Othello is a kind-hearted person and he trusts people and this is how Iago succeeds in planting the seed of doubt in his mind. ... This supports my point saying that how Iago's bestial characteristic affects his action. 6) Jacobsen, Ken. ... Iago becomes intent on the general's destruction and plants the seeds of discord between Othello and his beautiful young bride Desdemona because he feels humiliated and not appreciated by Othello....

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Another characteristic that Othello checks off is that he is blind to reality. ... She then speaks of how Iago planted the handkerchief in Cassio's possession, which is when Othello realizes what he does is wrong. ... This meets another one of a tragic hero's characteristics: he must die. ...

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My parts, my title and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly. (1054) As grand as his internal characteristics are, he also stumbles with his own susceptibility to become betrayed. ... The mind bending Iago plants deep the seeds of wicked thoughts. ... He plays Cassio into a confession of his dealings with Bianca to make it look like he is speaking about Desdamona, and into planting the handkerchief onto Cassio without making himself look suspicious. ...

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Othello's fit is a major eye-opener or window into the characteristics of Othello. ... Iago had plotted this very shrewdly and recklessly he knew that the only way around a man like Othello would be through him, and that's exactly how he played it; he mixed around with the moor's emotions and planted a seed that evolved into a deadly weed. ...

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Macbeth allows himself to becomes accustomed to getting his way through murder and then lets the evil seep through him like a plant needing sunlight to live.The tragic hero's impending death made the audience pay attention when the play is being performed. ... The witches are seen as speakers of the devil with the characteristics of both women and demons. ... The Weird Sisters were only there to plant the seeds of ambition and Lady Macbeth is the one who waters the ideas to make them become reality at her own risk. ...

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No one questions the fact that William Shakespeare is a pure genius when it comes to creating immortal characters whose characteristics transcends those of the normal supernatural beings, but most students of literature agree that his uses of the supernatural aren't merely figments of his creative imagination. ... May believes that it is because his own observations of the habits of animals and plants were explained by stories that were more myth that truth. ...

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