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 From thine own sister’s shame? (3.1.138-145)
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 From thine own sister’s shame? (3.1.138-145)
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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://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=3651, accessed 14 December 2024.]