Act 3, Scene 1 Flashcards
“Thou art death’s fool”
Sharing a message of misery; encouraging Claudio to embrace death
Duke Vincentio –> Claudio
“Yet death we fear, that makes these odds all even”
Belittling; also implied that everyone is equal in death; irony-he wouldn’t have had to fear death a week ago
Duke Vincentio –> Claudio
“And, seeking death, find life”
Paradoxical - preparing himself to die; acceptance
Claudio –> Claudio and Duke
“Intends you for his swift ambassador”
Claudio will be made a lesson of; shows the lack of personal care for Claudio
Isabella –> Claudio
“Devilish mercy”
Implies Angelo is a fallen Angel; Lucifer
Isabella –> Claudio
“I will encounter darkness as a bride, And hug it in mine arms”
Grace; he will accept death with grace and love
Claudio –> Isabella
“Bite the law by the nose”
Ref. Nurse
Claudio –> Isabella
“Wilt thou be made a man out of my vice? Is’t not a kind of incest?”
Isabella goes crazy; sh’s triggered by his words. She falls out of verse and into blinding anger
Isabella –> Claudio
“I am so out of love with life that I will sue to be rid of it”
Claudio wants death; he is so exasperated with living that he seems to die
Claudio –> Duke Vincentio
“Hand hath made you fair hath made you good”
Commentary; flattery
Duke Vincentio –> Claudio
“Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful”
Prosperous; inspirational
Duke Vincentio –> Isabella
“The image of it gives me content already”
Irony-Isabella is glad to see another woman at mercy to sin and Angelo, as long as it isn’t her; is she the villain?
Isabella –> Duke Vincentio
