wonders out loud to Emilia whether “there be women [that] do abuse their husbands in such gross kind‚” but nonetheless accepts the abuse (119). The vigor of her devotion is shown even in her most tragic hour‚ where after desperately pleading
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11 April 2012 The Power of Persuasion Manipulation and persuasion‚ two of the major themes in Shakespeare’s Othello that ultimately lead to Othello’s downfall. The power of words and persuasion can cause people to go crazy and do things they normally wouldn’t do. Shakespeare’s character development and background of Othello‚ Rodrigo and Iago early on in the play gives the reader somewhat of a foreshadowing of the characters that are going to manipulate and be manipulated. The play according to
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Othello is a masterpiece‚ a compelling tragedy that can be interpreted in many ways‚ by many different people. It is compelling as it breaks the racial stereotypes and focuses on gender‚ power‚ love‚ sexuality race and violence of the Elizabethan time‚ compared to modern society. Since the film’s production‚ many attempts to re-contextualise Othello into more accessible contemporary issues have been made. We‚ as the audience‚ are challenged to new ways of reading and interpreting the text through
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that Iago had created by insinuating that “the fair and gentle Desdemona” had turned her husband Othello into a cuckold. This manipulation is central to the play because it leads to the death of many main characters such as Desdemona‚ Rodrigo and Emilia. It is also the
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and friendship is seen between Emilia and Desdemona. Emilia stands up for Desdemona‚ her innocent mistress‚ to prove her innocence by bringing her husband’s bad deeds to the sight of Othello. Even though Emilia steals her mistress’s handkerchief because of her love towards her husband‚ she ends up standing up for her loving mistress. Iago uses love as a source of advantage to gain success in revenge. He fakes love as a friend to Cassio‚ Rodrigo‚ as a husband to Emilia for his own benefit. Iago’s idea
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to become jealous over the thought of his newly wedded wife cheating on him. Othello’s fall from grace leads him to eventually murder his own wife‚ and once Iago’s plan has been exposed by Emilia‚ Iago murders his own wife and Othello commits suicide. It is the deaths of the innocent‚ bold‚ daring women Emilia and Desdemona‚ along with our beloved tragic hero‚ Othello which causes a "catharsis of emotions" because of our first impressions of these characters as "pure and
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Study Questions on Othello: Act 1 1. There are three main reasons for why Iago hates Othello. The first being that Iago deeply believes that there used to be an affair between his wife Emilia and Othello. While there is no actual evidence to support the affair‚ the fact that Iago believes it happened supports the fact that he is very paranoid and might be searching for reasons to hate Othello. The second is that Othello denied Iago a promotion he believes he very much deserved. The fact that
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Consider the role of Iago within the tragedy of ‘Othello’. Is he a ‘motiveless malignity’ or driven by the ‘green eyed monster that doth mock the meat it feeds upon’? Shakespeare has crafted the character of Iago as one of the most captivating and instinctively evil villains of all time. Undoubtedly‚ Iago’s role in the play ‘Othello’ is to exact a punishment to the protagonist Othello which is far greater than the crime he committed‚ therefore fulfilling the crucial criteria of a Shakespearean
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also separates sex from love by demeaning sex – both men try to control sexuality. Women are only acceptable id they are utterly idealised. Cassio describes Desdemona as almost immortal‚ as does Othello. However Iago cannot do this‚ he criticises Emilia and uses her perceived faults to build a wider criticism of all women. To him they are not much better than beasts‚ they simply function as childbearers. Both these attitudes are extremely dangerous for the real‚ imperfect women in the paly‚ who
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else. Proof: Point Three: Iago engineers himself to become jealous of Othello for apparently sleeping with Emilia. Proof: Concluding Sentence: Third Body Paragraph Introductory Sentence: Point One: Iago accuses Cassio of having an affair with Desdemona‚ and Othello makes him his lieutenant as he believes him to be honest and trustworthy. Proof: Point Two: Iago manipulates Emilia by telling her to give him the handkerchief causing Desdemona’s death. Proof: Point Three: Iago manipulates
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