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As Isabella leaves the stage, the subject of her soliloquy appears before us, a real human Claudio trying to come to terms with death whilst maintaining a little hope of reprieve:
The miserable have no other medicine
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared to die. [iii i 2–4]
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© 1986 Graham Nicholls
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Nicholls, G. (1986). Into the Darkness: The Prison Scene, iii i. In: Measure for Measure. Text and Performance. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06741-1_6
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