Measure for Measure (OCR A Level English Literature): Flashcards
Exam code: H472
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Fill in the gap: "The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart / Goes all ＿＿＿＿＿"
Duke Vincentio, Act 1 Scene 3
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Fill in the gap: "The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart / Goes all ＿＿＿＿＿"
Duke Vincentio, Act 1 Scene 3
Answer: "The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart / Goes all decorum"
Fill in the gap: "O, what may man within him hide, / Though ＿＿＿＿＿ on the outward side!"
Duke Vincentio, Act 3 Scene 2
Answer: "O, what may man within him hide, / Though angel on the outward side!"
Fill in the gap: "More than our brother is our ＿＿＿＿＿"
Isabella, Act 2 Scene 4
Answer: "More than our brother is our chastity"
Fill in the gap: "His glassy essence, like an angry ＿＿＿＿＿ / Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven"
Isabella, Act 2 Scene 2
Answer: "His glassy essence, like an angry ape / Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven"
Key quote: "Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall"
Escalus, Act 2 Scene 1
Analysis
Escalus points out that justice in Vienna is upside down, because wrongdoing is rewarded and goodness is punished. The balanced line makes the reversal sound like a rule of the city.
Key quote: "When I that censure him do so offend, / Let mine own judgement pattern out my death"
Angelo, Act 2 Scene 1
Analysis
Angelo asks to be judged by his own strict standard, which is exactly what he later avoids. The promise makes his hypocrisy obvious once he commits the same sin.
Key quote: "Say what you can, my false o'erweighs your true"
Angelo, Act 2 Scene 4
Analysis
Angelo admits that his lie will be believed more readily than the truth. Status, not honesty, decides what Vienna accepts as reality.
Key quote: "Never could the strumpet, / With all her double vigour, art and nature, / Once stir my temper; but this virtuous maid / Subdues me quite"
Angelo, Act 2 Scene 2
Analysis
Angelo contrasts the prostitute with Isabella to admit that it is goodness that attracts him. He desires the chastity he is supposed to be policing, which exposes his own corruption.
Key quote: "Why, you are nothing then; neither maid, widow, nor wife."
Duke Vincentio, Act 5 Scene 1
Analysis
The Duke's list allows a woman only three roles, and all of them are defined by marriage. The word "nothing" shows how completely identity depends on marital status.
Key quote: "I had rather give my body than my soul"
Isabella, Act 2 Scene 4
Analysis
Isabella weighs her body against her soul and ranks salvation higher. The antithesis shows how completely her religious faith governs the choice she is offered.
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