Lucio

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Lucio is a roguish, witty gentleman in Shakespeare’s play "Measure for Measure," known for his bawdy humor, moral hypocrisy, and role as a comic commentator on the play’s themes of justice and corruption.

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Lucio canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character
comic character
fictional character
appearsIn Measure for Measure
appearsInAct Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
associatedTheme corruption
hypocrisy
justice
law and order
sexual morality
characterTrait bawdy
cowardly
hypocritical
roguish
slanderous
witty
creator William Shakespeare
dramaticFunction commentator on authority
source of comic relief
vehicle for social satire
employerInFiction Duke Vincentio
firstPerformanceCentury 17th century
genreOfWork comedy
interactsWith Angelo
Claudio
Duke Vincentio
Isabella
Mariana
Mistress Overdone
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod English Renaissance
moralAlignment morally ambiguous
nationalityInFiction Italian
notableAction denies responsibility for his child
encourages Isabella to plead with Angelo for Claudio
frequents brothels
impregnates a prostitute
is forced to marry the woman he wronged
slanders the Duke in conversation
punishmentInPlot forced marriage
threat of whipping
roleInWork comic commentator
gentleman
settingOfFiction Vienna
speechStyle bawdy wordplay
prose
workAuthor Measure for Measure

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