Act 4, Scene 2 Flashcards
1
Q
“unlawful bawd” and “lawful hangman”
A
Irony - selling sex is bad but execution isn’t?
Dichotomy
Pompey –> Provosy
2
Q
“you weigh equally”
A
Equally bad-bawd and executioner
Provost –> Pompey
3
Q
“Purchased by such sin, For which the pardoner himself is in”
A
Couples - exasperates duality
Duke –> provost
4
Q
“drunk many times a day, if not many days entirely drunk”
A
He is so drunk he cannot be executed, he would not understand; delaying death
Provost about the Drunk
5
Q
“let this Barnadine be this morning executed, and his head born to Angelo”
A
Duke puts in place head swap plan
