Measure for Measure B Question

Question 1

A1:S2

Answer 1

1. Commentary on legality in Vienna
   - Comically undermines the absurdity of the laws that Angelo has laid down
   - ‘tis surely for a name’ - arbitrary nature and futility of Angelo’s rule

Technical Aspects:
- commentary on the needlessly strict rules and regulations that follow Puritan Doctrine
- Madonna-Whore dichotomy - Mistress ‘Overdone’ describes how her dehumanisation is created for being part of the sex industry
- use of chorus to establish the environment of Vienna - moral and sexual depravity existent here
- use of gossiping and other characters to tell the narrative perhaps shows how the public sentiment is outside Angelo’s control

Audience Response:
- Contemporary audiences may compare this to the modern sex worker industry or to modern forms of feminism that prioritise female autonomy and choice feminism - such discrimination may seem unwarranted

Question 2

A1:S3

Answer 2

1. Motif of disguise and the Duke’s Mischief
   - dramatic irony
   - falls for Isabella at the end
   - ‘Duke’ is let power in the form a friar, shows how authority can be granted even through disguise and thus is arbitrary by nature
2. Abuse of religion
   - how religion is manipulated for either stately matters or for personal interests
   - ‘he who the sword of heaven bears, should be as holy as severe’, yet abuses it himself
3. Surveillance and Order
   - Angelo, and Vienna

Technical Aspects:
- commentary on puritan doctrine and the abuse of power allowed for religious authority?

Audience Response:
- sees through the Duke’s plan, dramatic irony - perhaps questions the abuse of power and religion
- could note the Duke’s manipulation

Question 3

A2:S3

Answer 3

1. Abuse of disguise
2. Claudio and Juliet’s true love in the face of hypocritical justice

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Question 4

A4:S1,2,3

Answer 4

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