... . The large question is whether to fall into temptation or to hold firm ground and escape this feeling. Shakespeare explores the temptations of many characters and the choices they make through the plays of Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, and Othello. In the tragedies, the  challenge or obstacle is the pride of a tragic hero who suffers some downfall.   The challenge of the hero ... on these three prophecies since he wants them to become true and then goes and kills King Duncan and other innocent characters in the play.   After reading the play, we wonder if the witches have any part i...

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... this situation in Shakespearean plays; in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Claudius commits his evil acts because of his greed for the throne; in Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is so moved by her greed for wealth and power that she forces her husband to commit murder, and in Othello, Moor of ... (Piphetti, gradesaver.com) Claudius's insurmountable greed was inherent and he wasn't able to overcome its transformation into evil. One of Shakespeare's most villainous characters is disliked mainly because he is extremely good at being bad. Iago, from Othello, the Moor of Venice, appears to epitomize the phr...

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... therefore many of these in all Shakespeare's plays, and, especially Othello. In certain examples of the play, a long speech is said, with several other characters around but without any recognition, therefore making it appear to be a soliloquy. Examples being Iago and Roderigo, who never really acknowledges anything Iago says anyway. ... a stranglehold on the audience, and they do raise tension, but only because of the storyline. The soliloquies are said mainly by the more important characters, naturally. Almost every character that is involved in the plot in a major way, has something ...

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