Act 4

Question 1

Act 4 Scene 1: an excerpt from ‘Mariana’s Song’ in which she acknowledges how she was wronged by Angelo

Answer 1

“But my kisses bring again, bring again, / Seals of love, but sealed in vain, sealed in vain.”

Question 2

Act 4 Scene 1: Mariana showing her loyalty and devotion to the disguised Duke

Answer 2

“I am always bound to you.”

Question 3

Act 4 Scene 1: the disguised Duke asks Isabella in she trusts that he is looking out for her best interests, which she agrees with

Answer 3

“Do you persuade yourself that I respect you?”
“Good friar, I know you do, and have found it.”

Question 4

Act 4 Scene 1: Isabella states the conditions of Mariana’s agreement to the ‘bed-trick’ and the disguised Duke’s response

Answer 4

“If you advise it.”
“It is not my consent, / But my entreaty too.”

Question 5

Act 4 Scene 1: the disguised Duke reassures Mariana that the ‘bed-trick’ is not sinful

Answer 5

“fear you not at all. / He is your husband on a pre-contract: / To bring you this together ‘tis no sin”

Question 6

Act 4 Scene 2: the Provost states that the executioner and Pompey are on equal moral grounds

Answer 6

“you weigh equally: a feather will turn the scale.”

Question 7

Act 4 Scene 2: Abhorson (executioner) argues that any man can play the role an upstanding citizen

Answer 7

“Every true man’s apparel fits your thief.”

Question 8

Act 4 Scene 2: the disguised Duke states to the Provost that Claudio is no more worthy of execution than Angelo

Answer 8

“Claudio, whom here you have warrant to execute, is no greater forfeit to the law than Angelo.”

Question 9

Act 4 Scene 2: the disguised Duke claims that death is capable of concealing the truth

Answer 9

“Oh, death’s a great disguiser.”

Question 10

Act 4 Scene 3: Pompey feels as though he knows everybody in the prison well as their were all clients of Mistress Overdone’s brothel

Answer 10

“I am as well acquainted here as I was in our house of profession.”

Question 11

Act 4 Scene 3: an ironic line describing the entry of the disguised Duke

Answer 11

“here comes your ghostly father”

Question 12

Act 4 Scene 3: the disguised Duke rejoicing as the ‘head-trick’ can still go ahead

Answer 12

“Oh, ‘tis an accident that heaven provides”

Question 13

Act 4 Scene 3: the disguised Duke stating that he will lie to Isabella about Claudio being saved to make the revelation all the more joyful

Answer 13

“But I will keep her ignorant of her good / To make her heavenly comforts of despair / When it is least expected.”

Question 14

Act 4 Scene 3: the disguised Duke telling Isabella about Claudio’s false fate

Answer 14

“He hath releas’d him, Isabel, from the world”

Question 15

Act 4 Scene 3: Isabella assuring the disguised Duke that he can command her, mirroring Mariana

Answer 15

“I am directed by you.”

Question 16

Act 4 Scene 4: Angelo debating the situation he would be in had Claudio still been alive and the consequences of that for him mentally

Answer 16

“Would yet he had liv’d. / Alack, when once our grace we have forgot, / Nothing goes right: we would, and we would not.”

Question 17

Act 4 Scene 6: Mariana encouraging Isabella to allow the disguised Duke to guide her through the upcoming events

Answer 17

“That is your part, yet I am advis’d to do it: / He says, to veil full purpose.”
“Be rul’d by him.”