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Thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for this.
— Dogberry ‧ Much Ado About Nothing
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The threat joins condemnation to redemption, putting punishment and salvation into the same phrase. Read as a verbal mistake, it overturns the severity the speaker appears to intend. The grand promise of something everlasting makes the contradictory choice of word especially conspicuous.
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