Mesure pour mesure by William Shakespeare
"Mesure pour mesure" by William Shakespeare is a comedy written in the early 17th century. The play explores themes of justice, morality, and the complex interplay between authority and individual desires, centering on the characters of Claudio, a young nobleman sentenced to death, and his sister Isabella, who seeks to save him from execution. The beginning of the play introduces the audience to the Duke of Vienna, who decides to delegate hispower to Angelo while he disguises himself as a common friar. With the Duke absent, Angelo enforces strict laws that have long been dormant, resulting in Claudio's arrest for getting his fiancée, Juliet, pregnant before marriage. Isabella learns of her brother’s dire situation and is determined to plead for his life, only to discover that Angelo demands her virginity in exchange for her brother's release. The opening sets up a complicated web of moral dilemmas and urgent conflicts that promise to unravel in the ensuing acts. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
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| Translator | Guizot, François, 1787-1874 |
| Uniform Title | Measure for measure. French |
| Title | Mesure pour mesure |
| Note | Reading ease score: 81.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_for_Measure |
| Credits | Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | Siblings -- Drama |
| Subject | Chastity -- Drama |
| Subject | Vienna (Austria) -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 18169 |
| Release Date | Apr 14, 2006 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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