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2. Iago is badly represented, because soldiers are open hearted and frank in their dealings

    

    

3. Desdemona's marriage with Othello is incredible.

    

    

4. The language of the play is more gross and inflated.

    

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• Two characters in Shakespeare's plays have the name Portia. In Julius Caesar, Portia is the name of Brutus' wife. In The Merchant of Venice, Portia is Bassanio's wife who appears in the role of an advocate assuming the name Balthasar.

   

   

• The name Emilia is also shared by two characters. In Othello, Emilia is Iago's wife and in The Winter's Tale, Emilia is the lady who attends Hermione.

   

Miscellaneous

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• The following women in Shakespeare’s play appear disguised as men -

   

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2. Rosalind as Ganymede in As You Like It

    

    

3. Portia as Balthasar in Merchant of Venice

    

    

4. Viola as Cesario in Twelfth Night

    

    

5. Julia as Sebastian in Two Gentlemen of Verona

    

    

6. Imogen as Fidele in Cymbeline

    

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• The following are a few well known books, wherein the titles have been borrowed from Shakespeare -

   

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2. Cakes and Ales by Somerset Maughum from Twelfth Night

    

    

3. Perchance to Dream by Novello from Hamlet

    

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