Measure for Measure

Lucio’s character is a mixture of many different traits. He is a go-between, a good friend, a heartless lecher, a comic, a liar, and a rebel to the end.He is a bridge between the world of the bawds and the world of the main characters like the duke, Angelo and Claudio. He is a true…

Shakespeare’s play ‘Measure for Measure’ presents women as a reflection of the societal beliefs regarding their lower social status compared to men during that time. The play showcases three active female characters: Mistress Overdone, who faces arrest for her involvement in prostitution; Isabella, who aspires to become a nun; and Mariana, whose insufficient dowry leads…

The main lesson we can learn about writing from Matthew Lewis’ novel The Monk: A Romance is that William Shakespeare was a remarkable and imaginative author. Almost every aspect of Lewis’ story is inspired by Shakespeare’s works. The most evident reference to Shakespeare in The Monk: A Romance is seen in the plot, which resembles…

Measure for MeasureMercy vs. Justice in Measure for MeasureTheme: Mercy vs. Justice. Allusion to justice = eye for eye, tooth for tooth measure for measure; allusion to mercy = let him without sin cast the first stone esp. sexual sin. Summary: Duke wants to restore the strictness of fornication/adultery laws. He sets up Angelo to…

Isabella defines Angelo as an ‘arch-villain’. To what extent do you agree with her that Angelo is the villain of the play?Though he displays many villainous traits and commits some seemingly irredeemable acts of cruelty, it would be unfair to judge Angelo outright as an ‘arch villain’All of Shakespeare’s plays contain at least one character…

Compare and contrast the ways in which power and corruption is presented in Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare and other texts. In the play Measure for Measure, considered to be a dark comedy, Shakespeare shows the power and corruption of the higher characters within the society of Vienna, almost representative of the period it…