'Measure For Measure' / Controlling Women
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This 7 page paper analyzes Shakespeare's play. The prevailing thesis is the avoidance and control of "mother" through the control of women. The writer demonstrates how all male characters, especially the Duke, control women and thus the mother figure or image throughout the text. Specific citations are offered in support of the thesis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Meafmeas.wps

'Measure For Measure,' Act 2, Scene 4
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In 3 pages, the author analyzes in detail the soliloquy of Isabella when she is speaking to Angelo in Act 2, Scene 4 of "Measure for Measure" by William Shakespeare. The importance of the lines in relation to the theme of the play, and the imagery are discussed. No additional sources cited.
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Justice in William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” and “King Lear”
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A 5 page paper which considers the fairness of systems of punishment administered by fallible magistrates, discusses how these plays engaged contradictions between justice as an ideal and justice as a set of procedures for enforcement of a legal code, how Shakespeare’s treatment of the theme shapes both plays, and whether or not the nature of the critique is different in a comedy than in a tragedy. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGmmlear.rtf

Minor Characters in “Measure for Measure”
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A six page paper looking at Shakespeare’s play in terms of the way its minor characters -- both those in the main plot and those in the subplot -- support and develop the theme of the play. The paper concludes that in “Measure for Measure,” the ensemble structure allows the audience to discern the real protagonist of this play -- the morally-bankrupt society of Vienna itself. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KBmeasur.wps

Shakespeare and Whetstone
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An 8 page paper which compares and contrasts Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" and George Whetstone's "Promos and Cassandra." The paper focuses on what Shakespeare did differently, and how those differences impacted the work of Shakespeare in "Measure for Measure." Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
Filename: RAmeasre.rtf

Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure' / Sexual Self-discipline
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A 5 page paper examining this issue in Shakespeare's play. The paper concludes that a person who sets standards of good conduct and then goes out into the world to live up to them is esteemed more highly than someone with the same good intentions who never has to make the hard choices in life. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Sexmeas.wps