In the tragedy Othello‚ Shakespeare relinquishes the power to Iago‚ the playwright within the theatrical work‚ to invent the storyline. With this mastery‚ Iago devotes his time conspiring against Othello and Desdemona by using a handkerchief‚ a symbol of Othello’s mysterious past and his exoticness. Othello’s profusion of passion and trust catalyzes his collapse. Othello‚ a North African‚ and Cassio‚ a wealthy Venetian‚ do not foresee Iago to exploit their traits and turn these assets into flaws
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the play‚ when Brabantio hears about the relationship between “the Moor” and his daughter – the “divine Desdemona”. In this scene Brabantio accuses Othello of being a “foul thief” who has “robb’d” him of his daughter. This accusation implies that as a father‚ Brabantio assumes authority over his daughter and‚ unjustly‚ total control over her choice of a marriage partner. Furthermore‚ when Desdemona confesses her love for “[her] husband”‚ Brabantio simply disowns her for marrying a man of whom he does
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Irony is the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite typically for humorous or emphatic effect. Throughout William Shakespeare’s play Othello the three main types of irony can be seen conveyed in numerous ways. Dramatic irony is the first where the audience understands the situation at hand but the characters do not yet understand. Situational irony is when something happens throughout the story that is incongruent to the plot. Verbal irony is when someone
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Othello’s mind and is part of Iago’s ‘poison‚’ that results in Othello murdering Desdemona and killing himself. Othello is moulded by the predominantly white society with which he had been assimilated into‚ he begins to accept his classification as a ‘Moor.’ This term makes him believe that he is subconsciously inferior to the white society. This allows doubt to rapidly seep into his mind about the loyalty and chastity of Desdemona‚ this is because he believes that he is not as worthy for her as the handsome
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the mention of female character Desdemona‚ in which she comes in at line 170‚ Act 1 Scene 3. She is introduced into the play earlier by Brabantio as his property which is blatant objectification from the start of the female interaction in the play and
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several times during the movie‚ showing that twentieth century women have higher status in society than they did in Shakespeare’s time. In the movie‚ Desi assertively says‚ “If you want to be with me don’t ever talk like that to me again‚ ever!” Desdemona seems much more compliant to her husband’s demands‚ even when she knows that she is going to die. Rather than run‚ she goes to her bedchamber and gets ready for bed‚ perhaps suspecting that it will be her last night alive. At the beginning of the
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character Othello was manipulated by Iago. Some of the character are Othello the general and also the husband of Desdemona‚ Iago the villain who wants to destroy othello because Othello did not promote him as a lieutenant and he thinks that Othello slept with his wife Emilia. Cassio the lieutenant and Roderigo the pathetic fool. Iago’s manipulation destroyed Othello and his wife desdemona. Iago uses imagery‚ reverse psychology‚ and indirect allusions to manipulate others and bend them to his will.
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beautiful honest and loyal wife Desdemona. What kind of person manipulate a wonderful husband to kill his loyal wife‚ Iago of
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Othello is being attributed to an old ram ‘tupping’ a white ewe – Desdemona‚ involving the works of the devil. As a result of the emphasis on races‚ I chose to contrast the background and texts. The colours black and white allude to dark and light‚ hell and heaven‚ good and bad. The black background also creates an unsettling atmosphere for the readers‚ foreshadowing evil acts which will occur in the play. The white rose symbolises Desdemona; innocent‚ pure‚ honest and the falling petals infer a complication
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characters are unaware about. Throughout the play‚ the audience is unaware about Iago’s plan. He has been manipulating the other characters without them knowing. Iago has been planning to convince Othello that Cassio has been having an affair with Desdemona. Iago is upset with Othello because he gave Cassio his job back. As Iago goes to talk to Cassio‚ he tells Othello to watch his facial expressions as he asks
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