“My lord is not my lord‚ nor should I know him were he in favor as in humor altered” (3‚ 4‚ 119-120) Throughout Shakespeare’s play ‘Othello’ we observe Othello’s identity and reputation fall to pieces‚ the way Othello sees himself and the way others perceive him is transformed completely. His qualities of a decisive‚ dignified and proud man at the beginning of the play are later overtaken by jealousy‚ rage and irrational thinking. His life and himself as he knows it is destroyed by love and jealousy
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and it is this lack of confidence in himself that allows Iago to persuade him that Desdemona is cheating on him. IAGO Even now‚ now‚ very now‚ an old black ram Is tupping your white ewe. Arise‚ arise; Awake the snorting citizens with the bell‚ Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you. Arise I say! (s1.a1.l9) | Iago uses racist slurs when he wakens Brabantio with the news that his daughter‚ Desdemona (a white Venetian)‚ has eloped with Othello (an older‚ black man). When Iago says
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In Shakespeare’s play "Othello"‚ the female characters‚ Desdemona‚ Bianca and Emilia‚ are presented to us in a variety of ways through dialogue‚ reactions‚ relationships‚ and their actions. Shakespeare conjures up sympathy for women‚ especially in the scenes where they are accompanied by men. Desdemona is presented by Shakespeare in a somewhat contradictory fashion. Although she is "half the wooer"‚ she is victimised by almost all of the male characters. Her own father Brabantio
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that he is capable of most anything. You see right away that he is able to give the appearance of one thing‚ but in reality be something quite different. He has been acting like he is interested in helping Roderigo by bringing gifts and messages to Desdemona for him. Iago is in reality using Roderigo who is very gullible and in fact not too bright. Iago plays him like a fool‚ even taking money from him as payment for doing him favors. Criticism # 1 A. Introduction The theory that Othello is a play
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Othello Held a captive and cannot escape the grips of racism‚ Othello must battle with this matter from day one till his call of death. Just because his skin tone is unusual from Venice and its citizens‚ makes Othello an outcast .Although born a black moor‚ Othello has all the great characteristics a man should have. Being courageous‚ honorable‚ intelligent and all the aspects a woman would want in a husband. He grew up to be a venetian military general who has risen to high position of power
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anyone else. He has no reason to suppose that Desdemona is unfaithful‚ only Iago’s innuendos and lies. Othello never confronts Cassio with his suspicions. He does make some effort to learn the truth from Desdemona’s perspective by questioning Emilia‚ who tells Othello that Desdemona is faithful. Othello senses the truth behind Emilia’s words‚ but dismisses them‚ calling Emilia “a simple bawd” and Desdemona “a subtle whore”. Just before Othello kills Desdemona‚ he finally explains the reason behind his
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drink. Cassio eventually gives in after Iago convinces him that the occasion is necessary since they’ve defeated the Turks in battle. The following quote addresses that. Roderigo is a Venetian gentleman that is in love with the wife of Othello‚ Desdemona. He is willing to do whatever it takes to win her over from the Moor‚ and Iago automatically notices this.
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on you? In the play‚ “Othello” that is exactly what happens when a husband is deceived into thinking his wife is cheating on him. The play‚ “Othello” is set in Cyprus and Venice. In the play‚ Iago attempts to destroy the marriage of Othello and Desdemona. Iago is a villain‚ who will not stop until he sees Othello utterly ruined and him in his place. Honesty is one of the major themes of‚ “Othello”. Although there are a lot of characters in the play that aren’t honest‚ Iago is by far the most dishonest
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character of the play. Iago tricks Othello into believing that Desdemona is having a love affair with Cassio. He is really a flawed character but plays as if he has the potential to be good. Iago gets Cassio fired at Othello’s wedding feast‚ he encourages the soldier to plead his case with Desdemona and she agrees to help out. Iago gives a handkerchief that Desdemona dropped on the floor to Cassio‚ he suggests to Othello that Desdemona gave it to Cassio as a symbol of her love. Desdemona’s death was
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physical deterioration. His mental decline is again accelerated by Iago when he gets Cassio to talk about his affair with Bianca. Othello thinks Cassio is talking about Desdemona and the things he hears Cassio say makes his blood boil beyond comprehension. He begins to plot both Cassio and Desdemona’s murders. Only after he kills Desdemona does he realize that she was being truthful all along. The guilt that he has for murdering her drives him to commit suicide‚ and the great Othello falls once and for
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