From the malignant Iago to the murderous Clytemnestra, most literary figures feel personal passion. Trump’s anger seems more ...

We’re about halfway through the 2024-25 Broadway season, and there are eight productions of plays (six new, two revivals) set ...

One of the more interesting features of the current meta is that characters of a lesser name are rising to the top of the tree. That said, anybody who has read any appearances by Squirrel Girl in ...

Quite the sharp and slick show, which came in well under the three-hour running time of the 2023 Shakespeare’s Globe production, it was easy to maintain interest in these spirited performances, which ...

Othello eventually kills both Desdemona and himself. But the Romantic critic Samuel ... Turning to a few of Shakespeare's more vengeful characters, Iago in "Othello" is an embodiment of a cunning rage ...

Cunning rage leads to death Turning to a few of Shakespeare’s more vengeful characters ... chain of evidence suggesting – that Othello’s bride, Desdemona, is unfaithful.