Measure for Measure is a fascinating play with unexpected modern echoes—but despite its apt title about one approach to justice, what do you know about the story? Try our quiz about the play.
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Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure is among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare’s plays. In it, a duke temporarily removes himself from governing his city-state, deputizing a member of his administration, Angelo, to enforce the laws more rigorously. Angelo chooses as his first…
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