Lucio AO1/AO5

Question 1

Open admission about his own promiscuity and the effects of this

+ Lucio as a representative of the wider chaos/degeneracy in Vienna

Answer 1

AO1: Behold, behold, where Madam Mitigation comes! I have purchased as many diseases under her roof as come to”
(1.2)

AO5: “he is dissolute, free-spoken, a haunter of brothels”.

He shows “what the young men of Vienna are like”. (Lawrence)

Question 2

Lucio’s traits: relatable, supports Isabella, loyal friend of Claudio, comic relief

+ Critical judgement of these traits as…

Answer 2

AO1: “If the old fantastical duke of dark corners had been at home, he had lived”. (4.3)

AO5: “strong redeeming traits” (Lawrence)

Question 3

Reaction when hearing that he has to marry Kate Keepdown

+ critic accordingly explaining the implications of unrestrained sexuality

Answer 3

AO1: **“Marrying a punk, my lord, is pressing to death, whipping, and hanging.” (5.1) **
-Hilarious contemporaneously albeit almost certainly misogynistic to a modern audience

AO5: “unrestrained sexuality is ostensibly subverting social order” (Dollimore)