Othello
Ugly black twisted tree in the middle of a green field and a butterfly is chained next to it
RACE and GENDER
MANIPULATION:
Iago manipulates Brabantio into believing Desdemona ran off with Othello in a negative way
Iago manipulates Cassio in drinking and starting a fight
Iago manipulates Othello into thinking Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair
GENDER ROLE:
Iago’s depiction of female- his treatment and rude comments about Emilia and Bianca
Iago’s telling Roderigo women only wanted sex
Focus on Emilia
When the name William Shakespeare is mentioned, what do you immediately think of? Is it a love story about two unfortunate star-crossed lovers? Do you think of a powerful tragedy about a man who chooses evil to fulfil his ambition of becoming King? So when the name William Shakespeare is mentioned, we think about his plays. Why? What makes Shakespeare’s plays so influential and memorable? Maybe some of us feel like we have to read Shakespeare because it’s compulsory at school, but have you ever stopped to consider how relatable his plays are to our lives? Shakespeare’s great genius was in unravelling and explaining human nature- you know, love, ambition, greed, self-pity, all those themes he plays on when he analyses people in power. In “Othello”, Shakespeare uses poetic and dramatic techniques to explore the theme of manipulation and gender
I will argue that the tragedy occurs as a result of the protagonists� overwhelming adherence to their society�s stereotyped gender roles and that Iago further encourages and manipulates these gender roles to his own ends. Gender relations are pretty antagonistic in Othello. Unmarried women are regarded as their fathers' property and the play's two marriages are marked by male jealousy and cruelty (both wives are murdered by their own husbands). Most male characters in Othello assume that all Venetian women are inherently promiscuous, which explains why female sexuality is a huge threat to men in the play. Othello
RACE and GENDER
MANIPULATION:
Iago manipulates Brabantio into believing Desdemona ran off with Othello in a negative way
Iago manipulates Cassio in drinking and starting a fight
Iago manipulates Othello into thinking Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair
GENDER ROLE:
Iago’s depiction of female- his treatment and rude comments about Emilia and Bianca
Iago’s telling Roderigo women only wanted sex
Focus on Emilia
When the name William Shakespeare is mentioned, what do you immediately think of? Is it a love story about two unfortunate star-crossed lovers? Do you think of a powerful tragedy about a man who chooses evil to fulfil his ambition of becoming King? So when the name William Shakespeare is mentioned, we think about his plays. Why? What makes Shakespeare’s plays so influential and memorable? Maybe some of us feel like we have to read Shakespeare because it’s compulsory at school, but have you ever stopped to consider how relatable his plays are to our lives? Shakespeare’s great genius was in unravelling and explaining human nature- you know, love, ambition, greed, self-pity, all those themes he plays on when he analyses people in power. In “Othello”, Shakespeare uses poetic and dramatic techniques to explore the theme of manipulation and gender
I will argue that the tragedy occurs as a result of the protagonists� overwhelming adherence to their society�s stereotyped gender roles and that Iago further encourages and manipulates these gender roles to his own ends. Gender relations are pretty antagonistic in Othello. Unmarried women are regarded as their fathers' property and the play's two marriages are marked by male jealousy and cruelty (both wives are murdered by their own husbands). Most male characters in Othello assume that all Venetian women are inherently promiscuous, which explains why female sexuality is a huge threat to men in the play. Othello