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    Doris L Soto Prof Nadita Batra INGL 4025 802 07 8757 Desdemona and Cordelia’s Love The differences between love and tragedies are portrayed in Shakespeare’s Othello and King Lear. The complete relationship between father and daughter is corrupted by an external meaning‚ which plays an important role. How blind and deft can a father be to not understand? Is it that important for a daughter to die just to prove her point and her extreme emotional intelligence? One man that can provide an example

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    The Role of Desdemona In Othello The Role of Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello The character of Desdemona represents a woman of the 17th century who surpassed the norms of sexual morality set for Venetian women of that time. When Desdemona left the house of her father‚ Brabantio‚ to wed the Moor‚ Othello‚ it was the first step in redefining her role as a woman. Desdemona‚ instead of asking her father’s permission‚ decided on her own to marry Othello. It seems as though Desdemona was breaking

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    Othello was with Desdemona. Their intentions are to go to Brabantio and tell him that his daughter Desdemona has been stolen by Othello. Jealousy is like mood swings. Jealousy comes and goes‚ it involves all types of emotions such as anger‚ envy‚ sadness and feeling unfair to someone else. In Othello‚ William Shakespeare created probably the most evil person in all of literature‚ Iago. Iago wanted revenge on Othello because Othello passed

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    respected by the head of the militia because of his achievement as a military. This character‚ Othello‚ falls in love with a young woman called‚ Desdemona. Their love was put to prove when Iago‚ a young military wanted to get revenge from Othello because he did not choose him as his lieutenant. Iago planned a situation in which he put Othello‚ Desdemona and Cassio in love triangle that Othello did not want to be part of. However‚ everything changed when Othello started to believe Iago’s insinuations

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    word ‘whore’ ← Little ‘voice’ – can’t change anyone through her words – no-ones listening ← Inconsistency in her character – joins in Iago’s crude jokes II.1 Cassio - Character – o Contrast Othello o Natural suitor for Desdemona – white‚ respected‚ charming o Relationship with Bianca socially acceptable in Shakespeare’s time – modern audience judges him more harshly o Popular with women o Abuses Bianca – fulfills Emilia’s idea ‘men devour women’ o Realizes

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    insinuated that Cassio and Desdemona were having an affair. Iago implied that he would use Cassio to make Othello jealous because Othello chose Cassio over him to be a second command man because Cassio was more experience than he was. Desdemona and Cassio knew each other before she knew Othello because he worked for Othello before. Iago implied that he was going to make Othello look like a fool by having Desdemona cheat on him with Cassio. Iago never directly said Desdemona and Cassio are having an

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    the greatest villain of all times plays with the red handkerchief to ruin and sometimes determine love for people. Othello loves his red handkerchief and gives it to Desdemona to have as a symbolism of love for them. Desdemona takes the handkerchief and puts it in her blouse. Othello has a headache when he gets home so Desdemona puts the red handkerchief to his head to make him feel better. Othello pushes away her hand and she drops the handkerchief. Later Emily sees the handkerchief and picks

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    through the whole course of the play is Othello’s and Desdemona’s. THESIS The relationship between Desdemona and Othello is a centrepiece of destruction which leads to the plays downfall and exposure of character’s’ weaknesses. Their relationship starts off with an intense passion and affection for each other‚ then as the play progresses and Iago introduces The relationship between Othello and Desdemona is first and for mostly a recipe for disaster. The contrast of‚ age‚ gender‚ race and hierarchical

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    a soldier under Othello’s command arguing with Roderigo‚ a wealthy Venetian. Roderigo has paid Iago a considerable sum of money to spy on Othello for him‚ since he wishes to take Othello’s girlfriend‚ Desdemona as his own. Roderigo fears that Iago has not been telling him enough about Desdemona and that this proves Iago’s real loyalty is to Othello not him. Iago explains his hatred of Othello for choosing Cassio as his officer or lieutenant and not him as he expected. To regain Roderigo’s

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    Kara Thompson Ap Lang Mr. Wagner 12/20/12 Was the relationship of Desdemona and Othello true love? Throughout the entire‚ through secrets and lies and murder even until the end one of the biggest questions that arose was the vitality of Othello Desdemona’s love. Although some readers of Othello have argued that Othello and Desdemona’s love was true‚ a closer examination of the way she shows empathy for him when he tells her stories reveals that he is only in love with the attention she gives

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