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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