... beast, with witchcraft of his wits and gifts,...." He also expresses his love for the queen, his dignity, and confusion in lines 46-49, "The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen...From me, whose love was of that dignity..." The ghost, contradicting itself, then calls his queen a wretch in lines 31-34, "Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor to ... Hamlet. This is evidenced strongly by their choice of words: the Ghost is written in the old Senecan tradition and uses repetition, conversely Claudius uses prose. Claudius further prefers to define himself with the words, "though", "ou...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... nature, I know not where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume. (Shakespeare 5.2.6-13) By killing Desdemona Othello puts the light out. In this play Desdemona's innocence and purity define her as the light in Othello's life. Othello takes this internal light and puts it out allowing for the shift from light to dark. Her tragic death soon follows, and ... destroy Othello. Iago knows that by making Desdemona the foe, everybody will be caught in the net. Through her he knows that he is in control. Desdemona is described as virtuous and good and through the many lies and deceitf...

• Word Count: 1542
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School