Dutchess of Malfi and the Twelfth Night

I think it's interesting that in both the Twelfth Night and Duchess of Malfi there is a romantic element where the female is of higher social standing than the male. In the Twelfth Night it was a source of humor, while in Duchess it is a source of drama, still, it is interesting that the two plays we have studied both portray women as superior's to their male counterparts in at least one way. This could be because of the Elizabethan aspect of the culture at this time, it's definitely the reason in Duchess, that women can hold a higher place in this time periods literature. It could also just be a coincidence that these two plays happen to be back to back. However, when the duchess and Antonio were having their little pow-wow, I half expected her to use the line from Twelfth Night, "some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." It seemed like it would have fit quite nicely.