The credit goes to none other than Shakespeare and his classic work Othello. ... Just like his enemies are despicable, his allies are reliable, loyal and generally agreeable individuals. ... (Shakespeare Resource Center n.pag.) ... It again lends itself to such heroic values as respect, courage, determination and the like (Time and the Tragic Hero n. pag.). ... This is quite possible evident no better than in Othello's dying words: Then must you speak / Of one that loved not wisely but too well, / Of one not easily jealous but, being wrought, / Perplexed in the extreme; of...

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In both plays, Shakespeare lessens language and bodies to their deepest levels. ... Shakespeare dims Lavinia's old-fashioned roles of Roman feminine status and daughter as he continues the social misunderstanding through the enhancement between the conquering Romans and vanquished Goths. ... Like Lavinia, Cordelia is placed in a social predicament at the beginning of Act I in King Lear. ... Cordelia, like Lavinia, is treated as a something that can be exchanged, who's worth changes according to her value to the men of power that she is surrounded by. ...

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