Free Measure for Measure Essays: Analysis of Acts V-VI :: Measure for Measure

Analysis of spells V-VI of  Measure for Measure     One of the things that in love me as odd in Act V, facial expression I is how Mariana seems to spy the disguised Duke.  I dont know if this means that the Duke has disguised himself as a beggar in the past.  Another thing that struck me odd in this scene is how soon Mariana agrees to the Dukes plan.  Here is a rummyr (Isabella) convincing a young woman (Mariana) to have sex under very underground circumstances with a man who has rejected her.  The plan is very strange solely Mariana agrees so quickly that its hard to see how it was possible for Isabella to kick the bucket Mariana the full explanations of the reasons behind the ruse.  The Duke tries to neverthelessify the whole scheme once over again by saying that Angelo is Marianas husband on a pre-contract.             In Act IV, Scene II I found it ironic that if Pompey becomes an e xecutioner and stops being a bawd and prisoner he will bust himself and become honorable.  I also found it ironic that the Duke, Isabella, and Mariana are conspiring and deceiving Angelo but Angelo, in turn, deceives the three by stepping up the date of Claudios execution.  It is like a good deal everyone in the play is backstabbing someone else.  It also seems like the Duke is concocting all these schemes to do the right thing.  First he has a plan to place Mariana in substitution of Isabella to sleep with Angelo and now he plans to have someone else kill to trick Angelo into regarding its Claudios head.  It seems to me that the Duke is acting as immoral as the ride out of the city and Angelo.  He seems to go by the belief that the ends justify the means.  Is he really better than Angelo?             Upon first reading in Act IV, Scene III how the Duke lies to Isabella when he tells her that Claudio has b een put to death, I could not help but think how cruel the Duke is and how he whitethorn be taking his role of friar too far.  I also thought that he would rather build others suffer unnecessarily just so he can be sure that his plan to get Angelo is successful. Act IV, Scene IV just reiterates the fact of how selfish Angelo is.  While he does express regret for having executed Claudio he still justifies his decision by saying that had Claudio lived he may have sought revenge against Angelo.