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Folger Shakespeare Library: Measure for Measure
Among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare's plays, Measure for Measure follows Angelo, deputized by his duke to enforce the laws of their land more vigorously. As his first order of duty he condemns a man to death for impregnating a woman before marriage. Pleading with Angelo to save her brother's life, young nun Isabella is faced with a moral dilemma . . .
As one of the world's leading centers for Shakespearean studies, the 'Folger Shakespeare Library' takes pride in presenting a completely trusted, widely used editions of the Bard's works for both students and general readers with a number of helpful features including exact text for easy cross-reference, hypertext links, newly revised explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to the works most famous lines and phrases, an introduction to Shakespeare's language, a modern perspective of the play from a modern scholar, and an annotated guide to further reading.