Measure for Measure

Question 1

Susan Mclean

Answer 1

‘You could conclude that her character is better suited to the contemplative world of the nunnery than to the fluctuating influence of the city outside’

Question 2

Juliet Stevenson - Played Isabella at the RSC-1983

Answer 2

‘The language in this scene is erotic … Isabella and Angelo have been copulating across the verse ever since they met’

Question 3

Cedric Watts

Answer 3

‘Her moral fervour has become for him a sexual challenge’

Question 4

Paola Dionisetti- played Isabella 1983

Answer 4

‘Isabella is the most courageous character in the play. She has an amazing sense of integrity’

Question 5

Juliet Stevenson - played Isabelle 1983

Answer 5

‘I think that she recognizes her own sexuality and the need to apply strict control over it … she wants to dominate it’

Question 6

Diana Devlin

Answer 6

‘her brave challenge to authority is immediately followed by a sexual approach from the authority’