Exercise of Authority in Measure for Measure Essay -- Measure for Meas

At the outset, we find the Duke transferring his power and authority to Angelo. He lends to Angelo his sustain terror and dresses Angelo with his love, giving his deputation all the organs of his own power. He says that from now on mortality and mercy in Vienna would live in Angelos tongue and heart. The Duke motive in appointing Angelo to function in his stead is, as he tells Friar doubting Thomas, to free the country of the evils which have taken strong roots and which, he ideates, he himself cannot eradicate because of his reputation as a very lenient man. immediately the question is how far the Duke is justified in appointing a substitute to line up the kingdom and reform the corrupt Vienna society. We do not think that the Duke is justified in taking such a step. We are for sure not convinced by the basis which he gives to Friar Thomas for not undertaking the task of reform himself. Why should the Duke evade his office? He tells Friar Thomas that, if he were now suddenly to go bad strict and stern, his actions would cause much resentment among the people. that this is no reason why a ruler should himself go into the background and appoint other man to take his place. Besides, we soon afterwards find that the Duke in provoke more in observing Angelo at work as his deputy, and less(prenominal) is seeing evil being eradicated. We find that the Duke is concerned more with staining his deputy actions than with the process of reform. He becomes more interested in reflection and prying into the personal as well as official heart of Angelo than in the direction which the public affairs of the country are taking.Angelos Exercise of AuthorityAs soon as Angelo is given target of the kingdom, he begins to exercise his authority in a relentless manner. H... ...e protested against jurist being totally pushed into background with mercy holding the field. The Duke compels Angelo to get unite to Mariana, the girl whom he had once betrayed and forsaken, an d the girl whom he has now seduced. But that is the only punishment which is imposed upon a character who proves to be the whip sinner among all the characters of the play. References1Marsh, Nicholas. Shakespeare Three Problem Plays New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 20032Montrose, Louis Adrian. Shaping Fantasies Figuration of sexuality and power in Elizabethan cultures 1983.3Rogers, Pat. The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1993.4Schanzer, Ernest(1963). The worry plays of Shakespeare London, Routledge&Kegan Paul, 1963.5Tillyard, E.M.W. Shakespeares problem plays London, Chatto&Windous, 1964.