Marino Faliero is ostensibly about stained honour and political corruption, and the gondola therefore depicts a distorted fertility in which death and destruction are uncontrollably reproduced. The gondola exists as a concrete presence throughout Marino Faliero, specifically used to transport Faliero to his induction in the conspiracy; later, Lioni notes the “skimming lights” (IV.i.98) of the gondolas without realising they are being used to transport conspirators towards their designated positions. Here, the gondola is enabling the birth of a revolutionary plot and therefore the attempted liberation and rebirth of
Marino Faliero is ostensibly about stained honour and political corruption, and the gondola therefore depicts a distorted fertility in which death and destruction are uncontrollably reproduced. The gondola exists as a concrete presence throughout Marino Faliero, specifically used to transport Faliero to his induction in the conspiracy; later, Lioni notes the “skimming lights” (IV.i.98) of the gondolas without realising they are being used to transport conspirators towards their designated positions. Here, the gondola is enabling the birth of a revolutionary plot and therefore the attempted liberation and rebirth of