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When I read Shakespeare

I am astonished by the pure evilness in Iago

I laugh at the funny yellow stockings against Malvolio's stoic cover

I wonder at the combination of horrifying cruelty and pitiful vulnerability of Lady Macbeth

I rethink hero's extreme militaristic pride of Coriolanus

I mourn for the mortal human weaknesses inside King Richard II's sacred hollow crown

I sympathize with Shylock despite his greed and ruthlessness

I cry for the heartbreaking ending of a child-like old man King Lear

I adore the most boastful but wittiest Falstaff

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Happy anniversary! #Shakespeare400