the tragic play Othello‚ Shakespeare illustrates many different types of love. In many cases however‚ this love proves to be misguided or false. Because a plethora of imprudent relationships control the characters; Shakespeare utilizes mistaken love to derail the one true love in the play between Othello and Desdemona. Ultimately the tragic ending of this play evolves from a culmination of misguided love between: Iago and Roderigo‚ Cassio and Bianca‚ as well as Iago and Othello. The play opens
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Shakespeare’s Othello and Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan are two plays which males dominate and control. Gender discrimination was strongly evident throughout both the Jacobean and Victorian era in which both were written. Women were generally considered the ‘inferior’ gender with little purpose other than their domesticated role. Males were seen as more powerful with a harsh attitude towards females. Marilyn French examines that it’s a females “cultures dictum to be obedient to males‚” however
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Generational Perceptions: Interracial Dating Views between the Baby Boomers and Millennial’s Generational Perceptions: Interracial Dating Views between the Baby Boomers and Millennial’s 2013 Catherine Mueller COMM 489 Senior Thesis 1/24/2013 2013 Catherine Mueller COMM 489 Senior Thesis 1/24/2013 Generational Perceptions: Interracial Dating Views between the Baby Boomers and the Millennials Abstract: Introduction: Interracial relationships or Miscegenation is a mixture of
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Shakespeare’s Othello. Desdemona is a young‚ rich‚ white girl raised Brabantio. Brabantio looks at Desdemona as a pure‚ innocent girl and feels that she is a victim to Othello’s black magic when he finds out that Desdemona is married to Othello. Desdemona admits her love to Othello to her father and defies everything that her father believes. At the time‚ interracial relationships weren’t accepted yet Desdemona was faithful and honest to Othello. Emilia is an older and is in a troubling relationship with
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important to the subject’s self-definition to someone else. Jealousy is often associated with sexual relationships‚ but it can also manifest itself in relationships between siblings‚ friends‚ supposed social rivals and many other affiliations. The causes of jealousy vary from situation to situation‚ but are all associated with
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but it remains unknown as to what his true intentions are. Iago’s relationship with Othello is one that gives with the right hand and takes with the left. In the right hand‚ putting race aside‚ Iago looks up to Othello as a father: he desires his attention‚ always wants to be involved in his life‚ and is someone whose footsteps he’d like to follow. Then we have Iago’s left hand‚ which takes race into account‚ cannot stand Othello to the point that his very own existence is to become the poison that
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Shakespeare portrays Venice as incredibly advanced for its time. This is seen especially though its democratic justice system‚ as we are shown that in Act One everybody has a voice regardless of their colour or sex. The fact that Othello has obtained the high position of “general” within the army suggests that his chances have by no means been restricted by the colour of his skin. Also the fact that he is treated with the utmost respect from the Duke‚ the highest authority in Venice‚ shows that the
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How far will society go to demolish inter-racial relationships? Today‚ it is very challenging to have an inter-racial relationship because of the views humanity has against it. This view has always been present‚ even in the 1600’s‚ when the tragedy of Othello‚ by William Shakespeare‚ was written. Many questions occur when discussing this play like: Is the tragedy of Othello a racist play? Many people argue that indeed‚ Othello is a racist play‚ but it is not. The play does contain several racist
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Shakespeares “Othello‚ The Moor of Venice” play‚ there are several motifs of power‚ jealousy‚ contempt‚ and even well-disguised hatred. There are also underlying innuendoes in the story that suggest or prompt the reader to feel the same as the character that they are reading about and who they are speaking of. Upon reading the opening act‚ as Iago speaks with Roderigo‚ there are hints of Iago’s jealousy toward Cassio for being appointed as Officer‚ and a slight contempt for Othello as well. Even
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Iago’s weakness: jealousy; he’s jealous of Othello & Cassio along with the success that comes with Desdemona insecure fixated with sex intelligent *misogynist—hater of women *androgyist-- hater of humans cruel: bad husband Desdemona: innocent? Direct Confident Elevated social class--comes from a very high class/social class compared to everyone else. intelligent beautiful Desdemona helps Othello’s self esteem: confidence booster. Othello: Honorable Charismatic *Experienced Confident
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