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Sites about Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare

Characters: Claudio, Angelo, Isabella, Marianna

Critical sites about Measure for Measure

Redemption and Damnation: Measure for Measure and Othello As Contrasting Paired Visions

http://www.marshall.edu/english/OVSC/SR1996.html#Redemption

" Recognizing how Measure for Measure counterbalances Othello not only elucidates each through the intertextual discourse generated, but also raises a cautionary flag to much current opinion that, in emphasizing the dark vision of Measure for Measure, denies to the play an integrated and overall comic vision. Recognizing how itsystematically counterpoints Othello provides one means for accentuating its comic conception in the broadest sense of an optimistic overall vision."

Contains: Content Analysis,

Author: Robert Bennett

From: Selected Papers of the West Virginia Shakespeare and Renaissance Association Volume 19,1996

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VincentioÕs Fraud: Boundary and Chaos, Abstinence and Orgy in Measure for Measure

http://www.marshall.edu/english/OVSC/SR1998.html#VincentioÕs Fraud:

"For all its trappings of the Christian doctrine of denial, for all the stageplay involving temptation, confession, and the cowl, Measure for Measure strongly suggests a classical model of restricting chaos. "

Contains: Character Analysis, Content Analysis,

Author: Brian Holloway

From: Selected Papers of the West Virginia Shakespeare and Renaissance Association Volume 21,1998

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ÒWishing a more strict restraintÓ: Feminist Performance and the Silence of Isabella

http://www.marshall.edu/english/OVSC/SR1996.html#ÒWishing

This paper discusses the textÕs ideology of female speech, and has suggestions for a staging of the play.

Contains: Character Analysis,

Author: Michael D. Friedman

From: Selected Papers of the West Virginia Shakespeare and Renaissance Association Volume 19,1996

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