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Explore the ways Shakespeare presents the Duke in Act one of measure for measure. What possibilities and restraints does this role offer for the contemporary director?
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Explore the ways Shakespeare presents the Duke in Act one of measure for measure. What possibilities and restraints does this role offer for the contemporary director? In a play we get to know about a character by what he says what he does and what other people think about him. When the duke abandons the city it cause society to collapse and the whole city to fall into chaos. Any eratical behaviour made by the duke, at the top of the hierarchical pyramid would be amplified as you go down. People at the bottom will want to know what is going on and the people near the top will try and grab a piece of power. In the 17th Century the audience then would of reacted very differently to an audience of today. Back then a audience would think that it was a terrible thing that the duke had done as he is...
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