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Longwood University

1999

Duchess of Malfi

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The Fox And The Lion: Machiavellian Characters And Tactics In Renaissance Tragedies By Christopher Marlowe And Jacobean Tragedies By John Webster, James Craig Austin Jan 1999

The Fox And The Lion: Machiavellian Characters And Tactics In Renaissance Tragedies By Christopher Marlowe And Jacobean Tragedies By John Webster, James Craig Austin

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This thesis examines the ideologies of Machiavelli and how Webster and Marlowe adapt them into their plays. It looks at how the characters in these works of literature exhibit Machiavellian behaviors and how their lives and the world around them change as a result.