Grade Theatre Othello was written by William Shakespeare and was first printed in 1662 Othello tells the tragic story of Othello‚ a prestigious general in Venice; Iago is his best friend‚ however‚ when Othello promotes someone else to be personal lieutenant‚ Iago becomes jealous and begins plotting against Othello and his newly eloped wife‚ Desdemona. Othello is suspicious of Desdemona and plans to poison her. Othello smothers her to death. Emilia‚ Iago’s wife‚ tells Othello about Iago’s plots
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The play reveals Desdemona to be weak because as Othello continues to accuse her of being unfaithful‚ she fails to strongly oppose his accusations. Near the end of the play‚ as Othello informs Desdemona he is going to murder her‚ she says‚ “Ay-but not yet to die!” (VI.i.59). It almost seems as if she is encouraging him to kill her‚ making her ultimately look weaker for wasting the last moments of her life taunting her husband of not being dead‚ instead of proving her innocence to justify the truth
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of regard and affection. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Othello‚ there are many questions that the reader would ask about the love that Othello has for Desdemona. During many aspects of the play‚ Othello’s love for his wife is contradictory and questionable. Throughout Shakespeare’s play‚ Othello displays that he does not truly love Desdemona through his relationship was based on pity and not true love‚ the lack of trust Othello had for Desdemona raised false suspicion and Shakespeare’s design to
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Othello and Desdemona vs. Romeo and Juliet Othello and Desdemona are similar and different from Romeo and Juliet in several ways‚ both as couples‚ and as individuals. The circumstances they face and the nature of their characters share similarities‚ and so do the choices they make‚ but the other characters in the respective plays‚ and the key differences in Othello and Romeo’s dispositions cause them to go down separate roads‚ even if the end stage is the same. Desdemona and Juliet are interesting
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Desdemona The daughter of the Venetian senator Brabantio. Desdemona and Othello are secretly married before the play begins. While in some ways stereotypically pure and meek‚ Desdemona is also determined and self-possessed. She is equally capable of defending her marriage‚ jesting bawdily with Iago‚ and responding with dignity to Othello’s incomprehensible jealousy. Desdemona is a more plausible‚ well-rounded figure than much criticism has given her credit for. Arguments that see Desdemona as
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8/27/15 Othello Act 4 Scene 3 and Act 5 Scene 1 8/27/15 Othello Act 4 Scene 3 and Act 5 Scene 1 Summary: This scene starts with Othello telling his wife she would go to bed‚ and that he would be with her soon. Desdemona seems fairly aware of her fate‚ as she tells Emilia to wrap her in her wedding sheets if she is to perish. And Emilia continues on a speech about adultery actions to Desdemona. Then in the next scene‚ Iago convinces Roderigo to attacks Cassio‚ but fails to kill him‚ and instead
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Desdemona has not fallen victim to Othello’s insane rage and jealousy by her wrong doing. She isn’t even the main target of the demise brought upon Iago. The one to fall is Othello‚ but to achieve this‚ Iago must get him to kill Desdemona. Totally deprived of breath and of words to tell the truth. Wrong place’s at the most wrong times‚ this is what made her the passive victim for Iago’s true victim. Desdemona is probably the strongest willed character in the play‚ although she is a woman. Shakespeare
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“I am glad of this‚ for now I shall have reason to show the love and duty that I bear you with franker spirit. Therefore‚ as I am bound‚ receive it from me. I speak not yet of proof. Look to your wife‚ observe her well with Cassio. Wear your eyes thus‚ not jealous nor secure. I would not have your free and noble nature out of self-bounty be abused. Look to ’t. I know our country disposition well. In Venice they do let God see the pranks they dare not show their husbands. Their best conscience is
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of the play witness how the deceitfulness of the main character‚ Iago‚ toys with the mind of Othello‚ generally leading Othello into having the jealous thoughts towards his peers and an hateful heart towards his wife‚ Desdemona. At the beginning of the story‚ Othello makes it apparent to the other men in the story that he is okay with Desdemona’s independence‚ and is actually proud of that in her and makes it apparent that‚ her independance is a feature that attracted Othello to Desdemona. “ But
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about Desdemona. Desdemona was a beautiful‚ young‚ white Venetian girl but also she disobeys her father’s expectations by marrying a black man‚ she also challenges the society that largely disapproves of intercultural marriages and also she gets abused by her husband. In this way‚ Desdemona’s relationship with Othello speaks to the play’s concerns with the 16th century attitudes about Lust‚ Defying social standards of the 16th century and also domestic violence. For example in the play it shows
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