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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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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The interplay between Stanley and Stella, between Stanley and Blanche, and between Mitch and Blanche provide the dramatic conflict for the story, driving the plot and structuring the development of the characters. ... This moment of conflict is fueled by contradictory emotions and motivations in both characters, primarily a mutual love and a mutual need for autonomy and control. ... One of the minor themes of conflict running through the play is Torvald's own desire to control and dominate Krogstad. ... First, until recently the vast majority of writers were men; capturing female char...

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