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  • Othello's Trust For His Good Friend Iago
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    Othello as a Tragic Hero William Shakespeare's famous tragedy "Othello, the Moor of Venice" (c. 1604, as reprinted in Laurence Perrine and Thomas R. Arp, Literature: Structure Sound and Sense, 6th ed. [Fort Worth: Harcourt, 1993] 1060-1148) is arguably one of the finest, if not the finest, tragedies in the literary history of Western civilization. This paper discusses Othello as a "tragic hero" and compares him to the great Aristotle's concept of what a "tragic hero" actually is. First, we need ...
  • Iago To Othello
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    OTHELLO Othello is a romantic character. His origins are not from the high society like his wife or the previous governor, instead, he comes Morocco and usually he is called the Moor. He is a characteristic hard working man that has got his leadership by working in the most humble working places, such as being a slave, and working hard to let himself out of slavery to become a high politician. He seems to enjoy what he does by traveling to distant and strange lands and thorough the fight describ...
  • Love Of Othello And Desdemona
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    The emotions of jealousy in the characters in Othello In Othello Shakespeare presents everybody with the tragic spectacle of a man who, in a spirit of jealous rage, destroys what he loves best in all the world. Such a spectacle must of necessity be painful, whatever the object destroyed and whoever the destroyer, but it is doubly painful and deeply tragic when we see a noble man brutally killing his pure, faithful and loving young wife in the mistaken belief that she was cheating on him. This em...
  • Othello's Love For Desdemona
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    The Theme of Love In William Shakespeare's Othello the Theme of Love is very important. The main themes conveyed are: Love can be used against you / love can be manipulated, and love is blinding (unconditional love). The theme of love can be used against you is best shown in Othello and Desdemona, Cassio and Bianca, Roderigo and Desdemona, and Iago, Roderigo, and Brabantio. The theme of love is blinding is best shown in Desdemona and Othello, Emilia and Iago, and Brabantio and Desdemona. Love ca...
  • Shakespeare's Iago From Othello
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    A Case Study In Human Nature The use of manipulation and misleading for personal gain has proved to be successful for many people throughout history. Famous poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, and famous play writer, William Shakespeare, illustrate characters who possess these manipulating qualities in their personalities. Geoffrey Chaucer's Pardoner, from The Canterbury Tales, and William Shakespeare's Iago, from Othello, are good examples deceiving characters. These literary figures manipulating technique...
  • Dominance Of The Animal Nature In Iago
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    In the Elizabethan times, there was a common belief that all beings belonged to a structure called the 'Great Chain of Beings'. At the top of the chain was God, who was the absolute symbol of perfection, followed by angels which had reason, human beings, and then animals, that were full of passion. It was believed that the human being was a mixture of both the angel and the animal, thus there was conflict between these two halves of a human being. The angel was representative of all that was rig...
  • Iago And Othello Deal
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    Othello's Impact on Today's Society In the late 1990's playwright, William Shakespeare's, Othello was successfully produced in the United States and around the world. One might wonder why this classical tragedy gained so much popularity with today's society. In my own opinion, this play was successful due to the themes and issues addressed. Societies still deal with these situations today. These themes and issues are a part of our lives and people can relate to them. This story's success was als...
  • Three Parts To The Human Soul
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    Can humans have three souls? Or are there three parts to the human soul? Most people would say that a person has only one soul. However, the human soul is very complex, which explains why there are so many parts to it. In the Elizabethan period, people understood that there were three "souls" in a person, or three parts to the human soul. These were the rational, sensitive, and vegetative souls. Both of the plays Richard the Third and Othello by William Shakespeare are examples of this concept. ...
  • Elizabethan Times Othello
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    How do the opening scenes and closing scenes of your Shakespearean text reflect the Elizabethan values / beliefs? The Venetian society in which the Shakespearean play, Othello is set in is a clear representation of the writer's context. The values, attitudes and beliefs that Shakespeare reveals in the opening and closing scenes of Othello, are the exact to the ones accepted by the Elizabethans of the sixteenth century. With the limited number of Black people being around, in Othello we can see t...
  • Iago's Deception Of Othello's Character
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    The art of deception The art of deception many times changes the current conditions or plays a significant role in the end result of literary works. In Othello and The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus shows how deception changes the identity of individuals and the outcome of certain events. There is a juxtaposition between the characters of Iago and Faustus, who muse their human autonomy to manipulate the sequence of events in each work. By deceiving themselves or the characters around them there...
  • Good Reputation With Othello
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    ... their sheaths,' and 'the dew will rust them' is a bit of gentle sarcasm. Othello is reminding the men he's facing that their swords will be quite useless. He and his men are soldiers. Brabantio's men are policemen and civilians. It is quite impossible for Brabantio and his men to win any fight against Othello and his men. [Scene Summary] At the Senate, replying to Brabantio's accusations, Othello first pays his respects to all present, addressing them as 'Most potent, grave, and reverend sig...
  • Mental Changes Of Iago
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    In Othello, many events are more significant than others because of mental or psychological reasons. Shakespeare uses images to give contrasted thoughts to different parts of the play. Shakespeare also gives the excitement to internal events by giving the character or characters feelings, such as being angry, sad, happy, and scared. Another thing is how a character changes his feelings in a brief moment. In the play Othello, examples of these are, how Othello changes his trust from person to per...
  • God The Creator And Othello
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    Is Falling Failure or Freedom? What defines a "fall"? Some would say that a fall is a freeing from the restrictions of the oppression of a supreme being. Others would say that a fall is the punishment that comes from foolishly disobeying the one who is in authority over you. The falls in book nine of "Paradise Lost" and "Othello" both have parallels in the reasons and methods in which revenge was carried out and perfection was destroyed. But these stories end with different victors and very diff...
  • Brabantio Against Othello
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    Othello is one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies and thus a pillar of what most critics take to be the apex of Shakespeare's dramatic art. Indeed, a central thematic strand of the play is trust, honor, and reputation. The theme of honor and reputation intertwines with those of perception and trust. In the play's second act, Iago tells Othello that Brabantio "prated, /And spoke such scurvy and provoking terms / Against your honor". (I, ii. ll. 6-8). To this, the proven hero of Venice replies,...
  • Iago
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    It has been said that Iago, despite his scheming behavior and complete manipulation of others, is seen by the audience as the most interesting and vibrant character in Othello. One reason for this is because the audience is never quite sure what to expect next. Because Iago is a great manipulator, he successfully keeps the audience in suspense. He is also very deceiving and cannot be trusted, unbeknownst to the other characters of the play. One manner in which Iago keeps the audience in suspense...
  • Tragic Heroism Of Tess Durbeyfield And Othello
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    In tragedy the reader often sympathizes and empathizes with the protagonist who attains "wisdom through suffering". Tess Durbeyfield, in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Othello, in William Shakespeare's Othello are protagonists who elicit the sympathy of the reader as they suffer, act, and triumph over their antagonists, who are embodied by the characters of Alec D'Urberville, Tess' wealthy defiler, and Iago, Othello's amoral lieutenant. In both works the protagonists succumb to the...
  • Othello The Prostituting Of Desdemona
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    Both Othello and Volpone are set in Venice, well known for its wealth, power, and justice. Shakespeare called Venice the Whore of the Adriatic, for many different reasons: it is a port city, with many ships coming and going; it is also a corrupt city, with much pollution -- not only of the actual enviornment but the soul as well. In Volpone the corruption that is planned between Volpone and Mosca is evident from the beginning. The two are taking advantage of their kinsmen's weaknesses -- gullibi...
  • Desdemona As Iago And Othello
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    Shakespeare's Use of Opposites in Othello Contrast is a principle element in every form of art. Painters use cool colors to push warm ones forward, dark values to accentuate the lighted areas, and soft edges to give focus to the sharp edges. Writers use calm tempos to make the apex of their stories more powerful. In William Shakespeare's Othello (reprinted in Thomas R. Arp and Laurence Perrine, Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense, 6th ed. [Fort Worth: Harcourt, 1993] 1060), Shakespeare uses ...
  • Iago As Satan
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    It has been highly debated among scholars for years on the intentions and malice behind the character of Iago in Othello. As one of Shakespeare's villains he ignites the downfall of the noble characters surrounding him, but to extreme measures that not even the most vicious ones could execute. Although on the surface, Iago's character is filled with deviance and malicious deceits similar to any other Shakespearean villain, his intentions behind his actions are what lead to the parallel with the ...
  • Iago's Motives
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    Iago's Motives I GCSE Literature Coursework It is said that Iago is the most evil character Shakespeare ever introduced onto the stage. As J.H. Walter's introduction discusses, , his motives have often been argued over. Some people believe that he is driven by pure malignancy and all his actions are accordingly bad. For them, there is no need to look too deeply into Iago's character for the reasons for his malicious destruction of Othello and Desdemona: he is simply very bad. However as discusse...

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