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Shakespeare's Use Of Animal Imagery
1,089 wordsIn William Shakespeare's play "Othello" the use of animal imagery was evident throughout the telling of the story. Shakespeare explained several characters actions by comparing them to similarities in animals. The characters in "Othello" were often depicted a shaving animal-like characteristics. Some characters were even compared to animals by other characters in the play. By defining characters in terms of these characteristics one can get a clear description of what the character is doing or s...
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Roderigo's Compassion Towards Desdemona Causes Iago
1,857 wordsIn any story with a recurring dark theme there always must be an outsider from humanity who somehow stands out from the seemingly equal community. In the case of Shakespeare's Othello the outsider from humanity would be Iago for he truly stands out from the rest of society. Although Othello may be physically put out of the community, it seems that on an emotional and egotistical level Iago puts himself out of society further then Othello's blackness does. He is not merely manipulative, as other ...
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Othello Contrasts Order And Chaos In Order
1,222 wordsIn his play Othello, Shakespeare uses many elements to enhance the tragedy of the piece. He uses Desdemona as the ultimate innocent victim and he uses true love to arouse our pity. However, most important is the way in which he uses the journey from order to chaos to allow us to trace how the tragedy progresses. He uses the physical journey from Venice to Cyprus, Othello's emotional disintegration, and the fall of Iago's plan to show how the play falls into chaos and from there into tragedy. The...
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Othello And Desdemona
921 wordsThe play, Othello was written by William Shakespeare in the later years of his career. Gir aldi Cinthios, Tale of a Moor, based Othello on a story that was a mellow Drama, about a moor and his doubts about his wife's fidelity. In Shakespeare's play the Moor (Othello) convinced by his jealous aid (Iago) that his wife (Desdemona) is not Being faithful. Iago's jealousy is motivated by his anger when he learns that Cassio of Florentine has been appointed Governor of Cyprus. He felt that he deserved ...
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Love Between Othello And Desdemona
1,070 words... sees or hears Othello or his bride. Yet, this kind of injustice and racism, whether hidden or public, is what Othello must deal with constantly. Later, Brabantio proclaims to Othello and the senate, ' A maiden never bold/... / To fall in love with what she feared to look on!' (act 1.3 lines 94 and 99). Such harsh words from Brabantio, Othello's father-in-law, no doubt damages Othello's pride and feelings. Yet, he must encounter them with the utmost respect and honor. It is in this atmosphere...
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Iago's Wife Emilia Turns
1,130 wordsEvil and Good in Othello Life in general is often used as a system of ways to define what kind of person you are by its end. Shakespeare takes that theory into test upon his characters in his work of the famous play Othello. Through the verbal twists and turns along with the addition of color symbolisms, the personalities of Othello, Iago, Desdemona are revealed to their fullest extents, along with their own balance of good and evil within. When this is realized by this famous Shakespearian work...
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Desdemonas Deception To Othello
1,587 wordsDeception, which by its definition is a bad thing and has only one level or degree, is truly not this way at all. Deception appears many times in Othello, but in almost every incident the degree of deception is different. There are only a few characters that use deception, and those characters all use different degrees of deception to get what they want in the play. Deception is almost always used through verbal language or body language because it is the easiest way to deceive a person. The rea...
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Relationship Between Desdemona And Othello Foundations
350 wordsIdeas about Othello In what way is this play about race? Considering that the protagonist is black, it brings in the idea of isolation. It is an important part of the play as he is isolated, placed on a pedestal so his fall is even more dramatic. In effect Shakespeare isolates the issue that racial prejudice is a timeless issue that will continue through time. Insecurity and vulnerability, allows Iago to attack him, makes relationship between Desdemona and Othello foundations shaky. Confirms Eli...
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Honorable Iago
1,392 wordsDefending a Man's Honor The main male characters in Shakespeare's play Othello kill their wives in order to defend their own honor. In the period setting of the play, to show honor, women are expected to be subservient to their husbands. The characters Iago and Othello reflect this attitude toward their respective wives, giving them reason to feel just in killing these women. Iago kills Emilia because she dishonors him by revealing his manipulation of Othello and Cassio. Othello strangles Desdem...
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Scene II Othello
1,077 wordsOthello. Othello is the title of the character and play that we all studied earlier this semester. However, it is Othello the character that I intend to discuss. Othello is the husband to the beautiful and innocent Desdemona, whom he murders because the villainous and honest Iago has misled him. A Moorish general in Venice, a society plagued with racism and where adultery is neither condemned nor approved of, Othello is in the midst of a society that will hinder and not support his progress. The...
