Monday, May 7, 2012

Moral Dilemmas and Hypocrisy

In the past portion of Measure for Measure we have read in class, the audience now fully understands the moral dilemma within Angelo. In his previous encounter with Isabella, he suddenly finds himself attracted to her pureness and virginity. As the head of the law (for now), he is supposed to be enforcing good and holding onto high standards and high morals, and yet, he is corrupt. He originally held that nothing could possibly free Isabella's brother from prison, but yet now he says that is she loves him, his brother will be freed. Isabella can also be somewhat hypocritical previously when Angelo asks her the "what if" scenario.  Isabella says of course to that but when the situation comes up from to her, she surely says no to it.

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