Amber Murray Shakespeare Film Questionnaire The title refers the main character Othello‚ therefore the movie is self titled. The main characters in the movie are Othello‚ Iago‚ Desdemona‚ Cassio‚ Emilia‚ Roderigo‚ and Brabanzio. Othello is the well-respected protagonist of the film. Othello is also the protagonist/hero. He is the general of the army of Venice and is well respected by his fellow citizens. He is easy victimized because of his age‚ position in society and his race. Iago is Othello’s
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look forward to. Once people get married their whole life is devoted to each other. Married couples are supposed to work through their problems and support each other. In William Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ he suggests otherwise. Both Desdemona and Emilia were killed by their husbands. The only girl left at the end of the play is Bianca‚ a prostitute. Marriage‚ while generally a positive concept‚ is fatal and dangerous in William Shakespeare’s play Othello. Both Desdemona and Othello were happy with
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Turks Defeat an Act of God? Just last week‚ a massive storm hit just off the coast of Cyprus. The Turkish fleet that has been waiting to attack Cyprus was decimated. The authorities have given us little information‚ but we have been led to believe that the entire fleet was destroyed. However‚ Othello (ship pictured above)‚ somehow made it through the storm and arrived at Cyprus late in the night. Religious leaders are beginning to question if there was divine intervention involved. It was overheard
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Michael Grey Paper #2 11/14/13 Shakespeare’s otherness in Othello Shakespeare when writing Othello uses many different underlying themes for the reader to try and pick up on. One of the biggest is otherness. Otherness is defined as the quality or condition of being other or different‚ especially if exotic or strange. Shakespeare throws at the reader some interesting topics to think about race‚ a handkerchief‚ feminism‚ and many more. All these different topics Shakespeare wants the reader
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Name: Marco Conservo Candidate number: May 2013 session International School of Milan English A language and literature HL Task 2: Reader‚ culture and text Prescribed question: If the text had been written in a different time or place or language or for a different audience‚ how and why might it differ? Specific question: If Othello had been set in a modern era‚ how would it differ? Title of text: Othello Task is related to course section Pt 4: Literature- Critical
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Emilia makes clear her opinion of Othello and his marriage to a white woman‚ Desdemona‚ by not caring that stealing the precious handkerchief may cause turmoil in the marriage. Emilia refers to the marriage between Desdemona and Othello as a “filthy bargain” (5.2.169). Upon finding out about Desdemona’s murder at the hands of Othello‚ Emilia proclaims “O the more angel she‚ and you the blacker devil!” (5.2.36). Emilia portrays the white Desdemona as angelic
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Lady Macbeth were causes of his downfall beyond his control. In Othello’s case‚ his own weaknesses are the causes of his downfall. So yes‚ I believe that Othello’s own weakness is responsible for the play’s tragic outcome through Iago‚ Desdemona‚ Emilia and Othello’s own jealousy and naiveté. Though Othello is the cause of his own downfall and the play’s tragic outcome‚ it’s Iago that guides him along. Iago merely uses suggestion to persuade Othello. The first thing Iago does is he uses lies to make
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Bianca’s possession. Emilia reveals to us that her husband Iago had been requesting Desdemona’s handkerchief for a while‚ but she could not obtain it for him for Desdemona never let it out of her sight. She takes the handkerchief for the sole reason of pleasing her husband‚ regardless of not knowing his use for it‚ ‘I nothing but to please his fantasy.’ She thereby betrays Desdemona in giving the handkerchief to him‚ for Emilia knows its importance to Desdemona. However‚ it is also Emilia who realises that
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“Othello” By William Shakespeare William Shakespeare’s “Othello” I feel is one of the most interesting plays Shakespeare wrote. It’s hard to put down a play because you don’t know what happens next. What I think made this play great was that it has a villain behind the motive‚ which makes the play more interesting for me. “Othello” takes you on an adventure that makes you aware of whom you can and cannot trust; and who are your true friends. You can’t always believe what you hear
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Othello – important quotes 1.1 * Roderigo to Iago‚ saying you had my purse / As if the strings were thine * Iago: I know my price‚ I am worth no worse a place * Othello‚ described by Iago as loving his own pride and purposes * Iago describing Cassio’s skills: mere prattle‚ without practise‚ / Is all his soldiership. * Iago tells Roderigo that Othello has seen Iago fight At Rhodes‚ at Cyprus and on other grounds / Christian and heathen * Iago on serving Othello: I follow
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