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black like a speeding snowball, once Iago set him on the right path. At last the green-eyed monster lures him to kill his wife and destroy his business, reputation and life. When Othello finds his mistake, even though at the end he seems repentant towards the deeds that he has done, he still lost. So he stabs himself and also lefts some words which are full of regret. Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex’d in the extreme; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian. Threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum. Set you down this; (From ActⅤ Scene ⅱ) Many critics of Shakespeare like to talk about Othello’s noble temper, and like to study the motivation of evil Iago. But in fact, Iago stands not only the envy of aspiration and flesh, and also a kind of aeriform individualism. All in all, evil and good is expressed as a never-ending fight in Shakespeare's tragedies. Evil and good is recognized as each quality manifests during a person's lifetime. But only at the moment of death is he able to look back and see what he truly is without hindrance of the other. C. A Tragic King Created by Power－Lear King Lear, the aging king of Britain, is old and wishes to retire from his position of King of Britain. So he determines to split his domain evenly between his three daughters: Goneril, Regan, and the young Cordelia. Because he makes a very foolish decision, so the tragedy begins. He surrenders all his power and land to his two elder daughters as a reward for their fake demonstration of love towards him. This rash decision leads to his imminent downfall. Lear is soon to find out how much love Goneril and Regan actually have for him. It’s late, he begins to go mad. At last, overcome by his sorrow, Lear collapses and dies besides his lone loving daughter. Tragedy has been proved to be the most moving in all the literate works. But many critics think that though Lear isn’t the most perfect work, it has the strongest tragedy feature. The first reason of King Lear’s tragedy is that his knowledge to nature and society is wrong. More exactly, he doesn’t know the society at all. As a king, he lives in a luxury and corrupt environment and he doesn’t know how people live outside. He seems only power and respect. So he makes that foolish decision. The second reason of King Lear’s tragedy is that his knowledge to human’s rank and value is wrong. Lear doesn’t know the relation between king and common people. He thinks he is a king and is different from others. His value is over everyone. He believes deeply that even though he isn’t a king one day, he still can own respect from others. That foolish decision tells him that he is wrong. After expiring tragedy, his good side in his soul begins to unfold. We see he can not only be mild to other and also be sympathy to the weak. His power of character is not only showed in the curse of two daughters and also showed in the apologizing to his little daughter. With the development of play, we begin to excuse Lear. King Lear just like a fable, and tells us some philosophies of life. Gloucester begins to see clearly his two sons who i