(1. 1. 33-36) These lines exibits Antony's infatuation over Cleopatra. ... He is not a tragic figure in any recognizable sense; he may yearn for "the love of Love, and her soft hours" in act 1, but in act 4, at death, he will not yearn for more than this. ... These three witches proceed in the third scene of Act I to tell Macbeth of three prophecies: He will become the Thane of Cawdor, the King, and already is the Thane of Glamis.   ... But once Lady Macbeth toys at the idea of Macbeth's manliness and bravery, Macbeth comes up with a plan to achieve the other prophecies t...

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(Act 1, Scene 2) referring to his awkward position of now being the stepson of his uncle. ... For these reasons, namely his greedy lust for Desdemona and his need for power and authority, Iago Of all of Shakespeare's powerful females, one of the most recognized is Lady Macbeth, from the play Macbeth. ... However, murder isn't the only evil act that Lady Macbeth commits in this play. When Lady Macbeth learns that Duncan will be visiting their home, she prays to the devil to release her of "thy nature; (because) it is too full o" the milk of human kindness," (Act 1, Scene 5) so ...

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William Shakespeare, undoubtedly the most famous literary figure of all time, wrote many plays in his lifetime including four major tragedies - Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Othello. ... The soldier on guard duty obviously still had social and racial prejudices against Othello the character, indicated by his assertion that a "Negro- must not be allowed to murder a white woman, so atrocious he thought the act to be that he shot the actor. ... - [1.1.162] within the first act, rather than his name Othello. ...

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