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Finally, Isabella agrees to provide Mariana for Angelo, more self-interestedly than Pompey provides Mistress Elbow to Froth. Does the Duke’s plan “grow” to what Isabella anticipates to become “a most prosperous perfection”? Nowhere is the play more problematic than in Isabella and the Duke pimping Mariana.
— Jul 11, 2026 01:29PM
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Duke: “This is his pardon, purchased by such sin/for which the partner himself is in” (105). As succinct a description of Christianity as I’ve heard.
— Jul 14, 2026 09:07AM
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The triangle in Act III sc. ii embodies the problem of crossing state, church & family. First, what is the integrity of The Duke impersonating a friar to counsel Claudio to accept capital punishment for the sin of adultery? Second, measure for measure, Claudio would have his sister sin with Angelo—an eye for an eye—to avoid punishment. How perverse is that justice? Finally…
— Jul 11, 2026 01:16PM