy his revels for now, because in two days he will cease to live.
Vasquez and Hippolita serve as good foils for each other. She is driven by passion and therefore blind to the fact that he is lying to her, leading to her own death. Vasquez is cool and deceptive, a trait that allows him to survive the play.
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