Measure_For_Measure

Measure For Measure In Shakespeare’s play, Measure for Measure, Isabella is faced with a very difficult decision. She is propositioned by Lord Angelo to have sex with him in order to save her brother’s life. This goes against all her values since she is planning to join the convent, and she is a very virtuous and chaste woman by nature. Her brother is in trouble from the beginning because he impregnated Juliet before they were married. Therefore, Isabella must either let go of her values or lose her brother. At the end of the play, she remains virtuous, and Claudio, her brother, does not get executed. However, we cannot help but wonder if losing her virginity to save the life of her brother or keeping it for the sake of chastity is more virtuous. Reading the play from a modern standpoint, one would probably think, ‘Why won’t she save her brother’s life' – It’s just sex’. One would think that she is quite selfish not to give a little of herself to save the life of her brother. brother, save, life, times, virtuous, play, isabella, very, sex, brother’s, woman, virginity, values, think, since, probably, order, one, modern, measure, just, give, elizabethan, claudio, baby, why, works, won’t, wonder, while, virginal, villain, viewed, ultimate