Tragedy of Desdemona In the play “Othello the Moor of Venice” by William Shakespeare‚ Desdemona is the Venetian beauty who upsets her father Brabantio‚ a Venetian senator by eloping with Othello‚ a man several years her age‚ she is introduced confessing love for Othello to her father Brabantio before the Venetian senate‚ where she expressed her feelings toward her father and at the same time proved loyal to Othello. Desdemona is simply a good person‚ however during the course of the play her character
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“Othello”‚ one of the most successful literature of William Shakespeare‚ elaborates a tragic love story between a black soldier‚ Othello‚ and his white wife‚ Desdemona. The causes of Desdemona’s death have evoked controversy. It is undoubted that Othello’s bravery‚ intelligence‚ and ability on the battlefield that have gained him a prestigious honors as a soldier. However‚ Othello‚ as a soldier‚ is ill prepared for the war of love‚ which is reflected in the weak foundation of the love between himself
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Question: Ultimately‚ in this Shakespearean drama‚ it is the representation of intense human relationships that captivates audiences. Explore the representation of at least ONE intense human relationship in Othello‚ evaluating its significance in the play as a whole. Othello is an Elizabethan Shakespearean tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the early seventeenth century. The play is constructed to evocativelythe sixteen hundreds. contrast (through setting‚ staging and language) the social
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Othello- is a general of the army in the city of Venice‚ Italy. He is respected by many people but not to the fullest because he is a Moor. He marries Desdemona in secret but later is caught because Iago snitched on him to Brabantio‚ Desdemona’s father. Othello is later sent to Cyprus by the Duke but arrives late because of a sea storm. During his stay he is lied to by Iago into thinking that Cassio‚ Othello’s lieutenant‚ is having an affair with Desdemona. This makes him really pissed off and believes
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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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Intro: What does Desdemona represent in Shakespeare’s play? Well she represents a lot of things like showing her love for Othello and the betrayal in relationship between those two. And she has a good and sometimes bad relationship with her Dad. BP1: Desdemona shows how she has a good relationship with her Dad because when the text says “I owe you respect because you gave me life and education you’re the one I have to obey I’m your daughter” this is showing that she has a really good relationship
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of Shakespeare’s characters’. EMILIA: “O‚ who hath done this deed?” DESDEMONA: “Nobody; I myself. Farewell.” The short scripted speech and claim of guilt symbolize the loss of strength in Desdemona’s final words as she dies. This is just the first example of many that prove that the statement ‘Victims are actually the makers of their own demise’ is true in relation to that of the character Desdemona in the play Othello. Specifically Desdemona’s flaws‚ her betrayal‚ her manipulation and denying
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"Frequently drama teachers will explain to their students that the essence of drama is conflict. In Shakespeare’s Othello‚ conflict on the social and political levels are an essential part of the story. Yet within the relationship of Othello and Desdemona‚ one that should be conflict-free‚ we find the most important and the deepest rifts. The difference that has received the most attention in recent years is their interracial marriage. During the trial of O. J. Simpson‚ media used the play as a comparison
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paragon of virtue and justice nor undergoes the change to misfortune through any real badness or wickedness but because of some mistake” (Aristotle‚ 38). In Shakespeare’s play‚ both Othello and Desdemona fit well within these guidelines. Othello is a well-revered general who is called to defend Venice and Cyprus‚ and Desdemona is an honest and good-natured young woman. Both of them display the potential characteristics required of a tragic hero or heroine‚ with a tragic flaw that results in calamity.
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Emilia Desdemona Relationship In the play “Othello”‚ by William Shakespeare‚ there are two major feminine figures that attract our attention. One is the wife of the play’s tragic hero-Othello; the other is betrothed to one of the greatest villains of all time-Iago. They are part and parcel of what goes on in the play and eventually how the crisis of the play is resolved. These two females of the play can be compared and contrasted in a number of ways. To begin‚ both Desdemona and Emilia are the
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