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... passion . We have already seen in him a man in whom passion preponderates over reason ; and the condition becomes worse and worse as the second half of the play proceeds . At climactic points it becomes a frenzy . Now what of Othello ...
... passion . We have already seen in him a man in whom passion preponderates over reason ; and the condition becomes worse and worse as the second half of the play proceeds . At climactic points it becomes a frenzy . Now what of Othello ...
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... passion could not shake ? ( IV , i , 275-7 ) These lines describe Othello as Venice knew him , before the temptation ... passion . He seems to be a man whose reason is never in danger of being over- thrown by passion . But he himself ...
... passion could not shake ? ( IV , i , 275-7 ) These lines describe Othello as Venice knew him , before the temptation ... passion . He seems to be a man whose reason is never in danger of being over- thrown by passion . But he himself ...
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... passion is trying to get the better of his reason : surely the audience is actually being invited to think that the hero's passion may try to do that again , and may even succeed . And when a man speaks of his " passion " and his " best ...
... passion is trying to get the better of his reason : surely the audience is actually being invited to think that the hero's passion may try to do that again , and may even succeed . And when a man speaks of his " passion " and his " best ...
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Shakespeare and the OrderDisorder | 39 |
and Cressida | 89 |
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