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In the clean up of the city, Claudio has been imprisoned and sentenced to death for having premarital sex with his fiancee, Juliet. Their relationship has resulted in Juliet’s pregnancy. When she learned of his plight, his sister, Isabella, went to Lord Angelo to plead for Claudio’s life. However, she has come to tell Claudio there can be no reprieve. For Lord Angelo dared to ask for her virginity in return for Claudio’s life, which Isabella refused. Although he initially accepted her decision,
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CLAUDIO Now, sister, what's the comfort?
ISABELLA Why,
As all comforts are; most good, most good indeed.
Lord Angelo, having affairs to heaven,
Intends you for his swift ambassador,
Where you shall be an everlasting leiger:
Therefore your best appointment make with speed;
To-morrow you set on.
CLAUDIO Is there no remedy?
ISABELLA None, but
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