July Shakespeare Cat: Justice

This month’s ShakespeareCAT features the plays Measure for Measure, The Tempest and The Merchant of Venice. The theme of justice can be seen in the aforementioned plays.

Books based on Measure for Measure or contain elements from the play:
Tennyson’s poem “Mariana”
The short-story “In the Region of Ice’ by Joyce Carol Oates
Round Heads and Pointed Heads by Berthold Brecht
Two L by Lauren Willigs

Books based on The Tempest or contain elements from the play:
Hag Seed by Margaret Atwood
Shylock is my Name by Howard Jacobson
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Last Two Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake

Books based on The Taming of the Shrew or contain elements from the play:
Vinegar Girl: William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew Retold: A Novel by Anne Tyler
The Taming of the Drew by Stephanie Kate Strohm
Wise Children by Angela Carter

The Way Madness Lies is a YA book with 15 short rewrites of the Bard’s works.

Or read any other book with the theme of justice.
Please make further suggestions and let us know what you plan to read!

Don’t forget the wiki: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/2022_ShakespeareCAT#July:_hosted_by_Tess... Tempest.2C_Measure for Measure.2C_The Taming of the Shrew_-_Justice

I hope to read the Folger edition of The Tempest and the No Fear Shakespeare: Measure for Measure edition for this challenge.

I hope to read Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler and hopefully Taming of the Shrew.

I've got Wise Children on my library list. Maybe it's time to move it further up.

I plan to read The Murder of Mr Wickham which deals with justice for past wrongs and also justice for the murderer.

Bump for the July ShakespeareCAT thread, which I've just pinned :)

I love The Taming of the Shrew, but I'll probably go with something I haven't read as much. I'm leaning toward Measure for Measure.

I just finished Measure for Measure, and on a very different take on the theme of justice, I'm planning to read The New Jim Crow this month.

I just read A Woman of Consequence by Anna Dean, which definitely deals with the theme of justice. The main character solves several mysteries and must decide whether to reveal the truth; doing so would comply with the law but not necessarily render true justice.

The main character also meditates on a Shakespeare quote, though sadly it's not from one of this month's plays! (It's "Strange things I have in head that will to hand," from Macbeth.)

>9 christina_reads: A BB for me!

>10 Tess_W: I hope you like it, Tess! Technically it is book #3 of a series, and there's a series-long story arc with the main character and a potential love interest. But I think you could follow along and not miss too much, even without reading the first two books. (Bellfield Hall, a.k.a. A Moment of Silence, is book #1.)

>11 christina_reads: I made a note to get the first two books, first, thanks!

August is here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/342886

No Fear Shakespeare: Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare was my read for the ShakespeareCAT for July (justice). I had never read this work before and quite enjoyed it. The theme is Biblical (Luke 6:38)...for whatever measure you give others it will be returned to you in kind. I read this in the No Fear Shakespeare edition and liked the convenience of not having to look up particulars when I didn't understand. I enjoyed having the modern translation when the goofy jailer used words inappropriately and it was a bit difficult to follow at times.

I read The Merchant of Venice in the Oxford School Shakespeare edition, which has notes directly next to the lines of the play--great for reading online. Portia is a strong woman character and I enjoyed getting to know her.