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Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare

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Measure for Measure Questions and Answers

In what ways does the title of Measure for Measure relate to the overall message of the play?

What do Isabella’s religious faith and intention to become a nun contribute to the meaning and effect of Measure for Measure?

Does Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare have a degree of feminism?

What is the function of the comic subplot in Measure for Measure?

What is the moral lesson we can get in Measure for Measure?

What are the contradictions in Isabella's character?

How is Measure for Measure a problem play?

What is the significance of clothing in Measure for Measure?

What are the dramatic effects of this play?

Give examples of morality and corruption in Measure for Measure by Shakespeare.

Why are the characters in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure problematic?

How is Angelo seen as a Machiavellian ruler?

Please consider how justice is handled in Measure for Measure. Which sorts of justice does the text criticize, and which does it advocate as ideal?

To what extent is Angelo's fall tragic in Measure for Measure?

In Measure for Measure, explain this statement: "The law makers are the law breakers."

What is the meter of Angelo's soliloquy in act 2, scene 4 of Measure for Measure?

I need help writing a paper on the character Lucio in Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure.

What role does marriage have in Measure for Measure?

Consider how justice is handled in Measure for Measure. Which sorts of justice does the text criticize, and which does it advocate as ideal?

Consider how justice is handled in Measure for Measure. What sorts of justice does the text criticize, and which does it advocate as ideal?

Evaluate how justice is handled in Measure for Measure. Which sorts of justice does the text criticize, and which does it advocate as ideal?

Isabella is a symbol of chastity and a champion of mercy in Measure for Measure. What are some examples of this in acts 1 and 2?

Discuss the depiction of Isabella in Measure for Measure.

Is this quote from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure? "O man, vain man, dressed in a little brief authority."

How does Measure for Measure address the social power in the early seventeenth century?

Consider how justice is handled in Measure for Measure. In what cases should judges modify or qualify the strict letter of the law?

How do the different feminine communities in Measure for Measure suggest similarities between them (Isabella, Mariana, and Mistress Overdone)?

Consider how justice is handled in Measure for Measure. In what cases should judges modify or qualify the strict letter of the law?

Evaluate how justice is handled in Measure for Measure. In what cases should judges modify or qualify the strict letter of the law?

In Measure for Measure, how does Isabella's power develop?

In Measure for Measure, how, and by what means, does our attitude to one of the following change in the course of the play: Angelo, Isabella, the Duke? Discuss the role of Lucio in the play. 

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

Comment on the gender question that creates problems in Measure for Measure.

How is the story of the upper world illuminated by the lower world in William Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure?

Could someone give me a starting point for discussing the issue of government in Measure for Measure?

What do Emilia and Mariana have in common?

I have read that Measure for Measure is a summation of Christian teaching by Shakespeare. The Duke represents Yahweh, the friar who is the duke in disguise is Jesus Christ, Isabella, the virginal nun, is the Church who marries Jesus at the end of the play, Angelo is the corrupt secular state that will be saved only by Isabella, i.e. religion. Lucio is the Devil who marries a whore, symbol of the Whore of Babylon and their child is Sin. Anyone know if there is any validity to this interpretation?

In Measure for Measure, how is the theme of "arbitary authority" depicted?

In Measure for Measure, how is the story of the upper world illuminated by the lower world?

How might a Shakespearean audience have responded to this play?

Examine the treatment of justice in Measure for Measure. What role, for example, should mercy, flexibility, and compassion play in legal judgment?

Please examine the treatment of justice in Measure for Measure. What role, for example, should mercy, flexibility, and compassion play in legal judgment?

How has Angelo's morality changed after he is deputized to take the Duke's place when the Duke disguises himself as a friar in Measure for Measure?

Do you agree with critics who say Measure for Measure fails to unite its two very distinct parts, a play where the psychology of the first part is at odds with the folk-logic of the second part?

What are the competing views on human nature in this work?

Examine the treatment of justice in Measure for Measure. What role, for example, should mercy, flexibility, and compassion play in legal judgment?

In Measure for Measure, explain how each of the 3 couples might be vindicated or vilified?

"Nothing is alive in Isabella" in Measure for Measure by Shakespeare. Explore the validity of this assessment.