Hi Rachel and Jae-Yeon,

I agree with both of your points. I’m wondering where the Duchess fits into all of this. Should we consider the Duchess someone who already has a position of social power? She is a widow and a duchess, after all. During the character study last class, we talked about how the Duchess seems to have a least some power to manipulate the play (at least in the beginning), but how do we read the ending of the play in light of the Quilligan reading in relation to the Duchess’ overall agency?