01996cam a22003733u 4500 18169 UtSlPG 20260610133425.0 m cr n 260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fr iso639-1 PR Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Measure for measure. French Mesure pour mesure Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2006 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_for_Measure Release date is 2006-04-14 Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) "Mesure pour mesure" by William Shakespeare is a play written in 1603 or 1604. When Vienna's Duke secretly disguises himself as a friar to observe his city, he watches his puritanical deputy Angelo enforce long-neglected laws with brutal severity. Angelo sentences young Claudio to death for fornication, then propositions Claudio's virtuous sister Isabella with a corrupt bargain: her virginity for her brother's life. What follows involves deception, substitution, and moral complexity that blurs the line between comedy and tragedy in this provocative exploration of justice, mercy, and hypocrisy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Comedy plays Siblings -- Drama Chastity -- Drama Vienna (Austria) -- Drama Guizot, François, 1787-1874 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18169 59555 59555