NovelGuide: Measure For Measure: Novel Summary: Act 4, Scene 3

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Act 4, Scene 3

Barnadine decides he doesn't want to die, so the men decide to send the head of a man who had died that morning of a disease.� They doctor it up so it looks like Claudio and send it to Angelo.� The Friar gives directions that Barnadine and Claudio be put into a hidden prison so Angelo doesn't find out they still live.� Isabella comes to inquire after her brother, and the Friar tells her that her brother has been killed.�� He then tells her that the duke will return soon, and she can then get revenge on Angelo.