... in his soliloquy at the end of Act 2 Scene 2 as he reveals his awareness of his lust for Isabella. "What's this? What's this? Is this her fault, or mine?" The iambic measure in this first line of his soliloquy emphasises the words "this", "fault" and "mine", highlighting that he feels it is his own fault for his temptation. The short sentences ... his own liking". Angelo does no have the right to condemn Claudio to death because he is at fault himself for bribing Isabella and sleeping with Mariana. The couplets in iambic tetrameter in this soliloquy give the lines a rhythmic fluency to ...

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