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For example, he makes many sexual innuendos aimed at his sister throughout the entire play, such as we see here:
Ferdinand: And women like the part, which, like the lamprey,
Hath ne'er a bone in't.
Duchess: Fie, sir!
Ferdinand: Nay,
I mean the tongue [Act 1, Scene ii]
Also in Act 1, Ferdinand refers to his sister offensively as a "lusty widow." Another piece of evidence which hints at Ferdinand's possible incestuous feelings for his sister are in his last words, where he possibly shows recognition to these feelings, when he says,
"My Sister, O my sister! There's the cause on't/ Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, / Like Diamonds, we are cut with out own dust," (Act 5, Scene 5)
linking back to the first Act in which the Duchess says,
"Diamonds are of most value / They say, that have passed through most jewellers' hands," (Act 1, Scene 2)
where the Duchess compares herself to a diamond, Ferdinand is cut by her dust...
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