1. Rhythmic Changes within Tis’ Pity She’s a Whore…

2. Know, Blood, Love These are the central themes within the whole play and will be highlighting the three themes in more detail I will be focusing more on how Ford forms contrasts between men and women – Know I will also be highlighting how innocence was dealt with during the 16 th century – Love I will also mention how Ford presents murder and death – Blood.

3. The Rhythm in Know, Blood, Love Most deaths are towards the end, and are highly significant Ford highlights the significance by placing Banquets before the deaths Ford uses the Banquet as a sign of the characters finding out about the incest Structurally Ford uses two banquets to separates the deaths by gender Just like a chorus of the song, the specific acts portray the incest plot being dealt with in the eyes of a 16 th century society. In Act 4 Scene 1 the women die, as a result of lust and incest In Act 5 Scene 6 The men die, as a result of lust and incest

4. Know & Blood – Woman’s perspective The majority of the character die through Acts 4-5 Putana was punished earlier, while Hippolita and Annabella die slowly through act 4. Their punishment and deaths were dealt with first. (apart from Philotis) Annabella: ‘Forgive him, Heaven’ Hippolita: ‘Boil in vengeance!’ This suggests how men take pride from women through lust, while they die through loving or hating them. Plus Ford creates irony from mentioning women a lot less than men. This suggests that women were looked down on, and were seen as whores in relation to the Title ‘Tis pity she’s a whore…’ the use of ‘She’s’ shows that there is no identity to women in the 16 th century. Or it could be interpreted as being all the women within the 16 th century. Ford uses this to contradict the Elizabethan era, because it shows a strong insight of women as strong and powerful like Queen Elizabeth.

5. Know & Blood – Men’s Perspective The men (Florio, Soranzo, Giovanni) die later on in the play through scene 5 (apart from Bergetto & Grimaldi) because in reality they cannot get away from incest, the truth and Adultery, as ‘Death waits on thy lust’ The Friar foreshadows the fate of these ‘perjured’ men at the start of the play… Florio: ‘Cursed man!’ Soranzo: ‘See my wronged revenged on that black devil’ Giovanni: ‘Where’er I go, let me enjoy this grace, freely to view my Annabella’s face’ Ford shows the love hate relationship on lust, how Soranzo & Hippolita hate drives them to death. On the contrary, shows how Giovanni & Annabella’s incestuous love leads to love. Both ways, they will eventually die from sin. However, Ford also conveys how men are the last to be punished for their wrongs doings, but having women heavily reliant on men. Could suggest that men are mostly trustworthy through relationships, and within the eyes of society.

6. Love – Innocence True Love, Forbidden love As Bergetto is the first character to die, he was also used as innocence as he was mistakenly murdered by Grimaldi As Giovanni dies, Donado believes it to be a ‘strange miracle of justice’ as justice is lost within lies and secrets, as soon as every character finds out the truth, justice is eventually dealt with in the end. In addition, all the female characters in the play were punished, apart from Philotis. However, she will also be mourning the death of her first love Bergetto