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Whether Iago's remarks just quoted or his subsequent complaint , ' tis the curse of service . Preferment goes by letter and affection , And not by old gradation , where each second Stood heir to th'first ( I : i : 35-38 ) , accurately ...
Whether Iago's remarks just quoted or his subsequent complaint , ' tis the curse of service . Preferment goes by letter and affection , And not by old gradation , where each second Stood heir to th'first ( I : i : 35-38 ) , accurately ...
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More important , the fact that Iago does not make frequent references to his loss of the lieutenancy is not so ... Iago's first speech is given a prominent position at the beginning of the play and occupies thirty - nine lines .
More important , the fact that Iago does not make frequent references to his loss of the lieutenancy is not so ... Iago's first speech is given a prominent position at the beginning of the play and occupies thirty - nine lines .
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I admit that Iago's characterization might have been more convincing if this second “ motive ” had been left out . ... writes : “ What casts further doubt on the validity of these two grievances of Iago is that there are two of them .
I admit that Iago's characterization might have been more convincing if this second “ motive ” had been left out . ... writes : “ What casts further doubt on the validity of these two grievances of Iago is that there are two of them .
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| Title | Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
| Author | Charles Norton Coe |
| Publisher | Bookman Associates, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 May 2008 |
| Length | 122 pages |
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