Desdemona

Iago

Othello (play)

is the strongest, the most heroic person in the play.

It is possible to see Desdemona as 'the strongest, the most heroic person in the play.'

is appealing to us as more amusing than other characters because his victims lack humour.

Because '(Iago's) victims lack humour, Iago appeals to us as more amusing' than other characters.

is given a dramatic perspective by Shakespeare which compels us to see with Iago's eyes and to share his jokes. His humour also makes him seem cleverer than his victims.

Shakespeare's 'dramatic perspective compels us to see with (Iago's) eyes and to share his "jokes". His humour also makes him seem cleverer than his victims.'

is a play at whose end love and goodness defeat evil.

Love and goodness defeat evil' at the end of Othello.

is a work that sets one to wonding whether men are capable of unselfish love.

One wonders... whether the men are capable of unselfish love' in Othello.

is the most unbearably exciting of Shakespeare's tragedies.

Othello is 'the most unbearably exciting' of Shakespeare's tragedies.

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