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    This document summarizes the main characters in the poem "Absalom and Achitophel" by John Dryden. It describes Absalom as an ambitious but charming young man seeking the throne. Achitophel is portrayed as an evil, ambitious, and intellectually gifted political schemer. Corah, representing Titus Oates, is summarized as an unscrupulous rumor spreader seeking importance. Shimei is depicted as a greedy religious hypocrite. Zimri, representing the Duke of Buckingham, is characterized as a fickle, shallow man constantly changing interests who epitomizes mankind's variety. Finally, the people are summarized as restless, ungrateful, easily swayed, and

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    This document summarizes the main characters in the poem "Absalom and Achitophel" by John Dryden. It describes Absalom as an ambitious but charming young man seeking the throne. Achitophel is portrayed as an evil, ambitious, and intellectually gifted political schemer. Corah, representing Titus Oates, is summarized as an unscrupulous rumor spreader seeking importance. Shimei is depicted as a greedy religious hypocrite. Zimri, representing the Duke of Buckingham, is characterized as a fickle, shallow man constantly changing interests who epitomizes mankind's variety. Finally, the people are summarized as restless, ungrateful, easily swayed, and

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    This document summarizes the main characters in the poem "Absalom and Achitophel" by John Dryden. It describes Absalom as an ambitious but charming young man seeking the throne. Achitophel is portrayed as an evil, ambitious, and intellectually gifted political schemer. Corah, representing Titus Oates, is summarized as an unscrupulous rumor spreader seeking importance. Shimei is depicted as a greedy religious hypocrite. Zimri, representing the Duke of Buckingham, is characterized as a fickle, shallow man constantly changing interests who epitomizes mankind's variety. Finally, the people are summarized as restless, ungrateful, easily swayed, and

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    This document summarizes the main characters in the poem "Absalom and Achitophel" by John Dryden. It describes Absalom as an ambitious but charming young man seeking the throne. Achitophel is portrayed as an evil, ambitious, and intellectually gifted political schemer. Corah, representing Titus Oates, is summarized as an unscrupulous rumor spreader seeking importance. Shimei is depicted as a greedy religious hypocrite. Zimri, representing the Duke of Buckingham, is characterized as a fickle, shallow man constantly changing interests who epitomizes mankind's variety. Finally, the people are summarized as restless, ungrateful, easily swayed, and

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    The text describes several characters from the poem 'Absalom and Achitophel' and provides details about their attributes and behaviors.

    Absalom, Achitophel, Corah, Shimei, and Zimri are some of the main characters described. Absalom is portrayed as a suave but reckless young man with aspirations to the throne. Achitophel is described as a villainous and dangerous political intriguer with a desire for unchecked power.

    Achitophel is described as evil, unscrupulous, ambitious, and as someone who would rather ruin the country if he could not rule over it. He is said to have a stormy mind encased in a pigmy body.

    ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL : CHARACTERS

    ABSALOM
    Duke of Monmouth
    He is a good looking young man with aspirations to the throne.
    He is a suave speaker with pleasing personality.
    He is a curious combination of recklessness with bravery, fine
    manners and polished exteriors, hypocrisy and presence.
    ACHITOPHEL
    the false Achitophel was first
    A name to all succeeding ages curst.

    NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTES:
    Earl of Shaftesbury
    He is a villain, evil and dangerous.
    He is an unscrupulous political intriguer.
    He is dangerous because of his ambition and superior intellect,
    which he uses for subversive ends.
    He is desirous of unchecked power.
    He had a stormy mind encased in a pigmy body.
    He is restless in peace, and could only survive in facing danger.
    He could only enjoy chaotic and stormy times.
    He is false in friendship and merciless in enmity.
    He would rather ruin the country if he could not rule over it.
    POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES:
    He has a sense of integrity, honesty and fair sense as a judge.
    He is a highly intelligent and brave man.
    He is not a fool, but the great wits and bravery has made him unfit
    for times of peace and the political scene.

    CORAH
    Titus Oates

    He is the son of a weaver.


    He aspired to become great by inventing the popish plot.
    He has sunken eyes, harsh voice, long chin and red complexion.
    He spread rumours for ulterior motives.
    SHIMEI
    Slingsby Bethel, the Sheriff of London.
    He is greedy for money.
    He is a man of zeal, piety and wisdom, but the ends to which he uses
    these deflate the man most affectively.
    He kept the Sabbath and broke it only if he could gain out of it.
    He was so stingy that his kitchens were cold and the cooks had
    forgotten their culinary skills.
    He was so miserly that his cooks had quite forgotten their trade.
    He fed his servants on spiritual diet.
    He makes money by the convenient method of cheating and praying.
    ZIMRI
    A man so various that he seemed to be
    Not one, but all mankinds epitome.

    Duke of Buckingham
    He constantly changed his opinions, was fickle-minded about
    hobbies, ideas and occupations.
    His interest varied from women to rhyming and drinking.
    He is such a various man that he changed his mind at least a ten
    thousand times
    He is not an individual, the epitome of mankind
    In the course of a month, he became alchemist, fiddler, statesman,
    and buffoon.
    He was interested in innumerable spheres, apparently in a shallow
    manner.

    He used to go to the extremes whether he was praising or


    condemning anybody.
    He wasted his money and was an easy dupe even of fools.
    He is a fool, not a knave.

    PEOPLE
    They are restless, ungrateful and easily swayed.
    They are fickle-minded wavering between one political party and
    another.
    They are the rascal rabble, never content with what they have.
    Having helped to install the king on his throne they now wanted to
    dethrone him.
    The English people are headstrong, moody and murmuring race,
    who could find fault even with god.
    They demanded unlimited freedom and changed their principles
    restlessly.

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