ABSTRACT
The Duchess of Malfi is a play rich in images of interiors. In his first exchange with Delio, Antonio insistently speaks about the insides of things. He says of Bosola,
this foul melancholy
Will poison all his goodness, for – I’ll tell you –
If too immoderate sleep be truly said
To be an inward rust unto the soul,
It then doth follow want of action
Breeds all black malcontents, and their close rearing,
Like moths in cloth, do hurt for want of wearing. 1
