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Why Does Shakespeare Use The Power Of Words

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“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for” (Lee, 174). Words are one of the most powerful weapons consistently. Words can dismantle lives and have a colossal effect on everyone. Words in the form of thoughts, rumors, and words on paper play vital roles in shattering people’s lives. Words appear in many different ways but the power of words are strongly presented in three distinct writing styles. William Shakespeare, Harper Lee and George Orwell utilize the power of rhetoric to manipulate others which destroys their futures. Throughout these three books rumors are a key factor in ruining the lives of the characters. First, William Shakespeare used the character Iago to share his words to start rumors, “One may …show more content…

Furthermore, this only transpired because of Iago’s assertive words. Iago had ingenuity for being able to have people believe every word that departs from his mouth. Iago disclosed rumor after rumor after rumor. Eventually his rumors became a reality for Othello leading him into a maniac state. Othello accepted every single word Iago said and desired to kill his wife “One more, one more. Be thus when thou art dead and I will kill thee and love thee after. One more, and that’s the last (Shakespeare, V.II.16). Iago uses his words to spread rumors that caused many deaths and rifts in relationships. Words are one of the most powerful weapons and is delineated in this book. Likewise, in “To kill a mockingbird” Harper Lee uses words in the also uses rumors to shape a society way of thinking. For instance, a character named Boo Radley is rumored to have stabbed his father with a pair of scissors and has never leaved his house since. Consequently, he is thought to be a shady, scary man. However, Boo saves Jem and Scout who were attacked outside "The man [Boo Radley] was walking with the staccato steps of someone carrying a load to heavy for him, but only after does she observe, "He was carrying Jem" (263).

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