...talking in order to lighten hjg^ own heart. Claudio makes unconscious fun of the Duke's argument: " To sue to live, I find I seek to die, And seeking death, find life: let it come on." This scepticism of Shakespeare which shows itself out of place in Angelo and again...

...that the role sits easily upon him. In response Claudio claims that he is indeed reconciled to death: To sue to live, I find I seek to die, And seeking death, find life. Let it come on. (3.1.42-3) To Isabella too he declares that if he must die he 'will encounter darkness...

...which we are all equal. ' 2 The Friar-Duke reconciles Claudio to his fate, with hope of an after-life: 'To sue to live, I find I seek to die; / And, seeking death, find life. Let it come on' (111,1,42-3). Brave words; so long as there's no remedy. But once Claudio learns from...

...or life / Shall thereby be the sweeter," Claudio greets Isabella already resolved to accept death: "To sue to live, I find I seek to die, / And seeking death, find life. Let it come on" (3.1.42-3). Only after establishing Claudio's position does Shakespeare bring in Isabella....

...hid a thousand deaths; yet death we fear, That makes these odds all even. CLAU. I humbly thank you. To sue to live, I find, I seek to die; And, seeking death, find life: let it come on. 1 Ars Poetica, 138f.: 'What will this boaster produce in keeping with such mouthing?...

...who dealt with Juliet's sin and repentance with such priestly exactitude. Cla. I humbly thank you. To sue to live, I find I seek to die, And seeking death, find life. Let it come on. (41-43) Arthur Kirsch says that "unlike many critics of the play, Claudio at least...

...characteristically riddling language which is so often associated with rebirth in Shakespeare's plays, To sue to live, I find I seek to die, / And seeking death, find life' (mi 42-3). In a metaphorical sense this is true of Isabella as well, and represents a truth she has...

...punch-drunk from the blows of fortune may say he believes it, as does Claudio: "I humbly thank you. / To sue to live, I find I seek to die, / And seeking death, find life" (111.1.41-43). This engaging boy is scared witless. This scene prepares for Isabella's arrival in the...

...the Duke's words sufficiently to offer a kind of stifled, epigrammatic summary of what he has heard: "To sue to live, I find I seek to die, / And seeking death, find life" (42—43). But something different breaks out very soon, when Isabella shows him a chance for survival....

...consejo, porque Shakespeare no lo quiere así. Vincentio es en efecto lo que 10. I humbly thank yon. / To sue to live, I find I seek to die, / And seeking death, find life. Let it come on. [III.i.41-43] Lucio dice de él: "el duque de los rincones oscuros", adicto a los disfraces,...