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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

by William Hazlitt

Characters of Shakespeare's Plays is a book by William Hazlitt, a 19th-century English essayist and critic. The book is a collection of essays in which Hazlitt discusses and analyzes the characters of Shakespeare's plays. Hazlitt begins the book with an introduction in which he discusses the importance of Shakespeare's characters and the ways in which they have influenced literature and culture. He then goes on to discuss a number of individual characters from Shakespeare's plays, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.

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English

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English

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1817

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William Hazlitt

United Kingdom

William Hazlitt was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the histor...

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