Measure for Measure

Klappentext When Claudio breaks the new laws against vice in Vienna by getting his fiancee, Julietta, pregnant, a series of ethical issues is brought under scrutiny. His sister's virtue is held to ransom by the deputy ruler of the city until justice is done, mercy shown, and order restored. Zusammenfassung Although this play ends like a comedy! with reconciliations! forgiveness and marriages! it has often been regarded as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. It shows the difficulty of effecting an appropriate balance between judicial severity and mercy! between sexual repression and decadence! and between political vigilance and social manipulation.

Product details

• Authors: William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Keith Carabine (Editor), Cedric Watts (Editor), Prof. Cedric Watts (Editor), Professor Cedric Watts (Editor), Keith Carabine (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Wordsworth
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.1995
• EAN: 9781853262517
• ISBN: 978-1-85326-251-7
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Wordsworth Classics; Classics Library (NTC); Wordsworth Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA / Shakespeare, Classic & pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays