As the book was written in not only Old English, but is written in poetry, it makes it very difficult to understand what’s going on. Thankfully I’d bought a copy with a ‘dictionary’ at the bottom half of the page, or I’d have had no idea what was going on. It is completely made up of direct speech as it is a play script, which means that also there is no description of the characters (apart from the main character list) because you would normally be watching it in a theatre. Shakespeare’s plays should not really be read as books in my opinion, they were not written that way. He structures his speeches using Pentambic Iameter. Also it depends which character is speaki

In Measure for Measure there is no real climax or anticlimax, it just abruptly ends. There is a bit of a build up to a climax, with tempers getting frayed and the duke trying to formulate a plan, but there is no real climax. There is only one huge ending scene in Act 5 which all it does is wrap up all the loose ends of the play. Nothing dramatic happens in the whole course of the play, it is considered more of a ‘thinkers’ play. It is quite episodic, with many small, but significant, different events. It is all set in one time span of about a week.

ng. The Duke uses flowery language, and constant metaphors, while Elbow speaks using malapropisms (things that can be mistaken for something else) and can only just get his words out.

The main theme of Measure for Measure is that rational rules and regulations are necessary to maintain law and order. In Angelo's eagerness for reform, he demands "measure for measure," which means pure justice, without mercy. His belief is in 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth' no matter the circumstances. Measure for Measure speaks about man's action, its resul

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