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    no  matter  the  shrew or  the lady‚ when they are angry‚ it is very dangerous.  ● Katherine:  today  I  will  tell  all  of  you  the  acridity  of  Bianca—who  you  think  is a  mild  and  gentle  lady‚  and  I   will  show  you the real face of her. Of course you will  get surprised‚ but only in this way‚ you can see her clearly.  ● Bianca:  oh  my  god‚  my  life  is  so  poor.  My  sister  Katherine  is  so  stupid  that  I  cannot  stand  anymore.  She  wants  to  grab  everything  from 

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    Rice University Honest Othello: The Handkerchief Once More Author(s): Michael C. Andrews Source: Studies in English Literature‚ 1500-1900‚ Vol. 13‚ No. 2‚ Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama (Spring‚ 1973)‚ pp. 273-284 Published by: Rice University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/449739 . Accessed: 18/07/2013 21:44 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a

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    which was a little hard for the group of eight year olds to grasp but most entertaining for myself and several adults. When I began reading Shakespeare’s Othello‚ Iago’s antics reminded me of Ivan the Incredible and how someone can trick you to believe something is true when it really isn’t. Appearance versus reality plays a huge role in Othello‚ and constantly surfaces as a main theme in Iago’s magnificent ability and experience in deceiving fellow characters causing an extra twist to the plot. Iago

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    “In a play concerned with good and evil‚ with deceit and honesty‚ Desdemona is the refined‚ uncomplicated embodiment of goodness and purity.” Does this statement resonate with your own interpretation of Othello? The playOthello‚ written by William Shakespeare is most definitely a play that is concerned with good and evil‚ and Desdemona does reflect the good in the play and remains the victim throughout. Throughout the play the reader is presented with a battle between the deceitful forces of

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    hierarchy between all the main characters they all have a certain role. The reason Iago jealous of cassio is the fact that he is othello’s right hand man and othello is general of the army of venice and he chose cassio to be his lieutenant and fight by his side. This created a conflict between Iago and cassio because iago wanted Cassio’s position but he wanted them both to suffer and he planned out to seek revenge on Othello by using his love for Desdemona by planting the handkerchief in the possession

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    Turley English 10.7 10 June 2010 Othello: The Stereotypical Moor Shakespeare’s Othello continued stereotypes by portraying Othello‚ the Moor‚ as jealous and passionate. Othello was shown as jealous by his reaction to Desdemona‚ his wife‚ supposedly cheating. Desdemona is viewed as “the sweetest innocent [t]hat e’er did lift up eye” by most people who have known her (IIII. ii. 196-197). However‚ as soon as Iago suggests that she has been cheating‚ Othello starts to doubt her. He turns paranoid

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    A Discussion of the Avant-Garde Characteristics of Samuel Beckett’s Play The term ’avant-garde’ means literally in French the ’fore guard‚’ the part of the military that goes before the main force. (Calinescu‚ 1987) In this ’going before‚’ the avant-garde of a military force not only exposes itself to greater risks from enemy positions (which may or may not be known)‚ but it also can avail itself of greater strategic and tactical opportunities if it finds the enemy unprepared. As a term of art to

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    eat up up. The playOthello” by William Shakespeare was written in 1604. The play originally took place in Venice ‚ but throughout the play the settings switched from Venice to Cyprus. During the play Shakespeare demonstrated several themes within the character and how those themes motivated the characters actions. Jealousy is one emotion that impels Iago’s manipulative actions throughout the entire play. Iago is the 3rd-in-command which is called an ancient. Iago is married to Emilia‚ who is Desdemona’s

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    Write Up On Othello: Othello as an Outsider Shakespeare’s Othello‚ written in approximately 1603‚ is a tragic play that centralises around the role of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice. Throughout the play‚ a notion that is consistently evident is that of “the outsider”. In Othello‚ many characters are in some way outsiders. Each character devises their own unique way to rid themselves of this “outsider” status‚ whether it be by marriage‚ gaining strength or through means of manipulation. As persistently

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    Metaphors In Othello

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    In tragic play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Othello hires Cassio as his first mate over Iago (who has been working longer and harder by Othello’s side.) This sets Iago off into a huge jealousy spiral and he plots a very tactical revenge scheme. He tricks Othello into thinking his wife‚ Desdemona is sleeping with Cassio. He also gets Cassio fired. Iago’s snakey plan works until the end and results in the death of Desdemona‚ Roderigo‚ Othello and himself; Cassio is one the only people to survive

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