Romantic essayist William Hazlitt gave a lecture series, part of which was later published as "Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays". What novel perspective did Hazlitt provide in his interpretations of Shakespeare's characters in this work?
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He presented them from the socio-political context of the Elizabethan era
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He argued that Shakespeare’s characters were poor examples of realism
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He analyzed them as reflections of universal human qualities
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He focused on their linguistic expressions and pays little attention to their actions