MEASURE FOR MEASURE - THEME QUOTES (DESCRIPTIONS) Flashcards
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THEME QUOTES: DUKE
* The nature of humanity x 3 - Twere... - That we were all... - Keep her ignorant...
* Power/Authority/Leadership x 3 - It rested in your... - 'twould be my tyranny... - Where I have seen corruption...
* Justice x 4 - Strict statutes... - More mocked... - Liberty plucks... - The corrupt...
* Mercy x 3 - Mortality... - When vice... - Measure still...
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HUMANITY
- ‘Twere all alike as if we had them not”
- “That we were all, as some would seem to be, from our faults, as fault from seeming free”
- “Keep her ignorant of her good, to make her heavenly comforts of despair when it is least expected”
POWER…
- “It rested in your Grace to unloose this tied-up justice when you pleas’d”
- ” ‘twould be my tyranny to strike and gall them or what I bid them do”
- “Where I have seen corruption boil and bubble till it o’errun the stew”
JUSTICE
- “Strict statutes and most biting laws”
- “More mocked than fear’d”
- “And Liberty plucks Justice by the nose”
- “The corrupt deputy scaled”
MERCY
- “Mortality and mercy in Vienna”
- “When vice makes mercy”
- “Measure still for Measure”
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THEME QUOTES: LORD ANGELO * The nature of humanity x 5 - 'Tis one thing... - Some rise... - The tempter or... - Seduces... - These poor...
* Power/Authority/Leadership x 5 - Plucked... - If power change... - To make him... - Must not make... - The voice...
* Justice x 5 - Demi... - Let mine own judgement... - I show mercy "most of..." - Shall give... - Criminal in...
* Mercy x 3 - I should be... - Let my trial be... - All the grace...
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HUMANITY
- “ ’Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus, another thing to fall”
- “Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall”
- “The tempter, or the tempted”
- “Seduces me quite”
- “These poor informal women”
POWER…
- “Plucked down”
- “If power change purpose, what our seemers be”
- “To make him an example”
- “Must not make a scarecrow of the law”
- “The voice of the recorded law”
JUSTICE
- “Demi-god”
- “Let mine own judgement pattern out my death, and nothing come in partial”
- “Show it most of all when I show justice”
- “Shall give you justice”
- “Criminal in double violation”
MERCY
- “I should be guiltier than my guiltiness”
- “Let my trial be mine own confession”
- “All the grace I beg”
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THEME QUOTES: ESCALUS * The nature of humanity x 4 - Be keen... - Bruise... - Some rise... - More amaz'd..
* Power/Authority/Leadership x 3 - Which is wiser... - Let him continue in... - The Duke's...
- Justice
x 1 - Which is…
- Mercy
x 1 - Mercy is not…
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HUMANITY
- “Be keen, and rather cut a little”
- “Bruise to death”
- “Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall”
- “More amaz’d at his dishonour”
POWER…
- “Which is wiser here, Justice or Iniquity”
- “Let him continue in his courses till thou know’st what they are”
- “The Duke’s in us”
JUSTICE
- “Which is wiser here, Justice or Iniquity”
MERCY
- “Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so”
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THEME QUOTES: CLAUDIO * The nature of humanity x 5 - From too... - Our natures... - A thirsty... - Encounter darkness..... !!!! - Death is a "...."
- Power/Authority/Leadership/Justice
x 2 - Save a brother’s…
- Fault and….
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HUMANITY
- “From too much liberty”
- “Our natures do pursue”
- “A thirsty evil, and when we drink, we die”
- “Encounter darkness like a bride”
- “Fearful thing”
POWER/JUSTICE…
- “Save a brother’s life”
- Fault and glimpse of newness”
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THEME QUOTES: LUCIO
- The nature of humanity
- ‘Tis my familiar…
- When maidens…
- Marrying a…
- Power/Authority/Leadership/Justice
x 2 - (Referencing Claudio) Should receive his…
- Slandering…
- Mercy
x 1 - Grace is…
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HUMANITY
- “Tis my familiar sin”
- “When maidens sue, men give like gods”
- “Marrying a punk”
POWER…
- “Should receive his punishment in thanks”
- Slandering a prince deserves it”
MERCY
- “Grace is grace”
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THEME QUOTES: PROVOST x 2 * The nature of humanity - offended in... - Die...
- Justice
x1 - You weigh…
- Mercy
x 1 - Has my…
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HUMANITY
- “Offended in a dream”
- “Die for’t!”
JUSTICE…
- You weigh equally: a feather will turn the scale”
MERCY
- “Has my pity”
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THEME QUOTES: ISABELLA * The nature of humanity x 2 - Wishing a more... - Let it be the...
* Power/Authority/Leadership x 5 - Should but judge... - It is excellent to have a... - But man, proud man... - Men their creation... - Outstretch'd throat I'll...
* Justice x 3 - O just but... - Cannot weigh our... - Had but...
- Mercy
x 2 - neither heaven nor man…
- Become them with one…
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HUMANITY
- “Wishing a more strict restraint”
- “Let it be the fault, and not my brother
POWER…
- HE “Should but judge you as you are?”
- “It is excellent to have a giant’s strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant”
- “But man, proud man, dress’d in a little brief authority”
- “Men their creation mar in profiting them”
- “Outstretch’d throat I’ll tell the world aloud what man thou art”
JUSTICE
- “O just but severe law!”
- “Cannot weigh our brother with ourself. Great men may jest with saints”
- “Had but justice”
MERCY
- “Neither heaven nor man grieve at the mercy”
- “Become them with one half so good a grace as mercy does”
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THEME QUOTES: MARIANA * The nature of humanity x 4 - Left her... - First... - Husband on... - Reputation was...
- Power/Authority/Leadership/Justice
x 1 - The justice of your title…
- Mercy
x 1 - They say best men…
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HUMANITY
- “Left her in tears”
- Still longing her “First affection”
- “Husband on a pre-contract”
- “Reputation was disvalu’d”
JUSTICE…
- “The justice of your title to him doth flourish the deceit”
MERCY
- “They say best men are moulded out of faults”
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THEME QUOTES: POMPEY
* The nature of humanity
x 1
- Shall follow it…
- Power/Authority/Leadership/Justice
x 2 - To geld and…
- Need not…
- Mercy
x 1 - I hope sir, your…
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HUMANITY
- “Shall follow it as flesh and fortune shall better determine”
POWER/JUSTICE…
- Whether it is a means “to geld and play all the youth
of the city?”
- “Need not to fear the bawds”
MERCY
- “I hope, sir, your good worship will be my bail?”
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THEME QUOTES: BARNARDINE
- The nature of humanity
- Been drinking…
- Not…
- Not consent…
- Power/Authority/Leadership
x 1 - I swear I will not…
* Mercy x 3 - Earthly... - I quit... - Take this mercy...
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HUMANITY
- “Been drinking all night”
- “Not fitted for’t”
- “Not consent to die”
POWER/JUSTICE…
- I swear I will not not die today for any man’s persuasion”
MERCY
- “Earthly faults”
- “I quit them all”
- “Take this mercy to provide for better times to come
