Themes

Themes

1. Love and Death

   • Suggests love is an anarchic force which destroys established social order, disrupts marriage and political alliances
     • Play explores the nature of love and the social structures which direct it into the destructive force
   • Inevitable outcome is death - all those who love in TWD die as a result of it
     • Love of Brachiano and Vittoria signifies the death of Isabella and Camillo, with the revenge of their deaths leading to the deaths of the instigators
   • Love of B & V = adulterous and illicit
     • Calls into question ideas concerning institution of marriage in the period
       • Was a system designed to ensure patrilineal inheritance and establish political alliances