Measure for Measure Quotes: Claudio

Question 1

1:2, 115

Answer 1

Claudio: ‘yet still ‘tis just’ (Lucio asks, why, and ‘Whence comes this restraint’)
Claudio: From too much liberty
[…] Our natures do pursue,
Like rats that ravin down their proper bane,
A thirsty evil; and when we drink, we die.

Question 2

1:2, 134

Answer 2

Claudio: Upon a true contract
I got possession of Julietta’s bed.
You know the lady; she is fast my wife.
[…] mutual entertainment

Question 3

3;1, 117

Answer 3

Claudio: Ay, but to die, and go we know not where;

To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot

Question 4

3:1, 132

Answer 4

Claudio: Sweet sister, let me live.
What sin you do to save a brother’s life,
Nature dispenses with the deed so far
That is become a virtue