Measure for Measure (eBook)
96 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-15966-9 (ISBN)
One of Shakespeare's "e;dark comedies,"e; Measure for Measure is as noteworthy for its fascinating political and social implications as for its compelling characters: a duke masquerading as a monk, a would-be nun ordered to sacrifice her chastity to save her brother's life, and a self-righteous courtier, professing his incorruptibility while concealing a depraved private life.In this engrossing drama set in 16th-century Vienna, Duke Vincentio attempts to enforce the city's long-ignored morality laws, which results in a death sentence for Claudio, a young man accused of seducing and impregnating his fiancée. Isabella, his sister, attempts to gain a pardon for him, but refuses when she is asked to exchange her virtue for her brother's life.Claudio eventually is freed and utter tragedy is averted, as Shakespeare explores with force and sensitivity the basis of good government, public and private morality, and the balancing of justice and mercy, among other themes.
"He was not of an age, but for all time," declared Ben Jonson of his contemporary William Shakespeare (1564–1616). Jonson's praise is especially prescient, since at the turn of the 17th century Shakespeare was but one of many popular London playwrights and none of his dramas were printed in his lifetime. The reason so many of his works survive is because two of his actor friends, with the assistance of Jonson, assembled and published the First Folio edition of 1623.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.12.2014 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Dover Thrift Editions | Dover Thrift Editions: Plays |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 130 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga |
| Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker | |
| Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater | |
| Schlagworte | 1604 • 2015 • allam • alls • Arden • bawd • bawdy sex • books on alls • books on brothers lives • books on comedies • books on compositors • books on dark comedies • books on deputies • books on divine justices • books on doths • books on dowries • books on folger libraries • books on fornications • books on friars • books on gielgud • books on hypocrites • books on immoralities • books on isabels • books on king lears • books on levers • books on lucio • books on mariana • books on metes • books on pleads • books on political authorities • books on pompey • books on religious laws • books on thou arts • books on virginities • books on virtues • briny • brother lived • brothers life • civil justice • comedies • Compassion • compositors • connotes • Corruption • Dark comedy • Deputy • Divine Justice • doth • dowry • duke proposes • Elizabethan drama • false accusation • folger library • Forgiveness • fornication • friar • gielgud • harsh punishment • hypocrite • immediate execution • immorality • Isabel • King Lear • lechery • Leniency • Lever • Lucio • Mariana • mete • morality laws • Moral justice • novice nun • outstanding play • pardon • pleads • Poland • political authority • Political satire • Pompey • pre marital sex • proposes marriage • propositioned • Purity • Religious Law • Seduction • sentenced • sentenced to death • sexual favor • shakespearean comedy • Social commentary • thou art • Vienna • virginity • virtue • Virtuous |
| ISBN-10 | 0-486-15966-3 / 0486159663 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-486-15966-9 / 9780486159669 |
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