...I crave no other, nor no better man. Similarly later, as she appeals to Isabella against all logic: Sweet Isabel, do yet but kneel by me, Hold up your...better For being a little bad ; so may my husband, (vi) Her love for Angelo enables her to see through his cold outside to the confused man within. Marina...

...of experiencing normal human weaknesses? The Duke may agree with what Mariana has somewhere heard: "They say best men are moulded out of faults, / And,...become much more the better / For being a little bad" (5.1.437-9). The punishment to which Duke Vincentio subjects Angelo seems infinitely more humane than...

...mercy of this fact, Her brother's ghost his paved bed would break And take her hence in horror. Mariana Isabel! Sweet Isabel, do yet but kneel by me, Hold up your hands, say nothing; I'll speak all. 435 They say best men are moulded out of faults, And for the most become much more the better For being...

...loss for words. Surely such affecting impressions are required by the broken, repetitive phrasing of: Isabel, Sweet Isabel, do yet but kneel by me; Hold...say, best men are moulded out of faults ; And, for tlie most, become much more the better For being a little bad: so may my husband. O Isabel, will you...

...Clown — All's Well I.iii A young man married is a man that's marred. Parolles— All's Well II.iii They say, best men are moulded out of faults; And,...better For being a little bad: so may my husband. Mariana — MforM Vi Nature craves All dues be rend'red to their owners: now, What nearer debt in all...

...circumstances without denying the offender's central guilt. Thus, Mariana says, looking to the future, They say best men are moulded out of faults, And,...better For being a little bad. So may my husband. (Vi444-46) And Isabella offers extenuation in her plea to the Duke by referring to Angelo's goodness...

...studies in the great tragedies. III. TRAGIC REVELATION In Measure for Measure it was recognized that best men are moulded out of faults, And, for the most,...become much more the better For being a little bad. (vi 440) The thought helps us to understand Shakespeare's greater tragedies. Their heroes, however...

...Measure, or (closer to Lovelace's own crime — and strength of character) Angelo in the same play. They say best men are moulded out of faults, And,...better For being a little bad. So may my husband. (5.1.436-8) So says Mariana, pleading for Angelo's life: but the charities possible in tragi-comedy...

...Conversion and Community (London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1967), pp. 114-15. They say best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, 5.1. [440— 42]. Eleanore Milardo uses the spelling "Godde"...

...are part of the panorama, as it comes full circle, there is evidence of the benignity even of evil. I'll speak all. They say, best men are moulded out...become much more the better For being a little bad. But it is unsafe to assess an author's mood from the remarks of his characters. Fortunately, in Measure...