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    In the play of Othello written by Shakespeare‚ the destructiveness of Iago’s evil deeds are compared and examined against Othello’s race for his downfall. Othello’s race is an important factor which leads to his downfall. Without race‚ Iago’s plans would not be as destructive. The collaboration of these two components therefore resulted in such a tragedy. Othello’s awareness to his race increases as the play moves on from Act 1 to Act 3. In Act 1‚ it is obvious that Othello’s race stands

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    Ryan Campbell English IV Period 2 May 5‚ 2013 Women are High Maintenance Othello is a very confusing love story with people who have a lot of issues and problems and they think that the world revolves around them. It is a story of love‚ hate‚ and all of the other ridiculous emotions a person can think of. Two characters that would fit into this category of describing would be Desdemona and Emilia. Both women are strong characters‚ but one may be stronger. Whenever Shakespeare

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    Symbols In Othello

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    Othello is a highly conflicted character which exacerbates his complexity as the protagonist. Where he struggles with which identity he should embrace in this Venetian Christian society. The two different conflicting sides of Othello: The Christianized Moor: [Symbol]Based on Anthony’s perspective‚ we learn that Othello is hypocritical in nature. In the context of ‘magic’‚ When Othello was accused as having used ‘black magic’ to seduce Desdemona‚ he attempts to be sophisticated by depicting

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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Literary Remains‚) and show how it might help us understand Othello. The extract presents a sustained attack by Coleridge on Shakespeare for his lack of realism in the ’monstrous’ depiction of a marriage between a ’beautiful Venetian girl‚’ and a ’veritable negro‚’ in Othello. He sees Shakespeare’s transformation of a ’barbarous negro’ into a respected soldier and nobleman of stature as ’ignorant’‚ since at the time‚ ’negroes were not known except as slaves.’ (Appendix)

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    ‘Compare the ways in which alienation of individuals from their societies is presented in the two texts you have studied.’ George Bernard Shaw once said that ‘conflict is the essence of drama’‚ and if that is true‚ then the plays Othello and A Streetcar Named Desire would thus be rife with drama‚ as conflict in inexorably presented by the two respective playwrights‚ Shakespeare and Williams‚ through the alienation of individuals from their societies. This creates constant conflict and friction within

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    and thank you for your enthusiasm in wishing to audition for William Shakespeare’s Othello! Now‚ to be able to convey a character perfectly‚ one must know the culture‚ society‚ personality‚ relationships and various other components to portray the character as realistic as possible. This‚ you should know‚ in the dramatic world‚ is called realism. Now‚ you’ve all obviously been inspired by the character of Othello and let me tell you‚ that if you think it’s a piece of easy work and simply reciting

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    Othello Speech Hello‚ and good morning.I’m the director for a new‚ modern day adaptation of the Shakespearean play‚ Othello. Or as some may suggest should be called ”Iago“ as Iago is the central villain. This morning I would like to give you some direction regarding the character Iago and how I am going to portray him. Iago is a bitter man. Consumed by jealousy‚ he is driven to scheme and manipulate the other characters to bring the downfall of Othello but doesn’t care who gets hurt on the

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    (HL) (External Assessment) Written assignment 20% Creative writing of 500-600 words plus a 150-word rationale‚ based on one of the literary texts read. The task: Students produce a piece of creative writing that may be chosen from the recommended text types listed for paper 2 (see below). It will be based on a work of literature that the student has read as part of the course and may use related information from other reading material. Examples of written assignments could be writing a

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    Magazine Article: Advertising techniques in modern advertisements – how women are exploited in advertisements - Sex used in adverts Different Perspectives Ideology – Belief systems CHEATED BY FALSE ADVERTISING False beauty in advertising The Beauty Myth - The Week Magazine (Column) (Semi Casual) - Time Magazine (Formal) 2. This advertisement uses the actress Hayden Panettiere to promote the milk product. Because Hayden Panettiere has enough popularity to bring the audiences

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    In this essay I will be explaining why my opinion is that Jonas community is better than modern times‚ and why I believe that. I will also give examples and support all my statements. my goal is to hopefully persuade you‚ the reader why a community like Jonas’s would be better. One of the very many reasons I believe that Jonas’s community is better than modern time ‚ is that no one starves and no one is obese. and all food is evenly distributed and no one can hoard all of it either

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