“Othello” by William Shakespeare‚ the protagonist of the story is Othello‚ an African‚ Muslim general who is married to Desdemona. Desdemona is a fair‚ young‚ courteous woman who also happens to be white. At the end of the play‚ Desdemona is killed by her own husband‚ Othello. Some would say that she is responsible for her own death‚ the following pieces of evidence support this claim. Desdemona is responsible for her own death because she provoked Othello to want to harm her by being inappropriate with another
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Shakespearean scholar M.R. Ridley suggests that the theme of Othello centers on the conflict between “reason and instinct.” There is main reason of why did Iago go to Othello accusing his wife of cheating. And the instinct Othello had to kill his wife Desdemona due to these accusations. Shakespeare has many underlying and reoccurring themes throughout as well. One major theme is that of betrayal and loyalty. During the entire play‚ every character is either loyal to‚ or betrays another character. In the
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King Oedipus and Othello are two characters in two different plays from the same names. ’King Oedipus’ was written around c.425 and is a work of Greek tragedy. ’Othello’ was written by Shakespeare in the early 1600’s and also shares the common theme of being a tragedy with ’King Oedipus.’ Both King Oedipus and Othello are the main characters in their plays and throughout the plays face challenges to overcome their tragedies. Both King Oedipus and Othello are natural leaders & at the beginning are
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important than living. Othello is an emotion and unsure character‚ and therefore is easily controlled by the overflowing self-confidence of Iago. Othello and Desdemona are a newly married couple now living in a new country. Their first moths of marriage they spent apart on ships. Now that they are together‚ Othello cannot help but speculate that Desdemona was and still is being unfaithful. Thoughts like this are in his mind planted by Iago‚ who’s determined for revenge against Othello. After only seeing
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Essay examining the role of deception in the play‚ as seen through the action of the main characters: Othello‚ Iago‚ and Desdemona. Othello is‚ at heart‚ a play about deception‚ and the emotional turmoil and mental anguish it can cause. Although Iago aptly demonstrates all that is evil through his malevolent manipulation of others‚ he is not the only practitioner of deception in the play. Othello himself can also be regarded as a study in deception‚ albeit of a much more subtle variety than that
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believing that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio. He also deceives Roderigo‚ making him believe that Desdemona will tire of Othello and eventually be won by Roderigo. It is Iago’s repeated deceptions that move the plot of the play forward to the ultimate climax and tragedy. Another minor theme of Othello is love‚ and the play can be considered a romantic tragedy. The play is romantic because it celebrates "the marriage of two minds" as embodied in Othello and Desdemona. They marry in spite
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Resentment through Writing Since the beginning of humanity‚ people established certain beliefs in their societies. In Renaissance Europe‚ individuals viewed black skin color as evil and white as pure. For many years‚ males considered themselves superior to females. Although most of the people shared these beliefs‚ some resented the established ideas. Authors showed resentment through literature. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(“Huck Finn”) by Mark Twain‚ Othello by William Shakespeare‚ and Ishmael
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falls in love with a young woman named Desdemona‚ even though he has no experience with women. The director of the film‚ Oliver Parker‚ contrasts the ideas of appearance and reality. Through the film effects‚ the camera angles‚ and the colours of clothing Parker is able to convey many different messages. Green‚ yellow‚ white and black are colours that appear many times throughtout the film because of the messages that are hidden within each colour. Desdemona is always shown to be wearing yellow
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character shows the destruction that jealousy can cause. As the play unfolds we see his calm nature digress and turn him into an angry monster. Emilia comments to Desdemona that “They are not jealous for the cause‚/But jealous because they are jealous” in a warning that Othello’s temper will not be tamed once he is consumed by jealousy because he believes Desdemona to have been unfaithful to him which as we later in the play see is true. Othello’s jealousy “will not be answered” because he refuses to believe
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and constantly assures Iago that he loves the ’gentle Desdemona’ dearly and is confident of my wife’s virtue. No Iago I’ll see before I doubt‚ when I doubt‚ prove; And on the proof‚ there is no more but this: Away at once with love or jealousy Othello remains convinced that he is not a naturally jealous man throughout the pay‚ even though both his words and actions contradict this. An example of this is when he confronts Desdemona about the handkerchief. Every other character in the
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