Measure for Measure: Gender

Question 1

Creation…mar…profiting

Answer 1

Isabella: Women?…Men their creation mar in profiting by them

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Question 2

Lucio punk

Answer 2

Duke: What, are you married? 
Mariana: No, my lord.
Duke: Are you a maid? 
Mariana: No, my lord.
Duke: A widow, then? 
Mariana: Neither, my lord.
Duke: Why, you are nothing then: neither maid, widow, nor wife?
Lucio: My lord, she may be a punk; for many of them are neither maid, widow, nor wife.

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