It is a gloomy play, full of darkness and evil. ... When Lady Macbeth is preparing for Duncan's murder, she calls on the spirits of darkness and evil: "The raven himself hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty! ... He sends for two murderers and says: "So he is mine, and in such bloody distance, That every minute of his being thrusts Against my near'st of life: and though I could With barefaced power ...

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He believes that Cordelia possesses the most love for him, however, when she says, "I love your majesty according to my bond, no more nor less"(1.1.94-95), Lear becomes outraged and increasingly rash. ... Full oft 'tis seen, our means secure us, and our mere defects prove our commodities"(4.1.18-21). Gloucester learns that clear vision does not emanate from the eye, but that sight comes from within. ... The eye alone cannot create clear vision. ...

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He has been given full martial and political command of Cyprus and is a figure of high standing and esteem within the Venetian community. ... His mind does not argue yes or no, once she "be false" she must be killed, which in turn diminishes his character in the audience's eyes. ... He tries to convince himself, even after Emilia has told Othello he "hast killed the sweetest innocent / That did e"er did lift up eye" (V, ii, 197-198), that she was false, and rather than realising his weaknesses and flaws, he takes the blame away from himself saying the murder was planned by fate: "...O...

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He has been given full martial and political command of Cyprus and is a figure of high standing and esteem within the Venetian community. ... His mind does not argue yes or no, once she "be false" she must be killed, which in turn diminishes his character in the audience's eyes. ... He tries to convince himself, even after Emilia has told Othello he "hast killed the sweetest innocent / That did e"er did lift up eye" (V, ii, 197-198), that she was false, and rather than realising his weaknesses and flaws, he takes the blame away from himself saying the murder was planned by fate: "...O...

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