
Measure for Measure
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Claudio's sister Isabella, who is entering a convent, pleads for her brother's life. Angelo attempts to extort sex from her, but Isabella preserves her chastity. The duke, in disguise, eavesdrops as she tells her brother about Angelo's behavior, then offers to ally himself with her against Angelo.
Modern responses to the play show how it can be transformed by its reception in present culture to evoke continuing fascination. To some, the duke (the government) seems meddlesome; to others, he is properly imposing moral standards. Angelo and Isabella's encounter exemplifies sexual harassment. Others see a woman's right to control her body in Isabella's choice between her virginity and her brother's life.
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Essay by Christy Desmet
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Barbara A. Mowat is Director of Research emerita at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Consulting Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare's Romances and of essays on Shakespeare's plays and their editing.
Paul Werstine is Professor of English at the Graduate School and at King's University College at Western University. He is a general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare and author of Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare and of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare's plays.
Content
- Intro
- Editors' Preface
- Shakespeare's Measure for Measure
- Reading Shakespeare's Language: Measure for Measure
- Shakespeare's Life
- Shakespeare's Theater
- The Publication of Shakespeare's Plays
- An Introduction to This Text
- Characters in the Play
- Measure for Measure
- Act 1
- Scene 1
- Scene 2
- Scene 3
- Scene 4
- Act 2
- Scene 1
- Scene 2
- Scene 3
- Scene 4
- Act 3
- Scene 1
- Scene 2
- Act 4
- Scene 1
- Scene 2
- Scene 3
- Scene 4
- Scene 5
- Scene 6
- Act 5
- Scene 1
- Longer Notes
- Historical Background
- Textual Notes
- Measure for Measure: A Modern Perspective by Christy Desmet
- Further Reading
- Key to Famous Lines and Phrases
- Commentary
- Act 1
- Scene 1
- Scene 2
- Scene 3
- Scene 4
- Act 2
- Scene 1
- Scene 2
- Scene 3
- Scene 4
- Act 3
- Scene 1
- Scene 2
- Act 4
- Scene 1
- Scene 2
- Scene 3
- Scene 4
- Scene 5
- Scene 6
- Act 5
- Scene 1
- Copyright
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