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John Webster - Theatrical Language * Action / Imagery / Characterisation - Use contrasts / parallels / paradoxes / inversions of the norm. Her brothers = Her enemies / Husband who should provide strength merely takes courage. * Conflict between appearance and reality - Bosola and his use of disguise. His invisible disguise of true nature, culminating his eventual conversion. * Death of Duchess - Darkness of evil extinguishing light of good / Liberates her good soul from the prison of darkness into the eternity of the light. * The White Devil - Themes repetitive / Corruption of Princely courts / Corruption of man / An indication of the different ways individuals face death. * Complexity of meaning - Impossible to apprehend in a single reading / Images reflected through action (Combined impact of picture and verse) * Emblematic techniques - Inga Stina Ewbank considered his dramatic art in terms of Renaissance perspective painting. * Juxtaposition of opposites...

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