Edward the Second/ by Christopher Marlowe The Duchess of Malfi/ by John Webster The plays, “Edward the Second, “ and “ The Duchess of Malfi.” I will be discussing what lead to Edward and the Duchess’s demised and how did the way they were murdered represented in the plays. I will also show what were the undertones in the two scenes, and how did they represent in the plays. From the beginning, we learned that Edward …showed first 75 words of 904 total…

…showed last 75 words of 904 total…for mandragora to make me sleep. Go tell my brothers, when. I am laid out, They then may feed in quiet. They strangle her (4, 2, 226-230) In conclusion, the two death scenes told me the undertones of what the two plays were really was. The sexual nature in, “Edward the Second” revolves on his homosexuality, while in the, “The Duchess of Malfi,” the sexual nature was the obsessions of his brother to protect her. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**