Rage in Shakespeare
Of all the emotions, rage is one of the most unpredictable and often ends with unexpected consequences. William Shakespeare used rage as a major theme is many of his plays because of the unexpected consequences of the emotion. In his play Othello, for instance, rage was used as a tool by which tragedy ultimately occurs. On the other hand, in The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare used tragedy to invoke a comedic response on the part of the audience. These two plays demonstrate how rage can be used in different ways with different results.
One of the most prominent themes of Shakespeare's Othello is that of rage, it dominated the entire play. It began with the rage of Iago, who has been angered because he had been passed over for a promotion. His rage unleashed a series of events that caused a great deal of destruction, not only for those whom he was angry at but also innocent people as well as he himself. This is the reason he told Brabantio about his daughter, Desdemona, and Othello, in the hope that Brabantio would cause Othello trouble. And this plan worked as Brabantio confronted Othello stating "O thou foul thief, where hast thou stow'd my daughter.." (I.ii.62-64) This confrontation then...
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