# Death and Mortality in The Duchess of Malfi

> Theme guide for The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster.

The play is saturated with imagery of death, decay, and the afterlife, from the dead man's hand to the Duchess's longing for death, emphasizing the inevitability and horror of mortality.

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