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'Bear the Sword of Heaven': Does the Duke strike you as a wholly good upholder of Justice in Measure for Measure {William Shakespeare}.
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... 'Bear the Sword of Heaven': Does the Duke strike you as a wholly good upholder of Justice in Measure for Measure {William Shakespeare} The Duke can be interpreted in a number of different ways. By the end of the play, readers have had compelling reasons for both agreeing and disagreeing with the title. How the Duke's character is construed has a crucial effect on the interpretation of the whole play. The central focus of my essay will be the various acts of punishment, reparation and forgiveness that the Duke prompts at the very end of the play. Primarily, I feel that the Duke can and has been likened to a kind of God like character who moves unseen and all seeing among his people. G.Wilson Knight suggests that the Duke is, 'lit at moments with divine suggestion comparable with his almost divine power of foreknowledge, control and wisdom.' I feel that
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