{"id":56,"date":"2021-10-03T16:57:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T16:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasbruder.com\/?p=56"},"modified":"2022-09-16T14:49:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T14:49:24","slug":"measure-for-measure-and-advanced-forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasbruder.com\/measure-for-measure-and-advanced-forgiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"Measure for Measure and Advanced Forgiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like Borges, Shakespeare knew that this world is an illusion. He also knew the power of advanced forgiveness, which he wrote about in <em>Measure for Measure<\/em>. The Duke of Vienna pretends to leave on a diplomatic mission and appoints Antonio, a deeply confused and conflicted man, to serve in his stead. Working deftly behind the scenes, the Duke engineers it so that Antonio, intending to commit a number of terrible crimes in the Duke\u2019s absence, including extortion and murder, has failed while appearing to succeed. When the Duke returns, he confronts Antonio, who, still believing his crimes accomplished, utters lines that still bring tears to my eyes:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cO my dread lord,<br \/>\nI should be guiltier than my guiltiness,<br \/>\nTo think I can be undiscernible,<br \/>\nWhen I perceive your grace, like power divine,<br \/>\nHath look&#8217;d upon my passes. Then, good prince,<br \/>\nNo longer session hold upon my shame,<br \/>\nBut let my trial be mine own confession:<br \/>\nImmediate sentence then and sequent death<br \/>\nIs all the grace I beg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Antonio begs for death, but the Duke will hear none of it. Antonio\u2019s imagined crimes never happened, and the play ends in a double marriage and festivities. There is no clearer expression of the principles of advanced forgiveness in literature. Our crimes against each other were a fever dream. 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