Key themes in Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
- Created by: India Evans
- Created on: 23-01-13 12:57
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- Themes in Measure for Measure
- RELIGION
- "For with measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again" - Isabella says showing her religious virtues and beliefs
- Isabella becomes a nun to sustain her virginity - she plans on staying a virgin for the rest of her life
- The title of the play comes from the Gospel of Matthew
- The Duke disguised as a friar is also hypocritical as a friar is a religious and holy figure in the world of religion
- CORRUPTION
- The city of Vienna is very corrupt - people are doing what they want, sleeping with whoever they feel.
- We eventually learn Angelo also becomes corrupt
- The city of Vienna is very corrupt - people are doing what they want, sleeping with whoever they feel.
- DISGUISE
- The Duke continuously abuses his authority throughout.
- He disguises himself as a friar - "Disguise shall, by the disguised".
- The Duke continuously abuses his authority throughout.
- JUSTICE and JUDGEMENT
- The play warns that men and women don't neccesarily have to right to judge fellow human beings
- It can also be argued by some that Claudio's sentence wasn't just, was it right that he got senteced to die?
- "Liberty plucks justice by the nose" - personification (terminology) could Shakespeare also be implying that you can't get liberty from justice.
- RELIGION
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