Perhaps the two most infamous villains in all of Shakespearian literature are the characters of Iago in Othello and Claudius in Hamlet. ... Outwardly, he is friendly and praises Hamlet openly, but inside he is scheming of ways to rid his kingdom of the prince. ... As literary critic Morris White notes, His government works smoothly. ... He does not expect Hamlet to be such a complication to his plan and his idea so have him sent to England and later killed are spur of the moment decisions. ... For example, he is able to convince Gertrude, who is Hamlet's mother before becoming Claudi...

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Othello is a fundamentally different character to all others in the play [1]. He is an outsider to Venice and therefore an outsider to the customs and society of Venice. In one way this is good for him. He is a renowned strong general who is much in demand from the Venetians. Rather than fight the w...

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