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John Webster (1578-1625)

গুরুত্বপূর্ণ তথ্য :

• এ যুগের লেখকদের মধ্যে অনেকেই Elizabethan যুগে লেখা শুরু করেছিলেন।
• এ যুগের লেখকদের মধ্যে অন্যতম হলেন John Webster, John Donne, Robert Herrick, George Herbert.
• John Webster তার লেখা বিভিন্ন নাটকের মধ্যে উল্লেখযোগ্য হলো The White Devil ও The Duchess of Malfi.
• The Duchess of Malfi নাটকের চরিত্রগুলো হলো Bosola, Ferdinand, Cardinal.

Duchess of Malfi : Story in Brief (মালফির ডাসেস: গল্প সংক্ষেপ) :

The Duchess is a very beautiful and a young widow. Her two brothers do not like her second marriage. She declares that she will not marry for the second time. But she has already fallen in love with a Steward, Antonio by name. She gives birth to several children by him. But the spy, Bosola can try to catch the fact. He wants to find out the fact that whether she is mar-ried or not. He understands it and informs it to Ferdinand and Cardinal. The Aragonian brothers become furious. They order to kill the Duchess. Bosola captures the Duchess tactfully. In the prison, she along with her children and Cariola is mercilessly killed. Antonio is also killed by mis-take. Bosola demands his reward but insulted by both Ferdinand and Cardinal. He is also the victim of blackmailing. Ferdinand turns to mad after seeing the dead body of the Duchess. He begins to behave like a wolf. At last, Bosola kills Ferdinand and Cardinal. He is killed by Ferdinand.