Angelo (Measure for Measure)
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Angelo is a character in Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure. He is the play's main antagonist.
Isabella and Angelo by Stephen Reid, 1909
Isabella appealing to Angelo (William Hamilton, 1793).
William Hunt Claudio and Isabella Shakespeare Measure for Measure
Shakespearean comedy
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In the First Folio, the plays of William Shakespeare were grouped into three categories: comedies, histories, and tragedies; and modern scholars recognise a fourth category, romance, to describe the s
Angelo (Measure for Measure)
…light and acknowledge his shortcomings. Measure for Measure is considered one of Shakespeare's problem plays because it deviates from the traditional comedy. Angelo's character is a major reason for this classification because Shakespeare created him with tragic qualities, but framed his character within a…
The Duel Scene from 'Twelfth Night' by William Shakespeare, William Powell Frith (1842)