Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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... seems to be everyone's confidant : Roderigo enlists his aid in trying to win Desdemona from Othello , Cassio plans ... seems misplaced when we try to reconcile it with a drab , uninteresting villain like Aaron , seems justifiable when ...
... seems to be everyone's confidant : Roderigo enlists his aid in trying to win Desdemona from Othello , Cassio plans ... seems misplaced when we try to reconcile it with a drab , uninteresting villain like Aaron , seems justifiable when ...
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... seems to me that Richard's soliloquy at the open- ing of the play is lifelike and that the speech just quoted shows some trace of conscience , the second scene in Act I , containing Richard's wooing of Lady Anne , certainly exceeds the ...
... seems to me that Richard's soliloquy at the open- ing of the play is lifelike and that the speech just quoted shows some trace of conscience , the second scene in Act I , containing Richard's wooing of Lady Anne , certainly exceeds the ...
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... seems not at all troubled by the king's accusation . He replies , while stabbing the king , " For this ( amongst the rest ) was I ordain'd " ( V : vi : 57 ) . A few lines later he seems resigned to the fact and even proud that the omens ...
... seems not at all troubled by the king's accusation . He replies , while stabbing the king , " For this ( amongst the rest ) was I ordain'd " ( V : vi : 57 ) . A few lines later he seems resigned to the fact and even proud that the omens ...
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Aaron and Iago | 25 |
Richard III Macbeth and Lady Macbeth | 47 |
Angelo and Shylock | 69 |
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