In The Taming of the Shrew Bianca cannot marry until her elder sister finds a husband, and Katherine does not want to marry anyone. ... Unlike Katherine, who claimed she would marry Petruccio (Shr 2.I.260-268), Beatrice does not agree to marry Benedick. ... You crow too like a craven." ... Katherine does not seem as a woman who would write love sonnets to Petruccio, when Beatrice does write them to Benedick (Ado 5.IV.88-90). Beatrice is disgusted by Benedick's being a soldier "I pray you, how many hath he killed and eaten in these wars?   ...

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Look to 't, I charge you. ... Ophelia demonstrates her weakness as she is convinced by her father that Hamlet does not have good intentions, leaving her devastated and unable to find the courage to fight back. ... Not being able to be with the one she loves drives Ophelia to go mad especially because she knows the advice she is receiving is taking her in the wrong direction. ... This shows as Hamlet speaks to Ophelia, "Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool, for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them. ... This play is a prime example of how women have outgrown t...

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For example, in Othello, after convincing Roderigo that everything will work out and promising to help him win over Desdemona, Iago delivers his first soliloquy saying Thus do I ever make my fool my purse; For I mine own gained knowledge should profane If I would time expend with such snipe But for my sport and profit. ... Therefore prepare you. ... Although he intends to hurt Cassio, he gives off the impression that he is merely doing the right thing by saying, I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth Than it should do offense to Michael Cassio. ... It is unclear how much Clau...

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As King he should not divided the kingdom because it is his responsible that he should rule it until the end of his life. ... Even more truthfully, she says "Why have my sisters husbands, if they say they love you all? ... Sure, I shall never marry like my sisters". It implied even more straightforward and also show that she know how wickedness her sisters are which Lear could not distinguish the good and bad from his mental blindness due to his pride. ... I tax you not, you elements, with unkindness". ...

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And yet, it is difficult to see why we should regard "King Lear" as a tragedy for the King is basically a pathetic old man, vain and foolish, rash in his judgment and incapable of controlling his emotions. ... But if that is the case, then Lear cannot be in a tragic situation as Hegel defines it, that is, he is not caught in the clash of two legitimate principles, a situation from which there is no simple escape, no matter how much he learns. ... Eliot: "I said the king was an incredibly foolish old man, which God knows he was; and that if he'd been my father I would have run away from ho...

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