Obama contest in Shakespearean terms?

Question:Conceivably, Hilary might be Obama's Iago. What might Obama be to Hilary? What other comparisons might be appropriate?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Conceivably, Hilary might be Obama's Iago. What might Obama be to Hilary? What other comparisons might be appropriate?

Her Portia to his Shylock (she putting him in his place)
His Petruccio to her Katherine (he putting her in her place)

Interesting question. I suppose a lot of folks who lean more to the right might compare her to Lady MacBeth. It was her lust for power that drove Bill Clinton to run for office, and now she's taking her turn.
Personally, I see her more as Ophelia. Her husband has done her no favors. On a personal level, he's treated her abysmally, and his strident campaign speeches recently have offended a lot of Democratic voters.

from richard third (adapted for your amusment)

act 1 scene 2

Enter OBAMA

OBAMA

Stay, you that bear the corse, and set it down.

HILLARY

What black magician conjures up this fiend,
To stop devoted charitable deeds?

OBAMA

Villains, set down the corse; or, by Saint Paul,
I'll make a corse of him that disobeys.

Unmanner'd dog! stand thou, when I command:
Advance thy halbert higher than my breast,
Or, by Saint Paul, I'll strike thee to my foot,
And spurn upon thee, beggar, for thy boldness.

HILLARY

What, do you tremble? are you all afraid?
Alas, I blame you not; for you are mortal,
And mortal eyes cannot endure the devil.
Avaunt, thou dreadful minister of hell!
Thou hadst but power over his mortal body,
His soul thou canst not have; therefore be gone.

OBAMA

Sweet saint, for charity, be not so curst.

HILLARY

Foul devil, for God's sake, hence, and trouble us not;
For thou hast made the happy earth thy hell,
Fill'd it with cursing cries and deep exclaims.
If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds,
Behold this pattern of thy butcheries.
O, gentlemen, see, see! dead Henry's wounds
Open their congeal'd mouths and bleed afresh!
Blush, Blush, thou lump of foul deformity;
For 'tis thy presence that exhales this blood
From cold and empty veins, where no blood dwells;
Thy deed, inhuman and unnatural,
Provokes this deluge most unnatural.
O God, which this blood madest, revenge his death!
O earth, which this blood drink'st revenge his death!
Either heaven with lightning strike the
murderer dead,
Or earth, gape open wide and eat him quick,
As thou dost swallow up this good king's blood
Which his hell-govern'd arm hath butchered!

OBAMA

Lady, you know no rules of charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.

Much Ado About Nothing. McCain will be the next President of the USA.

It's a fun question!

Obama? He's Henry V, rousing a tired and dispirited fighting force (the American electorate) to actions, with promises of greatness and everlasting glory.

Hillary? Macbeth, absolutely. There's NO line she won't cross in the single-minded pursuit of her goals, and anyone who underestimates her -- thinking that she must have SOME scruples -- is going to be ground into dust.