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The Duchess of Malfi is an unusual central figure for a 17th-century tragedy not only  because she is a woman, but also because, she combines virtue with powerful  desires other than this She is shown to be a strong and wilful woman who acts independently of societal and familial expectations. Women of that time were expected to be submissive and dutiful to men, particularly in such an important business as marriage.