Types of Power in Othello
Discuss the representation of different types of power in Othello, The Interview (and a related text of your choice)
There are many different types of power that can be gained by characters in texts. These types of power can be obtained purely by birth right or accumulated through a series of actions. The concept of there being different types of power, is represented by composers, notably in the play, Othello by William Shakespeare as well as the films The Interview (1998) by Craig Monahan and Wall Street (1987) by Oliver Stone through a spate of techniques.
The power of reputation is an important motive for characters in Othello acts as a boundary that stops then for committing acts that they deem to hamper their reputation. An intoxicated Cassio cries to Iago “Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.” Through the use of repetition and animal imagery, Shakespeare shows the audience the esteem, reputation was held in Venetian society as Cassio believes he is nothing without his reputation. In a conversation between the two detectives of the internal affairs office in The Interview the topic of Sgt Steele’s occupational practise come under question, “Do you know how many times Ethics Committee have had to look at him?” “Because he gets results?” This disagreement comes about due to they way Steele’s reputation should be perceived due to the nature of his work. In Wall Street Bud is talking to his father about where all the money he earns goes and his ambitions to make it big in business “50K don’t get you to first base in the Big Apple anymore… I gotta live in Manhattan to be a player, there’s no nobility in poverty anymore.” Stone creates a stark difference between the two by their attire, Bud is in a suit and his father is in blue-overalls, Bud is all about materialism and wants to been seen at the right places, wearing the right clothes and driving the right car,
There are many different types of power that can be gained by characters in texts. These types of power can be obtained purely by birth right or accumulated through a series of actions. The concept of there being different types of power, is represented by composers, notably in the play, Othello by William Shakespeare as well as the films The Interview (1998) by Craig Monahan and Wall Street (1987) by Oliver Stone through a spate of techniques.
The power of reputation is an important motive for characters in Othello acts as a boundary that stops then for committing acts that they deem to hamper their reputation. An intoxicated Cassio cries to Iago “Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.” Through the use of repetition and animal imagery, Shakespeare shows the audience the esteem, reputation was held in Venetian society as Cassio believes he is nothing without his reputation. In a conversation between the two detectives of the internal affairs office in The Interview the topic of Sgt Steele’s occupational practise come under question, “Do you know how many times Ethics Committee have had to look at him?” “Because he gets results?” This disagreement comes about due to they way Steele’s reputation should be perceived due to the nature of his work. In Wall Street Bud is talking to his father about where all the money he earns goes and his ambitions to make it big in business “50K don’t get you to first base in the Big Apple anymore… I gotta live in Manhattan to be a player, there’s no nobility in poverty anymore.” Stone creates a stark difference between the two by their attire, Bud is in a suit and his father is in blue-overalls, Bud is all about materialism and wants to been seen at the right places, wearing the right clothes and driving the right car,