...what she is doing, had these candid words in her brief self-characterization in her very first scene: "it is a good divine that follows his own instructions,...be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching" (1.2.14-17). Is she not now, in her imposturous appearance in the courtroom, with her soul-subduing...

...others, simply lack the energy, commitment, or moral imagination to do what they know should be done: "It is a good divine that follows his own instructions:...be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching" (Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene II). Yet conditions are changing and something greater is now at...