NovelGuide: Measure For Measure: Novel Summary: Act 2, Scene 2

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The Provost asks Angelo if he really wants Claudio murdered, and Angelo states that he does.� Provost then asks what's to be done with the woman he got pregnant, Juliet.� Isabella and Lucio then enter and Isabella pleads her brother's case with Angelo.� It doesn't seem to be working however, so Lucio tells her to get down on her knees and beg.� Isabella continues arguing with Angelo until he finally relents and tells her to come back the next day to hear his judgement.� Everyone leaves, and Angelo admits that he is in love with Isabella because of her virtue.