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The question of whether this play is recommending severity or mercy in dealing with offences against the law is uncertain. A chief reason for this is that the arguments advanced for both are strong, and individual characters are found to be supporting severity at one moment, but mercy at another.
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© 1986 Mark Lilly
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Lilly, M. (1986). Themes and issues. In: Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare. Macmillan Master Guides. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08720-4_4
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