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MALFI ACT 2 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Bosola’s role as a spy is continued into the scene from act 1, and when confirming his suspicions of the duchess’ pregnancy he is a duplicitous character. He pretends to give the duchess the apricots as a kind gift, when in reality he is trying to induce her labour.
      - he revels in her pain in multiple asides throughout the first scene, while feigning concern to the duchesses face, emphasizing his deceitful nature.
      - when Bosola meets Antonio accidentally in the middle of the night when looking for evidence surrounding the duchess, he calls himself Antonio’s ‘friend’. This is a blatant lie, considering the fact he is stalking his wife and ultimately praying on their downfall
    - - This relationship highlights the deceit of the cardinal, as he is supposed to be a virtuous religious figure, not a man with a mistress. Julia is also deceitful in this scenario, having told her husband that she is visiting a nun. Her use of religion to cover up her secret affair, which is sinful, is blasphemous, and further adds to the scale of her deceit.
    - - This relationship highlights the deceit of the cardinal, as he is supposed to be a virtuous religious figure, not a man with a mistress. Julia is also deceitful in this scenario, having told her husband that she is visiting a nun. Her use of religion to cover up her secret affair, which is sinful, is blasphemous, and further adds to the scale of her deceit.
      - THE FACT THAT EVEN THE PROTAGONISTS OF THE PLAY LIE THROUGHOUT EMPHASIZES HOW CENTRAL SECRECY AND DECEIT ARE TO THE PLAY