Good Morning Fellow Artists for the Dramatic Arts! We all know the reason for which we have gathered here today and thank you for your enthusiasm in wishing to audition for William Shakespeare’s Othello! Now‚ to be able to convey a character perfectly‚ one must know the culture‚ society‚ personality‚ relationships and various other components to portray the character as realistic as possible. This‚ you should know‚ in the dramatic world‚ is called realism. Now‚ you’ve all obviously been
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113)‚ as Iago so gently puts it‚ Brabantio calls Iago a villain. Instead of denying it‚ Iago simply replies by saying‚ "You are-a senator."(I‚ i‚ 115) Agreat way to avoid reality is to merely pretend it is not there. Then‚ instead of takingcredit for telling Brabantio‚ Iago allows Roderigo to remain and bear witness. After all‚what is the devil better at than casting false blame. When Iago is preparing him for his confrontation with Brabantio‚ Othello asks ifhis
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worst enemy. Iago was jealous that Cassio go the promotion and not him. Iago would destroy the marriage of Othello and Desdemona‚ and he even dismantles his own marriage too. One of the first racist remarks toward Othello was to Brabantio‚ Desdemona father. Iago said to Brabantio “Even now‚ now‚ very now‚ an old black ram Is tupping your white ewe. Arise‚
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has run off to marry Othello. Roderigo and Brabantio go and search for Desdemona. Scene 2: Venice‚ outside the Sagittary. Cassio tells Othello the Senate needs him to go to Cyprus to fight the Turks. Brabantio finds Othello and accuses him of stealing his daughter. They decide to ask the Duke’s opinion. Scene 3: Venice‚ the council Chamber. While the Duke is discussing war tactics‚ he is interrupted by Othello‚ Brabantio‚ Iago and Roderigo. Brabantio states that Othello has stolen his daughter
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as the General‚ he promoted Cassio to lieutenant which caused Iago’s fury along with an evil plan to destroy Othello’s life. In spite of Iago’s and Roderigo’s first attack by telling Brabantio that Othello and Desdemona are having sexual intercourse‚ Othello remained confident‚ calm and authoritative when Brabantio confronted him. He did not draw his sword as the rest did‚ he simply said: “Keep up your bright swords for the dew will rust them”. He knew that he hadn’t committed a felony(he was wise)
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caused by his overly trusting nature. In Acts I and II‚ Othello is a brave and honest leader that everyone looks up to. He holds himself to high standards‚ as suggested by his reaction to Iago saying that he should hide from Desdemona’s father when Brabantio finds out about the marriage: “Not I. I must be found.
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A fully developed professional theatre that emerged in England in the 1580s had a “profound effect on the ways the gendered body was staged” (Billing‚ 16). Early modern constructions of the gendered body were “viewed as along a continuum” moving in one direction or the other (Fisher‚ 6). This early modern thought implies that gender as a performance rather than its ontological core on the stage. Shakespeare’s comedies may suggest that masculinity on the stage is like “a suit of clothes” that could
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the late sixteenth century‚ Venice was a male-dominated society while women struggled to be heard. Desdemona‚ Bianca‚ and Emilia are all victims of this society throughout Shakespeare’s Othello. Desdemona is a young‚ rich‚ white girl raised Brabantio. Brabantio looks at Desdemona as a pure‚ innocent girl and feels that she is a victim to Othello’s black magic when he finds out that Desdemona is married to Othello. Desdemona admits her love to Othello to her father and defies everything that her father
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It is not scary to have an idea‚ but it is scary when you are totally controlled by an idea. In Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Iago gets the idea in his head‚ which poisons his mind and leads to his jealousy‚ eventually cause the death of Roderigo‚ Desdemona and Othello. Poison is used to damage or kill something. Shakespeare uses poison in Otello to show the reader the progress of destruction done by Iago’s words and actions. In the beginning of the play‚ when Iago talks to Roderigo‚ he explains
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William Shakespeare has been a decorated playwright and poet since he first began introducing his works in the sixteenth century. The plays and poems of Shakespeare has a power over audiences‚ to make them feel the emotions that are embedded within the works themselves. In “Macbeth” we feel the pain and suffering of Macbeth as he is overcome with his greed and his own brand of paranoia‚ which leads him to destroying everything in the world that he finds dear. Shakespeare has the power to make audiences
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