"'I will open my lips in vain' (3.1.192): L'Échec rhétorique dans Measure for Measure" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc180/ Author: Popelard, Mickaël. Type: Journal Article Year: 2013 Publication Information: Sillages critiques 15 (2013). (http://sillagescritiques.revues.org/2622.) Annotation: Examines language and persuasion in Measure for Measure, arguing that, unlike several other of Shakespeare's plays, it stages several "rhetorical failures" that suggest persuasive language is often used in vain. French and English summaries. Language: French Keywords: rhetoric; persuasion Tags: Measure for Measure, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism WSB Update: Summer 2013 WSB Record Number: bbbc180