1. Use commas, like this, to set off EXTRA information.

2. You could also use parentheses (just like these little babies) to keep EXTRA information separate from the main idea.

3. Hamlet Denmark’s noble prince doesn’t know what to do.

4. Hamlet, Denmark’s noble prince, doesn’t know what to do.

5. Othello who is a moor has a serious inferiority complex.

6. Othello, who is a moor, has a serious inferiority complex.

7. Iago a totally evil guy thinks that the best policy is to serve yourself.

8. Iago, a totally evil guy, thinks that the best policy is to serve yourself.

9. Hamlet’s tragic flaw indecisiveness leads to his death.

10. Hamlet’s tragic flaw, indecisiveness, leads to his death.

11. Which if you think about it is weird.

12. Which, if you think about it, is weird.

13. If he would have been more indecisive letting his friends take him away from it all he might have ended up less dead.

14. If he would have been more indecisive, letting his friends take him away from it all, he might have ended up less dead.

15. But indecisiveness the prince’s tragic flaw would have lead to death too.

16. But indecisiveness, the prince’s tragic flaw, would have lead to death, too.

17. His “buddies” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were taking him off to his death.

18. His “buddies,” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, were taking him off to his death.

19. By the way, don’t forget to use commas to set off introductory phrases.

20. In the end Hamlet our tragic hero was going to be killed no matter what.

21. In the end, Hamlet, our tragic hero, was going to be killed no matter what.

22. To be sure Othello’s problem was not indecisiveness.

23. To be sure, Othello’s problem was not indecisiveness.

24. On the contrary he made up his mind about the truth of the situation all too quickly.

25. On the contrary, he made up his mind about the truth of the situation all too quickly.

26. After he made up his mind there was no stopping him.

27. After he made up his mind, there was no stopping him.

28. Unbelievably not even Desdemona’s begging could stop him.

29. Unbelievably, not even Desdemona’s begging could stop him.

30. But still was it Othello’s inferiority complex or Iago’s egomania that is to blame for the tragedy?

31. But still, was it Othello’s inferiority complex or Iago’s egomania that is to blame for the tragedy?

32. The truth is they are all at fault.

33. The truth is, they are all at fault.

34. Like real people these characters each have their own problems.

35. Like real people, these characters each have their own problems.

36. Also like real life there are villains out there who want to exploit others’ weaknesses for their own gain.

37. Also like real life, there are villains out there who want to exploit others’ weaknesses for their own gain.

38. In the end it seems like Shakespeare a genius who showed life like it is was simply trying to warn us about human nature.

39. In the end, it seems like Shakespeare, a genius who showed life like it is, was simply trying to warn us about human nature.

40. Frankly none of us is probably as quick to judge as Othello.

41. Frankly, none of us are probably as quick to judge as Othello.

42. To be sure nobody here has the weight of a kingdom on their shoulders.

43. To be sure, nobody here has the weight of a kingdom on their shoulders.

44. Regardless we each have our responsibilities and our problems and there’s always the chance that like Othello and Hamlet we could screw it all up.

45. Regardless, we each have our responsibilities and our problems, and there’s always the chance that, like Othello and Hamlet, we could screw it all up.

46. And that my friends is how you write a heartwarming essay about Shakespeare.

47. And that, my friends, is how you write a heartwarming essay about Shakespeare.