The character of Vincentio in Othello

Vincentio, the Duke in the play Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare, has appeared to some as a wrong doer and inconsistent, and to others, a moral man interested only in what is fair. After examining the play I see Vincentio as an arrogant, presumptuous man, who acts as though he were God, and is not at all a divine person. I will explain why I thought this in the following paragraphs. As we understand …

…whore (act 5 scene 1, 516). These marriages will generate future adultery and misery, creating yet more temptation and torment. One would believe Vincentio is a fraud, and desires only stardom. One of the primal ideas in the story is ‘people are not what they seem’. People are convinced Vincentio is moral, and tested Angelo for the good of others, but ironically, Vincentio, ‘The Duke of Dark Corners’ cloaks his inner arrogance and selfishness in a Friars disguise.