ao5 justice Flashcards
justice themes
“the conception of justice which comes out from Vincentio’s verdict does not foreshadow a future of harmony”
Linciano
“[ending is] unexpected and disappointing”
Linciano
“our feelings of justice are grossly offended in Angelo’s escape”
Coleridge
“the ‘resolution of the plot’ is ballet-like in its patterned formality and masterly in stagecraft”
Leavis
“[marriages] convenient rather than affectionate”
Mullan
“Measure for Measure is, on one level, a play about succession management”
Hampton-Reeves
“[Angelo’s law is] unreasonable and unfair” because it does not consider “individuation, particularization and proportionality”
Linciano
“a strong affirmation of the importance of good governance for a court audience”
Hampton-Reeves
“Measure for Measure explores two competing interpretations of this ethical rule”
Chedzgoy
“realm of politics interwoven with religion”
Linciano
“the audience of the court [is] invited to see in the play’s representation of justice a mirror for themselves”
Hampton-Reeves
“orgy of clemency”
Nuttal
“redirect law toward life”
Harman
“a Morality Play about the dialectic of Justice and Mercy”
Empson
“modern audiences and readers have not found particularly comic”
Mullan
