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banquo
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Why did Shakespeare include the sub-plot of Antonio and Sebastian scheming against King Alonso?

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Posted by banquo on Friday January 26, 2007 at 12:17 PM and tagged with antonio, characters, king alonso, plot, sebastian, themes.


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  1. littleangel Student
    High School - 12th Grade

    Shakespeare made use of parallelism in his play. Here, he included this sub-plot for us to better understand the wicked nature of Antonio and Sebastian and also, to remind us of how they schemed against Prospero.

     

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    Posted by littleangel on Monday November 17, 2008 at 5:16 AM

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