# Deception and Spying in The Duchess of Malfi

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

Bosola is hired as an 'intelligencer' to spy on the Duchess, and characters frequently use disguise, feigned madness, and false accusations to manipulate and betray one another.

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