Shakespeare A to Z | Characters in Shakespeare’s Plays
Aperson’s character is often defined by how he or she behaves in different circumstances. Most people have a complex mix of good and bad traits, formed from a wide range of influences—many of which they themselves do not always recognize. Like real people, the major personalities in Shakespeare’s plays have great psychological depth, so much so that critics have sometimes applied the tools of psychoanalysis to understand them better.
Some Shakespearean characters are so vivid that they have been regarded as having a life of their own. In an “Essay on the Dramatic Character of...
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