Justice and Truth

Question 1

Truths conveyed through letters - Damian “in a lettre wroot he al his sorwe”

Answer 1

(enter cardinal and ferdinand with a letter) (Act 2 scene 5) which contained the truth about their sister

Question 2

pilgrims about antonio - “alas antonio … if that man be thrusted into a well no matter who sets hands to it, his own weight will bring him sooner to the bottom” suggesting that the hardship and injustice that befalls a person is punishment for his or her own misdeeds

Answer 2

fabliaux justice of May - "strepe me and put me into a sak and in the nexte river have me drench" 
- Marxist POV  justice for lower class means being punished because of upper class

Question 3

justinus tells the truth - “ I warne yow wel, it is no childes pley” wheras placebo does “ i holde your owne counsil the beste”

Answer 3

contrasts with Bosola who plays the role of both

Question 4

” This Januarie, as blynd as is a stoon,”

justice - punishment for exploiting May “as stille as stoone”

Answer 4

ferdinand who denied his sister happiness goes mad “tranformed inton wolves”