Claudio: Sweet sister, let me live.
What sin you
do to save a brother’s life,
Nature
dispenses with the deed so far
That it
becomes a virtue.
Isabella: Oh, you beast!
O faithless
coward, o dishonest wretch,
Wilt thou be
made a man out of my vice?
Is’t not a
kind of incest to take life
F…
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Citation:
Harrington, Louise,
Alexandra Katherine Harrington. "Measure for Measure". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 April 2004; last revised 07 June 2020. [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=3651, accessed 22 November 2024.]
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