Even now‚ now‚ very now an old black ram is tupping your white yew.’ Iago is using imagery to bring home what he is saying to Brabantio. He describes Othello as an old‚ black ram. He emphasises that Othello is older than Desdemona and is black; Iago’s using imagery to spark off a sense of protection in Brabantio. The use of beastial imagery repulses Brabantio and the audience‚ making the pain in Brabantio’s breast sharper and Iago’s words carry with greatter effect. Iago also uses a tricolon
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Venetian society‚ directly addresses Othello’s rising above his prejudice by saying to Brabantio‚ “If virtue no delighted beauty lack‚ Your son-in-law is far more fair than black” (Act 1.3.290-291). In this same situation we see Othello himself meeting these serious allegations of witchcraft with a remarkably calm and tactful manner‚ the way a hero should perform in a stressful situation. When he is approached by Brabantio and a group of high-ranking officers with drawn swords and flaming torches‚ he calmly
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and Senators are choosing the best warrior to defend their country: ‘Valiant Othello‚ we must straight employ you/ Against the general enemy Ottoman.’ That makes Othello gain the power and confidence from his services in front of the state. When Brabantio‚ Desdemona’s father‚ comes with his people to fight Othello on the grounds of witch crafting his daughter‚ ‘the noble Moor’ reacts very calmly: "Hold your hands‚ both of you of my inclining and the rest./Were it my cue to fight‚ I should have known
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A tragic hero is characterized in literature as a great and honourable person whose life takes a monumental downfall because of their fatal flaw. By Aristotle’s definition‚ a tragic hero is “a man who is neither a paragon of virtue and justice nor undergoes the change to misfortune through any real badness or wickedness but because of some mistake” (Aristotle‚ 38). In Shakespeare’s play‚ both Othello and Desdemona fit well within these guidelines. Othello is a well-revered general who is called to
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’Othello is the principal agent of his own downfall’. Discuss this statement. Othello is undoubtedly unfortunate to encounter a villian such as Iago‚ whose ingenuity and wicked nature enable him to manipulate a range of characters with a simplicity that comes natural to him. However‚ while the cunning and deceptive nature of Iago plays a central role in Othello’s downfall‚ such a spectacular tragedy would not have been possible without the primary flaws that the Moor possesses. Iago’s success is
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the lieutenant‚ and later he is killed by Iago. Roderigo is identified as easy to be manipulated. Roderigo is gullible; he believes everything Iago tells him and does everything Iago tells him to do. At the beginning of the play‚ Roderigo alerts Brabantio‚ under Iago’s command‚ about Desdemona eloping with the Moor. He sails with Iago to Cyprus and later serves as a pawn in Iago’s plan to ruin Othello and Cassios’ lives. At the instruction of Iago‚ Roderigo starts a fight with Cassio while Iago
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existing stories from history and books for the basis of his play. Othello was based on a story in Cinthio’s ‘Hecatommithi’ in 1565‚ ‘Un Capitano Moro’. Othello‚ the Moorish general in Venice married Desdemona‚ a daughter of a Venetian senator‚ Brabantio in spite of her father’s opposition. However‚ Iago‚ Othello’s ensign bears a grudge against Othello because Othello appoints Cassio to his lieutenant. Therefore‚ Iago let Casso lose his position as a lieutenant and let him approach Desdemona for
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Do you think that justice and revenge are the most important themes in Othello? Is there another underlying theme that you consider even more important? I argue that justice and revenge are not the dominate over arching themes in Othello. I believe jealousy is the most important theme. Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello focuses on the downfall of military General Othello whose happiness at his marriage to Desdemona is quickly consumed by jealousy. The love of Othello and Desdemona are tragically torn
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In Shakespeare’s plays Othello and Macbeth the audience is presented with two great heroes who both poses a certain character flaw that inevitably leads to their downfall. This is the idea behind a tragic hero; a person of great importance comes to a tragic end because of a serious flaw in his character. Both Othello and Macbeth find themselves on top of the world one moment and being crushed beneath it the next. The next logical comparison to make between two of Shakespeare’s tragic heroes is who
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In the beginning of Othello‚ Iago and Rodrigo are sent to awaken Desdemona’s father in order to alert him to his daughter’s elopement with Othello. Brabantio is outraged at his daughter’s abandonment of him. When he goes before the Venetian Senate to argue that Desdemona was forced into marrying Othello‚ Brabantio claims‚ “If she confess that she was half the wooer‚/Destruction on my head if my bad blame/Light on the man.—Come hither‚ gentle mistress./Do you perceive in all this
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