Shakespeare's Villains

by Maurice Charney

Book Overview

Shakespeare's Villains is a close reading of Shakespeare's plays to investigate the nature of evil. Charney closely considers the way that dramatic characters are developed in terms of language, imagery, and nonverbal stage effects. With chapters on Iago, Tarquin, Aaron, Richard Duke of Gloucester, Shylock, Claudius, Polonius, Macbeth, Edmund, Goneril, Regan, Angelo, Tybalt, Don John, Iachimo, Lucio, Julius Caesar, Leontes, and Duke Frederick, this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611476216
• ISBN13: 9781611476217
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"