Std: 'selfishness The Disease' In William Shakespeare's Measure For Measure
Keegan Allan Michal Lewis
ENC 4331
Dr. L. Thomas
May 20, 2008
STD: âSelfishness the Diseaseâ in Measure for Measure
The prevalence of disease, though not stressed directly, is an issue of importance when addressing William Shakespeareâs play, âMeasure for Measure.â At the surface the reader is made aware that there is an abundance of sexually transmitted diseases. The commonality of such maladies is a direct result of the widespread practice of the Earthâs oldest profession, prostitution. Brothels such as the one run by Mistress Overdone were plentiful in the days of Shakespeare and this is illustrated in the play. The period, unlike today, offered no preventative measures from sexually transmitted diseases other than abstinence and monogamy. Neither of these, however, seem to be the common practice, thus disease runs rampant through the population, particularly Syphilis, or as it is called in the play, French Velvet. While the presence of physically......
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