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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

Published In

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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Cymbeline
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Macbeth
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Julius Caesar
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Othello
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Timon of Athens
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Coriolanus
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Troilus and Cressida
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Antony and Cleopatra
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Hamlet
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The Tempest
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The Midsummer Night's Dream
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Romeo and Juliet
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Richard II
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Henry IV in Two Parts
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Henry V
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Henry VI in Three Parts
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Richard III
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Henry VIII
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King John
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Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
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The Merchant of Venice
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The Winter's Tale
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All's Well That Ends Well
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Love's Labour's Lost
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Much Ado About Nothing
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As You Like It
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The Taming of the Shrew
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Measure for Measure
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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The Comedy of Errors
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Doubtful Plays of Shakespeare
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Poems and Sonnets
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