responsible for Macbeth’s downfall. Do you agree? William Shakespeare’s tragic play ‘Macbeth’ depicts a tale of a honourable Thane and his unethical raise to sovereignty‚ to his untimely destruction and death. Lady Macbeth’s ambition and greed was instrumental in her husband‚ Macbeth’s moral downfall‚ however it was not the only factor that contributed to the outcome. Macbeth himself and the deception and manipulation presented to him by ‘wired sisters’ drove Macbeth to his own downfall. It was the witch
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Othello by William Shakespeare‚ is a play that takes place on an island called Cyprus. During act three‚ Cassio is disappointed by his behavior that caused him to lose his position. He even pays musicians to play tunes for Othello in an act of humbleness. Othello seemed to be bothered about the music‚ so he offered some money to the clowns to pay for the musicians to go away. As time went by‚ Cassio is using his usual manners with Desdemona‚ constantly complimenting and praising her with undying
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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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(Written in the style of a speech) William Shakespeare’s Othello is a play about reputation. The role of reputation is a major one as throughout the play we see the importance of how one is perceived. For some‚ to act in a certain way with self control ultimately leads them to strengthen their character and image. But for others it can be lost in a single action. The characters within the play struggle to keep their reputation for various reasons such as retribution or to keep a good name for
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Othello trusted and was deceived by Iago who was suppose to be his best friend. Also he was wronged by his own ego and self centeredness which helped Iago with his evil scheme. If Othello kept to himself and didn’t trust all of his companions he would not have been so easily deceived by Iago. Othello being the general should have foreseen this and been more wise to the fact that people were seeking to overrule him. Othello’s main issues‚ jealousy and gullibility‚ ultimately causes his downfall in
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In William Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Othello‚ Shakespeare uses love as an overall theme for his play. Love is an intense feeling of deep affection‚ and normally‚ authors use it to show the relationship between two people. Shakespeare takes what love means to an entirely new level‚ and uses it in an unusual way within this play‚ for love is not only used in the general sense of love for other people‚ but in the love of power over others and how to use the love that other people hold for one person to
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dramatic flaws. Many people tend to be unkempt or have poor manners‚ while others have behavioral difficulties such as quick temperament‚ dishonesty‚ or intentional rudeness. These perplexities can bring about hardships throughout an individual’s life. William Shakespeare demonstrates some of these hardships in his puissant drama about The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ that portrays a protagonist‚ Romeo‚ who acquires the unfortunate flaw of rashness which later develops into the major downfall of his
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quite often reflect to the people around me is caused the human behaviour of evil. In the play Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ Iago plays a character of evil and destruction out of all the characters throughout the play‚ clearly characterising him as one as an unpleasant‚ heartless evil villain. Aiming to get whatever he wants‚ Iago performs his evil doings towards innocent characters throughout the entire play and is not caught doing things to his advantage up until the end. The characters
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ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAY OTHELLO FAJRI KURNIAWAN 1010733020 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF HUMANITY ANDALAS UNIVERSITY PADANG 2013 Background of the author William Shakespeare is the most famous writer of plays in the English language. He was born in 1564‚ in Stratford upon-Avon and died on the 23rd of April‚ 1616. He wrote thirty-nine plays and hundreds of poems. His father William was a successful local businessman and his mother Mary was the daughter of a landowner
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To what extent can Othello be considered a ‘tragic hero’? The extent of which Othello is a tragic hero has been open to much debate; the basis on which he is judged falls to Aristotle’s established view of the crucial elements that distinguish whether a person is truly tragic. According to Aristotle‚ a tragic protagonist is a nobleman or person from high status‚ who contributes to his own demise and illustrates a flaw or weakness in judgment. The tragic protagonist must make a fall from a high
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