NP but tangentially. Measure for Measure

[jochen stremmel]

Isn't Lupescu the Prankster-King who passes the mantle? And I'd say
that what the Duke does in Measure for Measure is also rather a test
than a compliment, a test that Angelo fails btw.

Jochen

2010/12/17 David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:
> I'd say in Pynchon's short story Siegel is a Prankster-King, and by
> passing his mantle no praise is necessarily implied, because the
> prankster isn't that kind of guy.  He's tired of fooling with that
> Whole Sick Crew, and his passing the mantle to a stranger would be
> more of a test than a compliment.  BTW, I think the short story is
> juvenile dross.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> But I think it fair to say if the phrase is 'not praise', the Duke is handing Angelo something like 'praise'---positive judgment of qualities?--- by anointing him the one in command to make such decisions in the Duke's stead, no?
>