A problem play it certainly is! the lack of agency of Isabella and the sexuality and gender politics make it an incredibly frustrating read at some points but it's interesting to see some of the attitudes and points of view from the time that wouldnt quite occur today. The duke is a perverse games master setting out elaborate schemes to display his superiority to the detriment of all around him, Angelo never should of had power, Claudio never should of been under threat of death and the duke could have stopped it at any time but was too busy playing smartest boy for his big moment, then he does the exact thing that Angelo does in coercing Isabella into marriage, I guess it's more moral because it's marriage and not making her a whore personally I think that's worse. it works very well as a story about abuse of power by those that wield it and the interplay of that power with sexual relationships in the formal sense and sexuality itself however the interesting points it shows are not the ones intended by the author! all in all fantastic text to critique