Measure for Measure
1623
Measure for Measure
1623
Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first published in the First Folio of 1623. The narrative unfolds in Vienna, where Duke Vincentio temporarily delegates power to the puritanical Angelo, who enforces strict moral laws. When Claudio is sentenced to death for fornication, his sister Isabella, a novice nun, pleads for his life but faces a moral dilemma when Angelo attempts to exploit her chastity. This play explores themes of justice, morality, and the complexities of human behavior, making it one of Shakespeare's notable 'problem plays.'
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“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.””
— William Shakespeare
“The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?””
— William Shakespeare
“Go to your bosom; Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know. ””
— William Shakespeare
“Life... is a paradise to what we fear of death.””
— William Shakespeare
“But man, proud man,Dress'd in a little brief authority,Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd”
— William Shakespeare
“It is excellent To have a giant's strength But it is tyrannous To use it like a giant””
— William Shakespeare
“Well, heaven forgive him! and forgive us all! Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Some run from brakes of ice, and answer none: And some condemned for a fault alone.””
— William Shakespeare
“O, it is excellentTo have a giant's strenght, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.””
— William Shakespeare
“What's his offense?Groping for trout in a peculiar river.””
— William Shakespeare
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