occupation’s gone.” – Now he knows about Desdemona and Cassio’s affair his purpose and reason for living is gone. Desdemona’s love overpowered everything in Othello’s life‚ she came before his soldiership‚ his reputation and his friends and now that their love is gone his life is worthless. * “Villain‚ be sure thou prove my love a whore‚ Be sure of it. Give me the ocular proof.” – We can see at this point the road that Othello’s going down. He wants proof that Desdemona is in fact a ‘whore’‚ not the opposite
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he suggests that Desdemona should testify freely how their love came about. Some may argue that Othello holds a number of insecurities about himself and this is a prime example of him desperatly needing Desdemona to justify her reasoning for marrying him. After all‚ he displays an incredible vulnaribilty‚ ‘a free and open nature‚ that thinks men honest that but seem to be so.’ Iago works on these traits and his pretended disapproval of the relations between Cassio and Desdemona rouses Othello’s curiosity
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reality he is the most hateful and inconsiderate person in this play. Othello‚ on the other hand‚ is a very social veteran and is respected by those around him. Later in the play we see a change in Othello’s personality when it comes to his wife Desdemona‚ because in the end there is a tragedy. In act three‚ we start to get a better understanding of the sub themes in the play of jealousy and irrational belief between Iago and Othello and a true meaning of the handkerchief in the play. The handkerchief
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make him wise? – William Blake Most of the characters in Othello are fools and they enable Iago to carry out his plans because they are blind idiots. Do you agree with this statement? Discuss the following characters: Othello‚ Desdemona‚ Cassio‚ Roderigo and Emilia. Explain your views on whether or not they are foolish. 25 Mark Rubric [pic] Memorandum – Task 6 Othello Essay In Othello‚ the mastermind Iago is the perfect villain. To the outside world‚ he seems completely harmless;
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flaw or weakness is his or her error or transgression. In William Shakespeare’s "Othello‚" Othello’s hamartia is the misconception he has "of himself as being uncouth‚ poorly spoken‚ and old; and because he begins to believe that his fair wife‚ Desdemona‚ cannot love him‚ he starts to believe that she is guilty of infidelity. "(classicnote). Maurice Charney’s "Shakespeare on Love and Lust" states that love in a comedy "acts as a generator of plot The assumption is that the perturbations of love
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remain characteristic throughout the whole story. There is a touch of happiness for the newlyweds‚ Othello and Desdemona‚ which quickly disintegrates with the mighty villains lies and deceit. There is a feeling of empathy for Othello when his extreme‚ yet falsely founded jealousy causes him to lose his mind‚ and his beloved wife. The mood is sad and frustrating when poor innocent Desdemona is being punished for a crime she didn’t commit. And at the end there is a slight feeling of satisfaction
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Othello – Ellen Desdemona – Derek Bianca – Ellen Emilia – Lauren Iago – Tristan Cassio – Chad Drunk Person – Lauren Brabantio – Lauren Roderigo – Derek Scene 1: Brabantio My Space (Brabantio-Lauren‚ Othello-Ellen‚ Denaynay-Derek‚ MySpace-Tristan) MySpace: Ding! Got new grillz Brobantio: Dang Denaynay dem some shiny grillz MySpace: Ding! Relationship changed. Denaynay is married to Othello Brabantio: Ah Hell Naw! (Actually oh hell no but said as spelt) End Scene Scene
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OTHELLO: JEALOUSY D. R. Godfrey [Godfrey examines the portrayal of jealousy in Othello‚ determining that it is the cause of evil in the play. The critic exposes the jealousy presented by several characters: Othello‚ Roderigo‚ Bianca‚ and Iago. He compares their irrational behavior to that of Leontes‚ the jealous husband of Hermoine in The Winter’s Tale‚ and asserts that each displays a form of sexual jealousy. Iago‚ however‚ exhibits "an all-encompassing jealousy directed not only against sexual
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believing that his honest wife Desdemona is having an affair with the loyal lieutenant Cassio. Although Iago gives no form of physical evidence‚ his convincing words are strong enough to allow such intense thoughts to enter Othello’s mind. As Iago states to Othello:"It is impossible you should see this‚Were they as prime as goats‚ as hot as mnkeys‚As salt as wolves in pride‚ and fools as grossAs ignorance made drunk." (3.3.402-405)Iago uses such intense imagery of Desdemona and Cassio sleeping together
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people were one dimensional‚ either good or bad. However‚ jealousy is arguably the most powerful theme being interweaved throughout the play and crucial in understanding the demise of the noble and respected Othello as well as his relationship with Desdemona and Iago. Jealousy is a state of fear‚ suspicion‚ revenge or envy called by a real or imagined threat or challenge; displaying that Othello becomes this character from Iago the manipulative Machiavellian. As Jealousy is apparent in Othello‚ the
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