It begins in Parma with the Friar proclaiming that "Heaven permits no jest," setting the scene for a society at odds with heaven's laws. "I am sure I cannot piss forward and backward, and yet I am wet before and behind," are the final words of Bergetto, who is accidentally killed by the cuckolded Richardetto and the jealous suitor Grimaldi. Hippolita drinks her own cup of poisoned wine intending to kill Soranzo, who is killed by Giovanni at a banquet. Giovanni kills his sister Annabella, with whom he has an incestuous relationship. FTP, identify this 17th century tragedy by John Ford.
It begins in Parma with the Friar proclaiming that "Heaven permits no jest," setting the scene for a society at odds with heaven's laws. "I am sure I cannot piss forward and backward, and yet I am wet before and behind," are the final words of Bergetto, who is accidentally killed by the cuckolded Richardetto and the jealous suitor Grimaldi. Hippolita drinks her own cup of poisoned wine intending to kill Soranzo, who is killed by Giovanni at a banquet. Giovanni kills his sister Annabella, with whom he has an incestuous relationship. FTP, identify this 17th century tragedy by John Ford.
It begins in Parma with the Friar proclaiming that "Heaven permits no jest," setting the scene for a society at odds with heaven's laws.
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