A character in this play compares himself to carrion "lying by the violet in the sun", bemoaning that he rots in the sunlight instead of growing.
A character in this play compares himself to carrion "lying by the violet in the sun", bemoaning that he rots in the sunlight instead of growing. That soliloquy from this play asks, "The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?" and occurs after the villain speaks with a woman about to become a nun. In this play, a shunned woman named Mariana pretends to be someone else under cover of darkness as she has sex with her betrothed, leading to the pardon of a man who has impregnated Juliet. Duke Vincentio disguises himself as Friar Lodowick in this problem play, in which Isabella is offered the chance to save her brother Claudio by sleeping with Angelo. For 10 points, name this Shakespeare comedy that centers on a ban on fornication in Vienna.
A character in this play compares himself to carrion "lying by the violet in the sun", bemoaning that he rots in the sunlight instead of growing.
Measure for Measure