called ‘the Moor’ many more times than he was called by his first name‚ this shows that the Venetians think his race is more important than his real name. When Othello marries Desdemona‚ a young‚ beautiful and white Venetian who is the daughter of the Senator‚ Brabantio‚ the people of Venice‚ except Cassio‚ Montano and Desdemona‚ begin to dislike Othello more‚ just because of his race. Othello thinks he is special because he is amazed to have such a beautiful wife. ‘Even now‚ now‚ very now‚ an old black
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their lives. He is responsible for the deaths of all of the main characters: Roderigo‚ Cassio‚ Emilia‚ Desdemona‚ and Othello. The motive for this antagonist has no good reasoning‚ simply Iago’s own jealousy and hatred for the world. In Act I we learn that Roderigo is giving Iago money to buy gifts for Desdemona to try to win her love. Iago manages to gain Roderigo’s trust with promises to make Desdemona notice Roderigo and fall for him. Using Roderigo’s hope for love‚ Iago is able to control him
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for Desdemona by planting the handkerchief in the possession of roderigo and saying that Othello’s wife was a whore. And
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Jealousy‚ “the green-eyed monster” Shakespeare is consistent in his use of repeated themes throughout his works‚ particularly those of love‚ death‚ and betrayal. Shakespeare repeats these themes to set the mood through his works. It is important for Shakespeare to be consistent with his themes‚ or the plays would lose their meaning and mood. All of these themes are present in Othello‚ but the most dominant is the theme of jealousy‚ which presents itself multiple times throughout the play. We see
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same characteristics with the characters roles. The two main characters in the play "Othello" are Othello and Iago. In the movie "O" they are Odin and Hugo. The play "Othello" was about a noble Moor‚ Othello that was in love with a woman named Desdemona. In the Movie "O" the characters name is Odin and that are similar in many ways. Odin (Mekhi Phifer) is a superstar basketball player that is best friends with Hugo (Josh Hartnett). They play on the same basketball team and Odin is the only black
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MAJOR ENGLISH WRITERS ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAY OTHELLO FAJRI KURNIAWAN 1010733020 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF HUMANITY ANDALAS UNIVERSITY PADANG 2013 Background of the author William Shakespeare is the most famous writer of plays in the English language. He was born in 1564‚ in Stratford upon-Avon and died on the 23rd of April‚ 1616. He wrote thirty-nine plays and hundreds of poems. His father William was a successful local businessman and his mother Mary
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and friendship is seen between Emilia and Desdemona. Emilia stands up for Desdemona‚ her innocent mistress‚ to prove her innocence by bringing her husband’s bad deeds to the sight of Othello. Even though Emilia steals her mistress’s handkerchief because of her love towards her husband‚ she ends up standing up for her loving mistress. Iago uses love as a source of advantage to gain success in revenge. He fakes love as a friend to Cassio‚ Rodrigo‚ as a husband to Emilia for his own benefit. Iago’s idea
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and audience is The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice‚ written by William Shakespeare in 1406. The intense relationships between characters are a focus point of which honesty and deception are at the base within this play. Iago uses Roderigo‚ Emilia and Cassio as pawns‚ tools‚ and guides - the interlocking pieces in his puzzle to eventually strike at Othello and unleash the devastating horrors of jealousy‚ in order to denounce him from upper society and loss of vital respect and reputation.
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racism‚ love‚ jealousy and betrayal. The two protagonists in the story‚ Othello and Iago‚ are basically the one’s who were responsible for the tragic events. These tragic events includes the destroyed marriage of Othello and Desdemona‚ death of Desdemona‚ Emilia and also the downfall of Othello. This story questions who was more responsible for the tragic events. However‚ both Othello and Iago did some mistakes and wrong choices of their own that leads to an unfortunate events.
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almost to the sense‚/ And he grows angry. Now‚ whether he kill Cassio‚/ Or Cassio him‚ or each do kill the other‚/ Every way makes my gain. Live Roderigo‚/ He calls me to a restitution large/ Of gold and jewels that bobb’d from him‚/ As gifts to Desdemona;/ It must not be. If Cassio do remain‚/ He hath a daily beauty in his life/ That makes me ugly; and besides‚ the Moor/ May unfold me to him; there stand I in much peril:/ No‚ he must die. But so: I hear him coming. 2. For what two reasons
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