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valida
valida
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College - Senior

One meaning of the title is "let the punishment fit the crime". Do the characters get what they deserve?

focus on vincentio,claudio,lucio,angelo,mistress overdone

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Posted by valida on Saturday March 24, 2007 at 10:56 PM and tagged with characters, measure for measure, punishments.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    Not completely, or at least, not by modern standards.

    Mistress Overdone might; prostitution is still considered a crime, and she is jailed for it.

    Isabella's virtue is rewarded.

    Vincentio mostly gets his reward for being a nobleman, though you might argue that his quest for good government deserves something.
    Angelo gets far too light a punishment; he deserves harsher for his abuse of power.
    Lucio mostly sins by accident; his punishment seems overly harsh.

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    Posted by gbeatty on Sunday March 25, 2007 at 9:18 AM

  2. apbatige
    apbatige Student
    College - Senior

    The play Measure for Measure by written William Shakespear does not with its title.

    Angeke who considers himself a man of virtue who works with the law and punishes anyone who offended the law is not given a fair share of punishment when he breaks the law himsslf. he is only forgiven.

    A woman like miss overdone who out of mercy takes care of Locio's illegal child is rather put in prison bacause she did not get anyone to plead on her behave.

    Isabella who sees his brother as a friend when it happended that she pleads for the her bvrother Claudio.

    Duke Vincentio uses Angelo as a scapegoat to correct the corruption caused by his dukedom. At the end Angele is the only one who bears the disgrace and punishment that the corrupt administration of the duke has created.

    Lucio who bravely tells the disguised duke in the face that the former duke was not brave enough to correct the social vices in his kingdom by comparing the administration of Angelo to that of the former duke, in the end he is only punished for saying the right thing. But those who committe crimes are left to go free.

    The duke and Isabella come together to help Mariana committe  fornication which the law forbids but in the end, both are set free and even rewarded.

    Hence we can conclude that the purpose for which the duke appointted Angelo is not achieved, since he forgives anybody who committed a crime in his absence.

     

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    Posted by apbatige on Tuesday May 20, 2008 at 5:02 AM