... its importance runs throughout Shakespeare's work. The contrasting images of Desdemona have a secondary purpose; they make it hard for the audience to form a clear interpretation of her. Her father and Othello commend her for being sweet, gentle and mild yet her actions convey the opposite. Desdemona's actions will be interpreted differently depending on how the audience see her character. It could ... ; she is hiding her true feelings beneath a mask. These lines could be interpreted sinisterly as Desdemona being an actress and deceiving those around her. But I think she is worried about...

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In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we discover that Macbeth is a tragic hero. Macbeth is very ambitious, courageous, and a moral coward: all these things lead to his tragic death at the end of the play. At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare defines Macbeth as a hero very clearly. From the courages in defense of Scotland is significant in the opening scene. However, he is very ambitious to be king. At the beginning of the play, he was loyal to the king. While he did imagine of murder his mind rejects it and said, "Why, if fate will have me king, why, chance may crown me," ( Act I, ...

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