Angelo Measure For Measure
In Act II, Scene 2 of Measure for Measure, the circumstance is that Angelo and Isabelle are negotiating about the death penalty that Isabella’s bother is going to receive the next. They are having this conversation because Isabella is pleading for Claudio’s life on his behalf. If her pleas fail to change Angelo’s mind, then her brother will perish. Angelo and Isabella position on mercy in the secular justice system are that Angelo is against mercy in the secular justice system. On the other hand, Isabella is for mercy in the secular justice system. Evidence of Angelo’s opposition to mercy in the secular justice system states in Measure for Measure: “It is the law, not I condemn your brother:/Were he my kinsman, brother, or my son, /It should be
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In other words, the lines state that Isabella is asking Angelo to open his heart and see the regret that Claudio is feeling. The phrase points out, people can understand each other, and the lines also say that no one is perfect. When Angelo argument in Measure for Measure: “Your brother is a forfeit of the law, /And you but waste your words” (2.2.76-77). In other words, his argument is Isabella’s brother broke the law and he will be punished for his crimes. Going even further, he is talking about how Claudio broke the law and he himself cannot change the fact Claudio broke the law. Isabella’s response is in Measure for Measure:
Why, all the souls that were forfeit once;
And He that might the vantage best have took
Found out the remedy. How would you be,
If He, which is the top of judgment, should
But judge you as you are? (2.2.79-83)
In plain English, Isabella is saying that everyone sinned in their lives also, she explains that what if Angelo and Claudio switch spots how would he feel when he is in Claudio’s position.
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In other words, the lines state that Isabella is asking Angelo to open his heart and see the regret that Claudio is feeling. The phrase points out, people can understand each other, and the lines also say that no one is perfect. When Angelo argument in Measure for Measure: “Your brother is a forfeit of the law, /And you but waste your words” (2.2.76-77). In other words, his argument is Isabella’s brother broke the law and he will be punished for his crimes. Going even further, he is talking about how Claudio broke the law and he himself cannot change the fact Claudio broke the law. Isabella’s response is in Measure for Measure:
Why, all the souls that were forfeit once;
And He that might the vantage best have took
Found out the remedy. How would you be,
If He, which is the top of judgment, should
But judge you as you are? (2.2.79-83)
In plain English, Isabella is saying that everyone sinned in their lives also, she explains that what if Angelo and Claudio switch spots how would he feel when he is in Claudio’s position.
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