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Measure for Measure | Mariana (Character Analysis)
She is Angelo's jilted fiancée. According to the duke (see III.i.209-223), Mariana and Angelo were engaged to be married until Mariana's brother, Frederick, was lost at sea along with his sister's dowry. Unwilling to marry Mariana without her dowry, Angelo nullified their engagement with the false excuse that Mariana was not a virgin. It is revealed that Mariana still loves Angelo in spite of his treachery, and she lives out her days secluded in a "moated grange" (III.i.264).
In III.i.243-58, the duke convinces Isabella to participate in a "bed-trick," whereby she and...
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