... transformation. In his many plays he uses animal comparisons in his character portrayals to enhance their traits and to show how humans are part of the natural world. This dehumanization is humbling and effectively serves to show that although we may be humans we are not above fault. Man has long appraised and portrayed his own character by means of comparison with animals ... be found throughout most of Shakespeare's plays. The Pythagorean theory in Ovid's Metamorphoses states that one should not eat flesh for our souls may inhabit the bodies of animals. In chapter fifteen Pythagoras d...

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