Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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Page 37
... suggests the word motiveless , we should remember that motiveless is not the same as un- accountable or incomprehensible or meaningless . Indeed , to place Iago outside the circuit of commonplace cause and effect is to make him not a ...
... suggests the word motiveless , we should remember that motiveless is not the same as un- accountable or incomprehensible or meaningless . Indeed , to place Iago outside the circuit of commonplace cause and effect is to make him not a ...
Page 44
... suggests that Othello will certainly reinstate him if he appeals to Desdemona to intercede in his behalf . Acting on this advice , Cassio makes what promises to be a successful entreaty ; but , as he is leaving Desdemona , Iago enters ...
... suggests that Othello will certainly reinstate him if he appeals to Desdemona to intercede in his behalf . Acting on this advice , Cassio makes what promises to be a successful entreaty ; but , as he is leaving Desdemona , Iago enters ...
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... suggests that Shylock made a habit of squeezing debtors and makes more plausible his subsequent fiendish be- havior . Shylock himself seems to corroborate Antonio's accusa- tion when he says , " I will have the heart of him if he ...
... suggests that Shylock made a habit of squeezing debtors and makes more plausible his subsequent fiendish be- havior . Shylock himself seems to corroborate Antonio's accusa- tion when he says , " I will have the heart of him if he ...
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