A character in this play compares himself to "scorpions ringed with fire," who are left to "strike ourselves to death."
A character in this play compares himself to "scorpions ringed with fire," who are left to "strike ourselves to death." In Act IV, a woman in this play gives a "bag of coin" and a "rich mantle" to a man who was "only awed by that which made [her] tremble." Its protagonist marks the "twenty-seventh of December" as a feast day, since it is the day on which his son Rocco was accidentally killed when he was crushed by a mummy, and his other son Cristofano was murdered by a jealous lover. A portrait supposedly by Guido Reni inspired this play, which is set during the pontificate of Pope Clement VIII. Before being admitted into a mental asylum, Antonin Artaud staged a surrealistic version of this English play, which depicts Beatrice conspiring to have her sadistic father Francesco murdered. For 10 points, identify this tragedy by Percy Shelley, which is named for an Italian family.
A character in this play compares himself to "scorpions ringed with fire," who are left to "strike ourselves to death."
The Cenci, A Tragedy, in Five Acts