show to what extent you find it credible. Shakespeare’s ’Othello’ is a tragedy based around the Moor Othello - who is cruelly manipulated by his ensign Iago from a noble general into a murderous husband. The themes of this play include love‚ jealousy and evil. This essay will examine how the man Othello changes significantly throughout the play and how credible his change is to the audience. At the beginning of the play‚ Othello is regarded as a noble and kind general‚ through Shakespeare’s
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the fundamental impact of others. Shakespeare’s Othello possesses a premise of one’s choice in friends supplementary to his other works. Shakespeare’s play Othello emphasizes the importance of good choices in friends through Othello‚ Cassio‚ and Rodrigo’s vulnerability to trust Iago. Iago is not a traditional villain for he plays a unique and complex role. Unlike most villains in tragic plays‚ evidence of Iago’s deception is not clearly visible. Iago is smart and an excellent judge of people and
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Shakespeare ’s 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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In Shakespeare’s play “Othello” the character Othello is presented as an outsider to the events that are taking place amongst the other characters. He was excluded from what the truth holds and this caused his downfall‚ along with his jealous nature and stubbornness. To make things worse Iago’s cunning plans captures Othello into a downward spiral to his defeat. The sense of irony involved is regarded as a highly important technique that is repeated through out the play. As a stubborn and decisive
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Othello Study Notes Theme | Character | Dramatic Technique/s | Love | Othello * Love for Des combined with insecurity‚ resulting from his permanent outsider status “black/As mine own face”‚ makes him susceptible to Iago’s manipulation. * Pure‚ moral‚ loving at beginning‚ juxtaposing ferocity at end * Truly in love with Des that is his downfall * Overcome by grief when he is made aware of her innocence. Wants to die “’tis happiness to die”. * Kills himself for her‚ just as she
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Two tragedies from two different time period‚ Medea and Othello show similarities and differences in their characters‚ story plots and settings. Euripedes’ Medea written in the classical period and Shakespeare’s Othello written in the romantic era‚ the two tragedies shows different feel of what tragedies are. First of all‚ the most obvious difference between these two play is how Medea shows unities (time‚ place and action) whilst Othello has none. It’s clearly shown in the first scene‚ as soon
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’In Shakespeare’s Othello‚ Othello is as much of a victim of his own weakness as of Iago’s plotting Do you agree?’ Through the critical analysis of Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ we are able to see this statement as agreeable and true. Othello‚ like all humans succumbs to being vulnerable and is easily taken advantage of. The study of his pride‚ superstitions‚ confidence‚ as well as the contextual society he dwells in accounts to his weaknesses. We are able to argue that Iago’s plotting only fuels
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Diyana Badar Ms. Beatty ENG3U December 14‚ 2012 Othello Essay Jealousy is defined as feeling and/or showing envy of someone for their achievements and advantages. Jealousy is known to be one of the world’s worst emotions‚ except jealousy is not an emotion. Jealousy is a deadly disease and should not be considered an emotion proving that while in a jealous state there is a complete loss of control. A person in the jealous state is completely incapable of controlling their emotions‚ behaviour
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protagonist Othello and the villain‚ Iago‚ we see many different ways in which Shakespeare uses structure and language to explore control. In terms of language‚ Shakespeare uses repetition at the beginning of the passage between Othello and Iago. Everytime Othello poses a question‚ Iago retaliates by simply repeating the question back to Othello‚ for example‚ "Is he not honest?"‚ "Honest my Lord?". By using this repetition‚ Iago asserts his control over not only the conversation but also Othello. This
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How is honesty explored in Othello? In literature‚ honesty is a complex concept which is often developed through conflicting perspectives about a generally positive notion. Shakespeare explores honesty in his 1603 tragedy‚ Othello. The problematic theme of honesty is shown through the use of variety of techniques and quotes. The word ‘honesty’ in Othello means something different to the characters of Othello‚ Iago and Desdemona. Honesty is not always as it seems. This applies to all the characters
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