{"id":180,"date":"2008-11-13T02:49:23","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T06:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/2008\/11\/13\/bait-and-switch-imagery\/"},"modified":"2008-11-13T02:52:58","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T06:52:58","slug":"bait-and-switch-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/2008\/11\/13\/bait-and-switch-imagery\/","title":{"rendered":"Bait-and-Switch Imagery"},"content":{"rendered":"

One recurring image in Measure for Measure<\/em> is that of a bait-and-switch.\u00a0 A promise is extended to a character, only to have it fulfilled in a way that goes against the original plan.\u00a0 Usually the promise and the fulfillment are almost identical, creating a strong sense of irony.\u00a0 For instance:<\/p>\n

Angelo is pious and strict against adulterers and takes over for the duke only to demand sex from Isabella.\u00a0 Vincentio is lax with adultery laws but leaves Angelo in charge in order to masquerade as a friar.<\/p>\n

Angelo offers to not punish Claudio for adultery; however, the only way that can happen is if Isabella commits adultery, thus passing Claudio’s sin onto his sister.<\/p>\n

Isabella promises to unlawfully sleep with Angelo; instead, he is tricked into having an entirely legal tryst with Mariana.<\/p>\n

Lucio constantly insults the duke when speaking to Vincentio as the friar; he later insults the friar to Vincentio as the duke.<\/p>\n

Angelo sleeps with Mariana, then goes back on his word and demands to see Claudio’s severed head.<\/p>\n

The duke attempts to substitute Barnardine’s head for Claudio’s; Barnardine refuses to be executed.<\/p>\n

The head of an executed man is demanded; the head of a pirate who died of natural causes is substituted.<\/p>\n

The irony of the bait-and-switch imagery contributes to Shakespeare’s theme of hypocrisy.\u00a0 Many of the substitutions are quite similar to what was originally promised, showing that arbitrary human demands are usually unreasonable and hypocritical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One recurring image in Measure for Measure is that of a bait-and-switch.\u00a0 A promise is extended to a character, only to have it fulfilled in a way that goes against the original plan.\u00a0 Usually the promise and the fulfillment are almost identical, creating a strong sense of irony.\u00a0 For instance: Angelo is pious and strict … Continue reading Bait-and-Switch Imagery<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[825],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ball-group-four"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}