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" We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. "
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Adaptations of Shakespeare: A Critical Anthology of Plays from the ...

Daniel Fischlin, Mark Fortier - English drama - 2000 - 330 pages
...ANGELO dons the Duke's garments of authority: cap and medallion.) ANGELO We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,...And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch and not their terror. ESCALUS Ay, but yet Let us be keen and rather cut a little Than fall, and...
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Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2000 - 164 pages
...II Enter Angelo, Escalus, and Servants, Justice. ANGELO We must not make a scarecrow of the law, 2 Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch and not their terror. ESCALUS Ay, but yet 5 Let us be keen and rather cut a little, 6 Than fall...
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莎士比亞通論: 喜劇

顏元叔 - Comedy - 2001 - 838 pages
...在本景首見凸顯 且看他們兩個關於C @ aud @ o 的對話: Ang. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,...And let it keep one shape till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. Esc.Ay, but yet Let us keen, and rather cut a little, Than fall, and bruise...
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Shakespeare Survey, Volume 40

Stanley Wells - Drama - 2002 - 260 pages
...identified. Note the consonance of Angelo's rejection of permissiveness in rule: We must not make a scarecrow of the law. Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,...And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch and not their terror (2.1. 1-4) with his: Now, as fond fathers. Having bound up the threat'ning...
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Shakespeare Survey, Volume 25

Kenneth Muir - Drama - 2002 - 228 pages
...in Claudio's case and like Christ uses a metaphor of marauding birds: 'We must not make a scarecrow of the law, / Setting it up to fear the birds of prey' (H, i, 1-2). Giving in to temptation, which Angelo personifies as 'the birds of prey' and Christ personifies...
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Crow

Boria Sax - Art - 2003 - 188 pages
...Duke Vincentio, argues for vigorous enforcement of the laws by saying: We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, LW r^Sf] C^rxCl^Ci* iAlNTit <~-_ *S. And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and...
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Fundamental Rights and Democratic Governance: Essays in Caribbean Jurisprudence

Simeon C. R. McIntosh - Capital punishment - 2005 - 356 pages
...essence, is Angelo's idea of the 'rule of law'. Thus he declares: -297We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,...And let it keep one shape till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.261 But, sadly, the virtues of Angelo's legal theory or conception of justice...
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Crime and Punishment

Kathy Elgin - Crime - 2005 - 36 pages
...Doctor of Law, in his long, black gown, was a highly respected figure. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,...And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. MEASURE FOR MEASURE, ACT 2, SCENE 1 Because there were so many laws, people...
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Crime and Punishment

Kathy Elgin - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2005 - 36 pages
...Doctor of Law, in his long, black gown, was a highly respected figure. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,...And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. MEASURE FOR MEASURE, ACT 2, SCENE 1 Because there were so many laws, people...
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Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2011 - 340 pages
...ACT 2 Scene 1 Enter Angela, Escalus, Servants, ^and a* Justice. ANGELO We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,...And let it keep one shape till custom make it Their perch and not their terror. ESCALUS Ay, but yet 5 Let us be keen and rather cut a little Than fall...
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