William Shakespeare once insisted “They are books‚ the arts‚ the academies‚ that show‚ contain‚ and nourish all the world.”A book can hold much power and information within its pages‚ yet throughout the history of literature‚ writings have been banned with the dislike of the precious information held inside of these plays‚ books‚ scripts‚ etc. The Tragedy of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice‚ a Shakespeare classical play‚ has been argued both unfit and inappropriate for teenagers of high school age. In
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innocent. Othello is described in the text as an exotic character‚ who shows an animalistic side. Roderigo says about Othello‚ “To the gross clasps of a lascivious Moor / …An extravagant and wheeling stranger”. (I. I. 126‚ 136). When Iago talks to Brabantio and tries to convince him that his daughter is with Othello he compares Othello to an animal. Iago says‚ “You’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse”.( I. I. 112). Or he also says‚ “Your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast
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and reality • Othello’s failure to investigate the evidence – reasons and results • Or develop your own topic – something you would like to investigate from the play Requirements for the essay: • Length: No length requirement. Write in enough detail to thoroughly investigate your topic. Your essay should have an introduction with a thesis statement‚ body paragraphs (each with a topic sentence and a main idea)‚ and a conclusion. • Quotes from the text: Include at least one quote from the text
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Veronica Gorlovsky LI 203 Professor Dulgarian May 28‚ 2011 The Role of Irony in Shakespeare’s “Othello” The most captivating elements of Othello are Shakespeare’s clever use of literary devices‚ such as symbolism (i.e. the handkerchief‚ a symbol of faith and fidelity) and metaphor (Iago’s vulgar animal references- Iago tells Barbantio: “…an old black ram is tupping your white ewe” (1.1.88)). However‚ the most prominent literary device throughout the play is irony‚ especially surrounding
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It is Iago who causes Othello’s downfall‚ not a tragic flaw in Othello. To what extent do you agree with this statement? In the play of ‘Othello‚’ we firstly see a perfect‚ loving relationship between two of the main characters‚ Othello and Desdemona. By the end of the play‚ this relationship that they share is completely destroyed as Othello is driven by the strong emotion of jealousy to kill his wife and then himself‚ after realising that he had done an unjustly thing. In a tragedy
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from it whist Iago just takes it for his own. Futhermore because he knows that Roderigo loves Desdemona he uses this knowledge against him and instead of trying to help him he uses it to help himself. This is shown when Iago makes Roderigo wake Brabantio from his sleep to tell him about Othello and his daughter. This shows Iago using the knowledge of others to his advantage showing his skilled villain side‚ the critic‚ A.W. von Schlegel agrees with my view of Iago‚ he states he is a: ‘ Complete
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Othello – Power of Love Othello is a Shakespearean tragedy‚ set in Elizabethan Times that present the relationship between‚ Othello‚ a ‘moor’ who’s an official in the Venetian army and Desdemona‚ the daughter of a noble Venetian Senator‚ Brabantio‚ and how despite their different experiences in love‚ a strong relationship can occur‚ without any initial external input. Desdemona’s assertive behaviour towards romantically pursing Othello‚ demonstrates her confidence and power‚ which she maintains
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when he realizes that Cassio is alive and Iago lied to him and that he actually believed that his innocent wife would cheat on him. Accountability is when someone is responsible for something. Iago is responsible for telling Roderigo to wake up Brabantio (which is Desdemona’s father) and tell him that she is going behind his back and marrying Othello who is a black man that is twice her age. Act I‚ scene i lines
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and Roderigo. She sees “Othello’s visage in his mind‚” which entails that she looks beyond his physical appearance and its connotations and sees his “honours and valiant parts”. Similarly‚ the Duke believes Othello to be a noble man‚ and confronts Brabantio of his prejudgment: “If virtue no delighted beauty lack‚ your son-in-law is more fair than black”. These words prove that Othello
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advantage. Iago hates Othello because he believes that Othello has been Cuckolding his wife‚ Iago has no proof but he believes his suspicion is enough to act on ‘I follow him to serve my turn upon him.’ Iago went behind Othello’s back and went to tell Brabantio that his daughter has eloped with Othello who he describes to be a breeding Stallion “you’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary/ horse.” Iago is also not happy with Othello having chosen Casio who he claims is gay to be second in command “A
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