Suffering In Shakespeare's Plays
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How does suffering affect one's actions? Do different types of suffering
affect one in different ways? This paper seeks to determine how William
Shakespeare's character's respond to various types of suffering. Suffering can
be defined in two ways; physical suffering, in which the character is infl ....
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.... hands of Regan and Goneril. In Othello, Brabantio
goes through emotional suffering when he must succumb to his daughter's wishes.
Desdemona also goes through emotional suffering when she is accused by Othello
of cheating on him when he is convinced of this by Iago.
In The Tempest, the theme of purification through suffering can
clearly be seen. Prospero, in his long exile from Milan, has more than attoned
for whatever mistake he might have made while he ruled. Ferdinand must suffer ....
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