Without a supporting cast of characters, no story would ever be as good as it was with them. ... But he himself wasn't really all that deep or memorable of a character. ... Again though, you see major development in the secondary characters. ... The one scene in this story that I feels shows that supporting and minor characters are just as important as the main few, is the scene where Creon is talking to the Sentry who just was guarding his fallen brothers body. ... Its rare that you see such a minor character have such a large speaking role, but it goes to show you how pivotal even a sma...

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• Grade Level: High School

Feste, a Clown I personally found the role of the clown to be the most interesting of all the characters in Shakespeare's "The Twelfth Night", primarily because he seemed to be the most intelligent and certainly the wittiest character of all. Although the clown's role starts out to be minor, he ends up being a very important part of the production. ... Malvolio being an unlikable character is truly made a fool by the clown. Although Malvolio is not considered a villain of any sort, he not a popular character among the reader. ... The character of the clown was by far the most ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I greatly admire the way Iago brings out all of the other characters" secrets and confessions. ... Shakespeare clearly brings out the importance and irrelevance of the major and minor characters, respectively. ... More specifically, the way that one responds to Iago's commands or news modifies another character, and it continues from there on, until every conflict is resolved. Jealousy, an evident theme seen throughout the play, occurs in almost every character, which creates suspense. ... Iago is evidently a fascinating, complex character who can't be analyzed in simple terms. ...

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Where Othello is a story where Othello's race plays a minor role (Kerwin), the story of O hinges heavily on the racial tension between a black basketball player in an all-white prep school. ... The fact that O starts out as a character with a questionable background detracts from the "tragedy" of a great and heroic military commander (Othello) falling from his high pedestal. ... The outside plot elements inserted into the film (Othello's history as a dubious character and Iago as a drug-user begging for his father's recognition) as well as some elements left out (the interplay...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate