The Shakespeare Book
THE KING’S MAN 239 (2.4.159–167). Having been indecently propositioned by Angelo, Isabella retorts: “I will proclaim thee, Angel ...
BEWARE MY LORD OF JEALOUSY IT IS THE GREEN-EY’D MONSTER OTHELLO (1603–1604) ...
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242 W ith the help of the love-sick gentleman Roderigo, the soldier Iago plots to thwart the Moorish general of the Venetian arm ...
243 weaves a plot to make Othello believe that Desdemona gave it to Cassio as a token of love. Iago continues to weave his web o ...
244 U nlike the original story of “A Moorish Captain,” which rarely mentions it, Shakespeare makes Othello extremely conscious o ...
245 evident when he defends himself against Brabanzio’s accusations that he kidnapped Desdemona. Othello’s tone and experience, ...
246 OTHELLO The nature of this exchange, and the fact that Othello calls it a “sacred vow” (3.3.463), has led critics to charact ...
THE KING’S MAN 247 disturbing. The monster is a demonic entity that possesses its host and takes over its life. Iago plants a sm ...
248 OTHELLO Faithful wives Both Emilia and Desdemona are depicted as women who loyally follow and obey their husbands. Desdemona ...
THE KING’S MAN 249 He requests that she pray so that he can preserve her immortal soul despite killing her body. This suggests t ...
A MAN MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING KING LEAR (1605–1606) ...
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252 K ing Lear renounces his throne and divides the kingdom among his three daughters. He asks each to profess her love for him, ...
253 home, and that they have put Kent in the stocks. After a furious confrontation with both daughters, Lear rushes into a thund ...
254 W hile King Lear is often considered the height of Shakespeare’s achievement in tragedy, it also undermines many of the assu ...
255 sense of waste that it might have possessed in another Shakespearean tragedy. Lear as tragic hero Lear’s description of hims ...
256 KING LEAR daughter whose love and reverence will be unaffected by his loss of status, unlike Goneril and Regan whose respect ...
THE KING’S MAN 257 Shakespeare casts him out into the wilderness to encounter one. Poor Tom represents a misery that Lear has ne ...
258 Banishes Edgar/Poor Tom Legitimate son Loyal to Earl of Gloucester Plots against sister Goneril Daughter KING LEAR enemy’s d ...
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