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- Though Beatrice appears a timid and delicate lady to other characters, her obsessive hatred for De Flores sparks strong reaction when they talk. Her vehement disregard for De Flores inspires her to involve him in Alonzo’s murder. She sets to scheming, pretending to dote on De Flores to sway him toward her murderous bidding.
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De Flores is a slave to his obsessive desire, seeking out any moment he can to be in Beatrice’s presence, even though she expresses her loathing for him to his face.
- Critical Overview
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- Critical Overview
On the one hand, DeFlores is the play’s villain: he kills both Alonzo and Diaphanta in an effort to impress Beatrice, and he eagerly amputates Alonzo’s finger in order to snag his diamond ring. But he also challenges the other characters in some important ways.
“This ominous, ill-faced fellow more disturbs me / Than all my other passions” (II.i.53-4): so declares Beatrice-Joanna, heroine of the main plot of Middleton’s and Rowley’s 1622 tragedy The Changeling, when she encounters her father’s servant De Flores in the play’s second act.
After her father arranges for her to marry Alonzo de Piracquo, the beautiful Beatrice conspires with her father’s servant DeFlores to kill Alonzo, paving the way for her marriage to her beloved Alsemero.
In Thomas Middleton and William Rowleys The Changeling (1622), Beatrice-Joannas father insists that she marry Alonzo di Piracquo. Her servant De Flores demands her virginity in payment for eliminating Piracquo so that she may instead marry Alsemero, predicting loathsomely but correctly
Though Beatrice appears a timid and delicate lady to other characters, her obsessive hatred for De Flores sparks strong reaction when they talk. Her vehement disregard for De Flores inspires her to involve him in Alonzo’s murder.
Beatrice incites De Flores to the murder of Alonso. The skill in double asides, which Middleton had practised in citizen comedy, is utilized here, as Webster frequently uses it, to build up the tragic theme in the minds of the audience. Beatrice plunges into her project, De Flores listens greedily, each oblivious to the other's reactions.
