Essay - In 'Measure for Measure' We See Substitution in the Characters...

In "Measure for *****" we see substitution in the characters, in the role the ***** take on, in ***** key events, in the language and ***** the themes. Substitution occurs throughout the entire play, which only adds to ***** overall meaning of the *****, the nature ***** substitution in that it is a part of human life, especially in relation to the choices an individual must make in the course of their life.

*****, we see the ***** of the characters ***** the play, substituting one ***** for the other. Angelo substitutes ***** the Duke, in tak*****g h***** place as Deputy and looking after the state in the Duke's absence. In describing Angelo as the substitute the Duke says:

Elected him our absence to supply, Lent him ***** terror, dress'd him with our love, And given his deputation all the organs Of our own power: what think you of it?" (I.i.) It is noted here that ***** Duke is not merely allowing Angelo ***** take his place. He wants him ***** just to take on the role but to be an actual subst*****ute for *****self. The words 'lent', '*****' and 'given' all show that ***** Duke does not ***** that Angelo can do it as the man that he is.

Later in ***** play, Mariana ***** ***** Isabella, where Mariana *****s *****'s place ***** sleeping ***** Angelo. Isabella later asks Angelo to put himself in Claudio's place, which he does. After the bed-trick, Barnardine subst*****utes for Claudio taking h***** place in being beheaded and fin*****y Ragozine substitutes ***** *****.

***** substitute ********** is also continued where we see the dual roles of the characters. The ***** is the obvious example, ***** he purposefully takes on a dual role going undercover as ***** Friar. Other ***** take a dual ***** not as different characters but as how we view ***** characters. Angelo initially seems ***** be a symbol of righteousness. By the end of the pl*****y he has broken ***** rules that ***** created ***** thus reveals ***** as a hypocrite.

Isabella also offers to take on a new role, where she offers to ********** the guilt for Claudio, essentially offering to take his ***** as the guilty *****,."..***** granting of my suit, if that be sin, I'll make it my morn prayer to have it added to the faults of mine and *****hing ***** your answer." (II.iv.)

We can ********** look at the events of the play and ***** these rel*****e to substituti*****s. The bed-trick is one of the ***** events in the play ***** is itself a substitution, where ***** substitutes for Isabella. Not only th*****, ***** it brings into question the whole significance of substitution and especially the difficulty in choo*****g between two th*****gs. In ***** scene Angelo is set up to sleep with Mariana, in the ***** this is represented as ***** acceptable and in the society of the time, it w***** ***** as the two were married. In contrast ***** and Juliet are not married and