Isabella:
How shall I proceed on this path
paved before me?
The world at present laughs at my
surprise,
For Angelo hath repented, and
Claudio still lives.
Oh, how the Duke must delight in
our confusion,
And take pleasure in the shock he
has caused us all!
The Duke, most recently, hath
proposed marriage to me.
Was I not meant to serve our
Father with my virtue?
Is my chastity not meant to
prevail? Surely not,
Else I would not have evaded the
forceful grip of Angelo,
Only to stand once again in the
face of this choice.
The Duke declared what is his is
mine, but yet
He did say what is mine is his.
Doth he imply
That my soul, untainted at
present, is to be forever entwined
With his? Oh, but the Duke hath
left me with many
Debts to pay him. Could marriage to
this man really be so wrong?
For this life laid before me
might have been my destiny all along.
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