Measure for Measure (Shakespeare Library)

Read & Co. Classics presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeares play Measure for Measure. Featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare it is a must for Shakespeare enthusiasts and newcomers alike. This storys main themes are the conflicts between corruption and virtue hypocrisy and justice. The Duke of Vienna leaves to resolve the towns troubles disguised as a friar. Left in charge his trusted deputy Angelo reinstates the criminalising of sex before marriage condemning Claudio who has impregnated the girl he intends to marry to death. When Claudios sister Isabella a novice nun asks Angelo to spare her brother he propositions her revealing his true nature. Though she refuses the characters are swept into a world of trickery secrets and disguise. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English playwright poet and actor. He is considered to be the greatest writer in the English language and is celebrated as the worlds most famous dramatist.