One of the abiding tasks of feminist criticism is to consider literary works in light of the male abuse of power and to explore how this abuse has been used to marginalise and oppress women. Look again at Measure and ask yourself: how far have we come since 1604.

One of the most important themes in this work is the abuse of power; and specifically the abuse of power to exploit women. A great non-literary body of work to compare Measure to would be the public service announcements of Tarana Burke. Check these out.

If you were to follow the suggestion to the left 👈 , you could very quickly develop a powerful and interesting discussion in the individual oral which deals with the how the works represent the treatment of women. An alternative approach may be to think about this work in the context of the comparative Paper 2 exam; think Normal People, Medea, Human Acts - they all could stand as interesting counterpoints to Measure.