... uses the theme of evil to show one person's greed interrupting the lives of all. In King Lear, Twelfth Night, Timon of Athens, Coriolanus, Taming of the Shrew, and The Tempest different forms of evil rule the lives of the characters in the same way people act today. ... Shakespeare's fictional hatred, which Timon possesses, as characteristic of man. The idea of power can lead people to extreme of violence. In Coriolanus, "we shall see something more of Shakespeare's dealings with this theme of intolerance and hatred, religious, racial" (Thaler12). Shakespeare identifies an arrogant ... ...

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