Keepers of Justice quotes (Escalus, the Provost) Flashcards
What does Escalus say about Elbow?
Do you hear how he misplaces?
Context *& Translation: Act 2 Scene 1
ELBOW
Prove it before these varlets here, thou honourable
man; prove it.
ELBOW
Prove it before these lowly servants here, you honorable man, prove it.
(In the original text, Elbow says “varlets,” meaning “low servants,” switching his description of the criminals with that of the judges.)
ESCALUS
Do you hear how he misplaces?
ESCALUS
Do you hear how he misuses his words?
What does Escalus say of Claudio’s sentence?
It grieves me for the death of Claudio;
But there’s no remedy.
What does the Provost say about the Claudio’s death sentence and the vice of pre marital fornication?
‘All sects, all ages smack of this vice, and he To die for’t!’
everyone does it, why is Claudio the one who faces punishment
Context and Translation: Act 2 Scene 2
PROVOST
I’ll know
His pleasure; may be he will relent. Alas,
He hath but as offended in a dream!
All sects, all ages smack of this vice; and he
To die for’t!
I’ll see what he wants; maybe he’ll back down. Alas, he’s only committed a crime if we’re in a dream! All kinds, all ages are guilty of this vice, and Claudio’s going to die for it?
What does the Provost say to Angelo, suggesting he may come to regret his decision to execute Claudio?
‘under your good correction, I have seen when, after execution, judgement hath repented o’er his doom.’
also he says that it is Angelo’s decision he suggests Angelo may come to feel regret.
What does the provost call Isabella?
‘a very virtuous maid.’
What does Escalus say about Angelo’s behaviour when he finds out?
‘My lord, I am more amazed at his dishonour than at the strangeness of it.’
Act 5 Scene 1
ESCALUS
My lord, I am more amazed at his dishonour
Than at the strangeness of it.
ESCALUS
My lord, I’m more surprised by his dishonor than I am by the unexpected nature of it.
What does Escalus say to Angelo about his behaviour?
I am sorry, one so learned and so wise
As you, Lord Angelo, have still appear’d,
Should slip so grossly, both in the heat of blood.
And lack of temper’d judgment afterward.
it is not just his lack of sexual control but lack of balance after the deed was done that caused the issue
Escalus weighs up effectively
Link to Angelo AO1: ‘This deed unshapes me quite’
Context and Translation (Act 5 Scene 1)
ESCALUS
I am sorry, one so learned and so wise
As you, Lord Angelo, have still appear’d,
Should slip so grossly, both in the heat of blood.
And lack of temper’d judgment afterward.
ESCALUS
Lord Angelo, I’m sad to see that someone as educated and wise as you, —and who seemed good—would mess up so badly, and let his desires get the best of him. And then to have had such poor judgment afterward.
ANGELO
I am sorry that such sorrow I procure:
And so deep sticks it in my penitent heart
That I crave death more willingly than mercy;
‘Tis my deserving, and I do entreat it.
ANGELO
I’m sorrow that I’ve caused so much suffering. I feel it so painfully in my remorseful heart that I want death more than I want mercy. It’s what I deserve; it’s what I ask for.
Escalus to Angelo regarding the extremity of the law
‘Let us be keen, and rather cut a little, Than fall and bruise to death.’
