MAJOR ENGLISH WRITERS 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
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Othello is a play which was written by William Shakespeare and believed to be written around 1603 and first performed by the king’s men. Othello is a tragedy which focuses on Othello - a Moorish captain‚ Desdemona‚ Iago his trusty companion he believes and his wife Emilia‚Cassio and Roderigo. ‘‘Disdemona and the Moor’ and the story of ‘Epitia’ – seemed to have inspired Shakespeare when writing Othello and Measure for Measure. Gli Hecatommithi is arranged in ten sections and was first printed in 1565
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play begins with an argument between Iago and Roderigo. This conflict gives the reader a glimpse of what is to come. Shakespeare uses the technique of foreshadowing to help the reader predict the misfortunes that will befall the characters in the play. The unfortunate events leading up to the downfall of the characters come to life through underlying discord between the characters. These conflicts are‚ for the most part‚ initiated by a sole character‚ Iago. Although the reader is aware that he
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and location changes→ speed up the plot and tension * Domestic * Evil = Othello in one word * Why does Othello choose to believe what Iago says about his wife’s faith‚ and not Desdemona’s → Iago’s only evidence is a handkerchief → Tells us that Othello is easily manipulated * Raises the question of what Othello’s relationship is with Iago? Things to think about when reading the text: * Power of evil and the evil mind * Nature of love * Was Othello and Desdemona’s relationship
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Throughout the beginning‚ readers start to recognize who everyone’s true characters really are. The protagonist‚ Othello‚ is recognized in Act I‚ Scene II. The antagonist‚ Iago‚ is recognized in Act I‚ Scene I. Iago’s first impression is letting the audience know that he is the villain. . “I hate the Moor” (I.III.12). Iago as a person is generally just a coward. He has this
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elopement of the Moor‚ Othello and his Venetian beauty Desdemona‚ whose relationship is ruined by Iago‚ who is not only envious of their love‚ but is angered that the position of lieutenancy that was given to the Florentine‚ Michael Cassio and not to himself. Infuriated by Othello’s actions‚ Iago embarks on a journey to seek vengeance for not appointing him the position of lieutenant and in the process manipulates various innocent characters to see the great‚ Othello fall. The film has proven to be an effective
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were the two male leads named Iago and Othello are the ones who use them the most‚ Iago talks about how people are gardens also how easy it is to manipulate other peoples garden and he also uses poisonous plants to explain how much harm he has done‚ while Othello talks about how flowers represent his wife and how they die once they are plucked just like his lover for her. Iago in one of his most famous speeches in the book while having a conversation with Roderigo “Our bodies are our gardens‚ to
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character Othello was manipulated by Iago. Some of the character are Othello the general and also the husband of Desdemona‚ Iago the villain who wants to destroy othello because Othello did not promote him as a lieutenant and he thinks that Othello slept with his wife Emilia. Cassio the lieutenant and Roderigo the pathetic fool. Iago’s manipulation destroyed Othello and his wife desdemona. Iago uses imagery‚ reverse psychology‚ and indirect allusions to manipulate others and bend them to his will.
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Dramatis Personae • • • • • • • Duke of Venice Othello: Moor‚ married to Desdoma Iago: Solider in Othello’s army Cassio: Lieutenant in Othello’s army Desdemona: Othello’s wife Emilia: Iago’s wife Rodreigo: Solider‚ love Desdemona Act I Scene 1 • Read I.1.113-114 • Othello begins in the city of Venice‚ at night • Roderigo is having a discussion with Iago‚ who is bitter at being passed up as Othello’s lieutenant. • Though Iago had greater practice in battle and in military matters‚ Cassio‚ a man of strategy
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–resulting only because of his race and skin color‚ his “Moorishness” –is demonstrated through the prejudice other characters have against him. Namely‚ through characters like Brabantio‚ Desdemona’s father; Iago‚ a manipulative officer in the Venetian army who feels slighted by Othello; and Roderigo‚ Desdemona’s rejected suitor who becomes one of Iago’s greatest allies in trying to ruin Othello. These three characters each demonstrate the key role Othello’s status as Moor plays in how others perceive
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