Commentary

• Measure for Measure

  - Allan Bloom, "Measure for Measure," in Love and Friendship, Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1993.
  Excerpt: “Measure for Measure is another play that is dominated by a priest’s plot, but, unlike the plot in Romeo and Juliet, this equally contrived solution to a problem works. The happy result makes us laugh. The solution to sexual problems is… More

• Wisdom and the Law: Thoughts on the Political Philosophy of Measure for Measure

  - Barbara Tovey, “Wisdom and the Law: Thoughts on the Political Philosophy of Measure for Measure,” in Shakespeare’s Political Pageant, eds. Alulis and Sullivan, 261–87
  Excerpt: The opening lines of Measure for Measure and The Tempest are remarkably similar. In both plays a superior summons a subordinate, calling him by name or title and giving him commands. Thus at the very outset of these plays Shakespeare suggests that… More

• Chastity as a Political Principle: An Interpretation of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure

  - Harry V. Jaffa, “Chastity as a Political Principle: An Interpretation of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure,” in Shakespeare as Political Thinker, eds. Alvis and West, 203–40
  Excerpt: The city of Vienna is in bad shape. It has been misruled, or allowed to go without being ruled, for no less than fourteen years. The nominal ruler is a philosopher. However good philosophic rule may be in theory, in practice it seems to be nearly the… More