Tybalt completely forgets about Mercutio and says to him “Well, peace be with you, sir. Here comes my man.” This quote suggests that Tybalt was looking for Romeo and he saw his enemy. While Romeo and Tybalt are still arguing about their hatreds towards each other, Romeo gets insulted by Tybalt by calling him a “villain”. This was insult towards Romeo because in the reign of the Elizabethan time that word was very insulting especially for someone like Romeo as he comes from a noble family. Mercutio joins in the conversation and says “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!
Tybalt clearly is motivated by self-interest because he mainly thinks about defending his pride, and thus, has the urge to kill Romeo at a party without thinking about the disgracing the Capulet name. The next day when Tybalt confronts Romeo, he accuses Romeo of being “a villain” and fiercely demands that Romeo “turn and draw” because he is unwilling to “excuse the injuries [Romeo] hast done to him”(Shakespeare III. i. 62,67-68). Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel to regain his pride and therefore shows self-interest because he blinded by rage and his thirst for revenge.
This shows that Iago is a rogue at the beginning of the play that simply wants to replace Cassio and not murder him. Iago further develops into his role as a terrifying villain in the quote, "And nothing can or shall content my soul/Till I am even'd with him[Othello], wife for wife;/Or failing so, yet that I put the Moor/At least into a jealousy so
Hamlet Act 4 Questions 1. When Gertrude tells the King that Hamlet is “Mad as the sea and the wind when both contend which is the mightier.” I think she is believes that she because, Gertrude explains how Hamlet was in such a wrath that he was carless enough to kill a person that was hiding behind the curtain one of which he didn’t know the true identity of the man. 2. Claudius’s immediate reaction to the news of Polonius’s death reveals about his character that he is selfish and truly only cares about his own life and not about Polonius’s life. But he is also frightened of Hamlet and he isn’t as righteous a man as he wants people to believe that he is, he as well doesn’t want his public image will be ruined by this.
Upon Malvolio’s entrance in Act II Scene V, Sir Toby states “here’s an overweening rogue!” (Act 2, scene 5, line 27) after plotting with Fabian and Maria to punish Malvolio, referring to him as a “little villain” (Act 2, scene 5, line 12). Upon his entrance in the scene, Malvolio states his ambitions for nobility, “To be Count Malvolio!’ (Act 2, scene 5, line 32) to the group. The disdain the other characters have for Malvolio throughout the play is only met with vanity, hubris and patronizing comments on Malvolio’s part, doing very little to conjure any remorse for the character following his downfall later in the play. Malvolio opposes the fun and festivities of the “Twelfth Night” and chastises the characters in the play several times for their celebrations. Malvolio questions their actions in the form of patronizing dialogue by asking “My masters,
When inquiring how he could do this Don John describes what he wants as ‘the death of this marriage’ and in reply Borachio, his accomplice, says they will ‘misuse the Prince’, ‘vex Claudio’, ‘undo Hero’ and ‘kill Leonato.’ Although their words are not literal and they’re not really going to ‘kill’ Leonato, using words such as ‘death’ give very negative connotations and make the character sound like the villain he is. When Don Pedro plots to trick Benedick and Beatrice to fall in love with each other he tells Hero that ‘I will teach you how to humour your cousin that she fall in love with Benedick’. Don Pedro uses the word ‘humour’ and in doing so makes his deceptions sound more light-hearted and harmless.
In Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus Aaron the Moor doesn’t really have a real motive (unlike Tamora or Titus) to seek revenge for something. “Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand, Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.” "Aaron the Moor" is Tamora's secret lover and the diabolical mastermind behind the plan to destroy the Andronicus family. It’s pretty clear that Aaron seeks "vengeance" for something, the question, however, is this: What is it, exactly, that Aaron seeks revenge for? Does he have any real or justifiable motives? Because he wants to help his lover, Tamora, get revenge against Titus?
Richard is presented as a character both deformed in appearance and in spirit. He has the aim of becoming King at all costs and Shakespeare depicts him as thoroughly unprincipled and vicious. Primarily he is motivated by boundless ambition to gain and keep the crown. Utterly heartless, he does not hesitate to betray his own brothers, devising the murder of Clarence, deceiving and damaging the reputation of Edward IV, and orchestrating the death his own nephews. Shakespeare manipulates our response to Richard by implying in the text that he poisoned his wife Anne in order to gain a political marriage to his niece, Elizabeth of York.
When George claims that he "goes nuts" when thinking of the time he could be without Lennie. This clearly hurts Lennie as he will offer to go and find a cave and leave George to be free. However, George counteracts this as he is also presented as a sorrow and thoughtful character when George admits that "I have been mean". This shows that George sometimes regrets his harsh words, which makes the reader forgive him for sometimes being cruel to Lennie. George even gets Lennie a "pup" for being mean to
He is quite sneaky about his marriage to Desdemona and then when he is searched for, and confronted by the Brabantio and then the Duke, Othello shows how big-headed and egotistic he is. “Not I; I must be found. My parts, my title, and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly. Is it they?” This quote shows how Othello is egotistical thinks that because he has served in wars and because he is a Moor that he will get away with going behind Brabantio’s back and marrying his daughter. As act one continues, in scene 3, we see the softer side to Othello.