degrades and controls Emilia‚ Iago also commonly insults females in general. Othello also shares his misogynistic views as he constantly hits Desdemona in public and later accuses her of sleeping with Cassio Act 5 scene 2 line 20 ’So sweet was ne’er so fatal’ This shows Desdemona’s sweetness has brought her to where she is now‚ leading to her own death because she has slept with another man‚ can also be seen as Othello describing his kisses as fatal as they will be followed by murder but Desdemona
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Othello In the world there are many forms of temptation. One form is evil. In the play Othello by William Shakespeare a very strong character plays the role of evil. From the outside looking in‚ Iago may seem like the good guy with all good intentions but as the play goes on and his plan unravels the evil side appears. Married to Iago‚ Emilia is faced with many challenges with Iago’s evil side. Starting off innocent and quiet Emilia has to find the courage to take a stand in her own life to save
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A journey is defined as the travelling of one place to another. However‚ whilst studying Journeys‚ I have found it is much more than that. Often‚ we underestimate the power and importance of the lessons a journey may possess. I have chosen three texts that relate closely to the aspects of Journeys of Discovery. My first selected text is a poem called ‘Journey’ by Narendra Kuppan. My second chosen text is the movie‚ ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and my third text is the book‚ ‘Tomorrow When the War Began
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Shakespeare’s play‚ ’Othello’ and in Mike Nichols film‚ ’Primary Colours‚ present the Art of Deception through the characters of Iago and Jack Stanton. The era in which both texts are presented gives off a different reason why both characters use deception to gain what they are looking for‚ thus context plays an important role in how deception is presented‚ and affects both the meaning and values of each text. Whilst both texts portray deception as the driving force in their plots‚ the motives‚ methods
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for Shakespeare‚ especially in Othello‚ women are viewed as worthless‚ gullible sex symbols. Three authors in their article state Revisiting Shakespeare and Gender‚ “For Shakespeare‚ as well as for most of Renaissance society‚ women as the feminine represented the following virtues which‚ importantly‚ have their meaning in relationship to the male; obedience‚ silence‚ sexual chastity‚ piety‚ humility‚ constancy‚ and patience” (Gerlach‚ Almasy‚
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The tragedy Othello is filled with a complex web of separate conflicts that are connected with each other. The external conflicts are very obvious‚ such as Iago trying to replace Cassio as lieutenant and Othello’s belief in Desdemona’s affair. In addition to these conflicts‚ however‚ many characters in the play also face their own internal conflicts in which they have to make a choice between two opposing forces. An excellent example of this internal conflict can be found in analyzing Roderigo. Roderigo’s
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a person’s identity‚ in the play “Othello‚” by William Shakespeare. The main character Othello the moor and a young naive girl named Desdemona are married in secret. The villain Iago plots a plan to get revenge on Othello for not choosing him as lieutenant and rather picking Michael Cassio. Othello was made a fool because Iago staged a lie that Othello’s pure Desdemona is cheating on Othello with his loyal friend‚ Cassio‚ that brought them two together. Othello is manipulated to murder his wife
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This last show that we currently produced here at Hutchinson Community College which was Othello was a show that I wasn’t used too for different reasons. The first one was that I have never seen a production of Othello at all so I had no clue of what to expect with not only the acting but the design aspects of it as well. There were four design aspects that were different to me which were set‚ sound‚ costume and lights. None of these aspects are really my forte‚ these past two years is where I have
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In Shakespeare’s play‚ Othello‚ the character Iago engages in a tactical game of chess‚ where he manipulates the characters like pawns and uses them to obtain his selfish aspirations. Iago exploits Cassio’s inability to hold alcohol and ruins his reputation‚ persuades Othello to murder his beautiful and beloved wife‚ and convinces the ignorant Roderigo to attempt to kill Cassio – all with his persuasive‚ yet deceitful diction. Iago’s duplicity results in the death of four characters‚ including the
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play‚ "The Tragedy of Othello‚" a critic might want to use the psychoanalytic approach to help understand Iago. To do this‚ one might look at the characters and their wants‚ needs‚ and desires. The will also look at the character relationships to help come up with a psycho-analysis
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