Part of: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (The Oxford Shakespeare) Measure for Measure
- William Shakespeare (author)
- William James Craig (editor)
Measure for Measure considers questions of law, justice, and the nature of promises and vows. Like The Merchant of Venice it is one of Shakespeare’s legal plays, with a trial scene at the peak of the action. This edition comes from the 1916 Oxford University Press edition of all of Shakespeare’s plays and poems.
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Literature & Music
So you must be the first that gives this sentence, And he that suffers. O! it is excellent To have a giant’s strength, but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Critical Responses
A Modern Perspective: Measure for Measure
Christy Desmet
Christy Desmet explores the trial scene at the end of Measure for Measure for the Folger Library.
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