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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Dutches of Malfi is written by
A
Helen Keller
B
William Wordsworth
C
Tomas Hardy
D
John webster
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Duchess of Malfi (originally published as The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy) is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by English dramatist John Webster in 1612–1613. It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre, then later to a larger audience at The Globe, in 1613–1614.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mr. Webster, did, however, write two masterful plays by himself: The Duchess of Malfi in 1612 and The White Devil in 1614. (Shakespeare wrote his last solo play The Tempest, in 1611.)

Detailed explanation-3: -She fell in love with her steward, Antonio of Bologna, and married him in secret, bearing him three children before her brothers discovered the truth and supposedly murdered her for it. His principal source for the story was William Painter’s collected volume of tales The Palace of Pleasure (1567).

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