Baker 144). The gods usually carried the punishment out as soon as the crime was committed. They would not hesitate to use their powers to punish a mortal. It is the strong characteristic of vengeance that make the Greek gods strong and feared. Jealousy was a characteristic just as strong as vengeance. The Greek gods and goddess were jealous of mortals and each other. Sometimes the Greek goddesses would punish a mortal because they dared to compare skills with them. “Let battle-stirring
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William Shakespeare‚ the character Iago shows his abilities of understanding the mind of Othello‚ leading him to his downfall. He is able to do this by manipulating othello’s closest friends‚ exploiting his insecurities and revealing the level of jealousy Othello possesses. The way an individual goes about expressing his thoughts through his words says a lot about him. Iago’s play upon words is like no other; he uses his words to play with the mind of Othello to lead him to his demise. Iago’s way
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In the story “Golden Girl” by Gillian Chan‚ the protagonist‚ Donna‚ proves to be a very jealous character by her actions and by her words. Her jealousy for her best friend Anna becomes an overpowering quest to destroy any chance of Anna becoming popular again after she makes the mistake for falling for a student teacher. Donna first shows her jealousy for Anna when she says‚ “I used to hope that some of whatever she had would rub off on me. I mean‚ I deserved some pay-off for all the crap she dished
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Drama Unit: Othello Major Topics Archetype of the Villain In the tradition of the Vice character from morality plays‚ Iago prizes his own self-interest above all else‚ destroying the lives of others with apparent relish. While he does not appear to possess a conscience‚ he exhibits exceptional intelligence and profound insight into human nature. Although Othello is the central figure of the play‚ it is Iago who controls the action throughout. There is a significant focus on Iago ’s
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her to kill her ex lover’s new woman. Most of the poem is centred around the speaker’s feelings‚ desires‚ plans and fantasies which brings about several themes in the poem such as revenge‚ jealousy‚ death and science. The theme of jealousy demonstrates the extreme measures a woman goes to when faced with jealousy and what drives this speaker in particular‚ on her bloody quest to kill her romantic rival. Revenge exists as an obvious theme as the poem is all about the speaker plotting revenge and we
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actions. William is jealous of Margot and locks her inside a closet. Later‚ feeling regretful‚ William lets Margot out. William wished so much that he could have been born on earth and had remembered the sun like Margot did. William becomes angry and jealousy controls him. William ends up locking Margot up in a closet not believing her that the sun will be coming out. In the novel‚ the theme is “Do not wish for what others possess‚ be happy with what you have”. The same theme is used in the artwork in
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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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Theme | Who and context | Quote | Explain how the quote reflects the theme | Jealousy | Othello and Desdemona– confronting Desdemona about the handkerchief | ‘…thou gav’st To Cassio.’ | He is jealous that she gave the handkerchief to Cassio. It shows how misinterpretation can lead to extremes | | Iago to Othello | O! beware‚ my lord‚ of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on | This quote shows that Othello is growing jealous. It also shows betrayal as Iago
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rivalry ‚ whether itbe known or quiet? Based on observations from the reading‚ examples from the novel and‚personal experiences ‚ I do believe relationships in general have some sort of rivalry.Referring to observations made from the novel‚ rivalry or jealousy can immensely affectone’s thoughts. It may cause them to engage in actions they would have never performed in theirright mind. For instance‚ when Gene intinitally jostled the tree
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not confirmed‚ ‘I know not if’t be true’. This shows that he have little faith in his wife or using this as an excuse to hate Othello. He uses Desdemona kindness and innocent to create a trap for the other characters to fall into. Iago is using his jealousy and anger as an excuse to lash out evil. He is almost like searching for reasons in order to be able to hurt Othello‚ genuine or not. Iago is manipulative and also very cunning however what led to his downfall is him underestimating others. He has
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