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Iago And Othello
1,413 wordsThe play Othello by William Shakespeare is based on an Italian story in Gir aldi Cinthio's Hecatommithi (Grolier). In Othello we encounter Iago, one of Shakespeare's most evil characters. Iago is an officer in Othello's army and is jealous of Cassio's promotion to Lieutenant. Through deception and appearance, we see unfolded many lies and clever schemes. The astonishing thing about Iago is that he seems to make up his malicious schemes as he goes along without any forethought. Noted writer Samue...
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Tragic End Of Othello
656 wordsAristotle once defined a concept of tragic hero, which should be a character with a flaw in personality or judgment that will lead this character to some actions resulting into disaster. In the play, Othello, written by William Shakespeare, Othello fits the concept of a tragic hero. The tragic end of Othello happened due to the character flaws that he had. Othello was a tragic hero, because of the tragic end that he brought upon himself. Othello is shown as nave, unsophisticated, proud, and stro...
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Marriage Of Othello And Desdemona
2,603 wordsRacism in Othello Choose one non-dramatic text offered on the module, (an extract from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Literary Remains, ) and show how it might help us understand Othello. The extract presents a sustained attack by Coleridge on Shakespeare for his lack of realism in the 'monstrous' depiction of a marriage between a 'beautiful Venetian girl,' and a 'veritable negro,' in Othello. He sees Shakespeare's transformation of a 'barbarous negro' into a respected soldier and nobleman of stature...
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Othello Claims Desdemona
968 wordsThe Pervasive Power of Prejudice by Ben Lowe One of the first themes to emerge in Shakespeare's Othello, and certainly one of the most discussed, is that of the blatant racism against Othello, most notably by Iago, Rodrigo, and Desdemonas father, Brabantio. However, while racism is certainly a valid topic, tracing evidence in that vein fails to provide any clear moral by the end of the play. For though the racist villains meet just ends as the play draws to a close, it was not their racism for w...
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Characters Caliban And Othello
604 wordsTOPIC 3 The central issue depicted in both plays The Tempest and Othello is about money. Money in substantial amounts can represent great power and strength over the ruling nation. It plays a major role in our everyday society and one that is fully illustrated in both of Shakespeare's play. Both of the plays are related to his matter, in that the subplot characters attempt to achieve high respect and, therefore, gain power and strength by deception. A parallelism can be drawn between the charact...
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Speech And Othello's Loss Of Control
580 wordsIn Shakespeare's tragedy, OTHELLO, (1604) and in the appropriation O directed by Tim Blake Nelson (2001) character is represented through a plethora of techniques such as language, symbolism, imagery and action. Shakespeare represents character through direct speech. Othello's speech is lofty and noble and full of imagery. Othello first appears in the opening acts as the personification of self control, a man who has a strong sense of his own worth and duty: "I fetch my life and being From men o...
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Iago And Othello On The Main Stage
1,430 wordsMr. Burton I received your letter and I would happily guide you through the history of "Othello", its contemporary and Elizabethan staging, as well as the history of the costume and the significance of this play in our and Shakespeare's time. This project will be finished by Tuesday so that you would have time to apply it on your production. If you need any more help feel free to contact me. The audience and the issues of the play "Othello" as produced at the court of the King James I on Novembe...
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Iago And Othello
1,505 wordsThe author William Shakespeare who had written many plays and made up many lot different characters. His Plays have good and bad characters I guess the most common of all plays and stories. One of many plays Othello. This plays deal with two different kinds of villains. Those who are meant to be evil and then there is those who are meant to be. Othello has a villain named Iago whom which brings a lot of harm, tragic and even death. I will explain how and what Iago do to achieve what he most want...
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Outworking Of Iago Master Plan
781 wordsIn a infamous court hearing, a lawyer once asked "If you pay to go and watch unclothed people as art why should one deem it wrong to do the same with 'pornography', Isn't that a form of art?" The lawyer silenced everyone with this question and went on to win the case for a photographer who earned himself a reputation of making normal pornography look like something out of an amateurs box. Artistry has come a long way. From Leonardo to Shakespeare there is certainly one thing that they all posses...
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Othello's Honor
546 wordsShakespeare's "Othello" is a prime example of a cleverly crafted tragedy. Othello himself has all the elements of a tragic hero: the personal grievance involving a friend and loved one, the tragic flaw (gullibility), the sacrifice of suicide. Othello's strong love for his wife and the love that Desdemona shows him by betraying her father shows the bond between the two of them. As a man Othello was honorable and noted with high regard around Venice, also a strong and great leader. Every great lea...
