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The Duke quotations in Measure for Measure
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- 1The Duke, Act 1, Scene 1: "The nature........"The nature of our people, our city's institutions, and the terms for common justice"
- 2The Duke - Act 1, Scene 1: "I bid......."I bid come before us Angelo"
- 3The Duke (disguised) Act 3, Scene 1: "So then..."So then you have hope of pardon from lord Angelo?" (notice change in speech from iambic pentameter to prose)
-showing skilful imitation by suggesting that his focus will be upon “pardon” from Angelo, leading Claudio to talk of hope which in turn can be utterly quashed by the Duke. Highlights his ability to manipulate and further gives a sense of lack of morality in his character. - 4The Duke (disguised) Act 3, Scene 1: "Tomorrow..."Tomorrow you must die; go to your knees and make ready"
- 5The Duke, Act 5, Scene 1: "But for those..."But for those earthly faults, I quit them all" - The Duke mimics the process of Christian redemption, pardoning them one by one. He is shown here at the height of his power - for example by creating life from death in the pardoning of Claudio and Barnadine
- 6The Duke, Act 5, "Give me...."Give me your hand and say you will be mine" - offers no option for rebuttal
- 7The Duke, Act 1, Scene 3: "Lord Angelo... Compared with Act 5, Scene 1: "Whose salt..."Act 1 Scene 3: "Lord Angelo is precise;
Stands at a guard with envy"
Compared with Act 5, "Whose salt imagination yet hath wrong'd..." - makes the audience question their trust in the Duke further. - 8The Duke Act 1, Scene 3: "Hence we shall..."hence shall we see,
If power change purpose, what our seemers be" - rhyming couplet = menacing tone, creates suspicion in the audience towards the Duke's true integrity. "seemers" = dramatic irony - allusion to seemers suggests a lack of trust in Angelo, and reveals that the Duke wants to test him and his sense of justice.
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