Shakespeare’s play Othello exhibits many modern Freudian psychology theories‚ specifically through the character of Iago. Iago is a character who shows typical characteristics of a psychopath. Iago’s behaviour and intentions can be explained through modern Freudian psychology‚ and emphasised through the critical writings of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Fred West‚ who‚ respectively‚ argued Iago’s “motiveless malignity” and Shakespeare’s “profound and accurate portrayal of a psychopath in Iago”. Through
Premium Psychopathy Othello Antisocial personality disorder
Compare how Estella and Othello are presented as victims of circumstance Great Expectations is a novel written by Charles Dickens in London in the early 1860’s. The novel is set in the mid-nineteenth century in early Victorian England‚ a time when great social changes were sweeping the nation. Estella is one of Dickens’ most quoted female characters and is portrayed as cold‚ cynical‚ and manipulative. However‚ despite her cold behavior and the damaging influences in her life‚ Dickens nonetheless
Free Great Expectations Social class Working class
Colleen Andrews ENGL 252 Literary Types: Drama/ Bean March 27‚ 2013 Essay #2 When I began watching the two clips in the play Othello‚ Act III scene 3 which was the handkerchief scene‚ I started watching the BBC Version of the play‚ and personally it caught me a bit off guard because although I read the play‚ the acting out portion of the play was very outdated in many ways such as; the costuming on characters‚ it was a British film Broadcasting compared to a Castle Rock Entertainment
Premium Pain Emotion Feeling
“Hatreds are the cinders of affection.” If you can find feelings of hate towards someone you love‚ it is because you truly love them. This is why Othello has so much hate towards Desdemona in act III. In act III‚ Iago plants the thought in Othello’s head that his wife‚ Desdemona‚ is having an affair with Cassio. Iago acts reluctant to answer Othello when he asks him if he feels Cassio is trustworthy‚ but it is all a performance put on to get in Othello’s head. Thoughts race through Othello’s
Premium Othello Iago Desdemona
| Enter OTHELLO‚ LODOVICO‚ DESDEMONA‚ EMILIA and attendants | OTHELLO‚ LODOVICO‚ DESDEMONA and EMILIA enter‚ with attendants. | | LODOVICOI do beseech you‚ sir‚ trouble yourself no further. | LODOVICOPlease‚ sir‚ don’t trouble yourself. | | OTHELLOOh‚ pardon me‚ ’twill do me good to walk. | OTHELLOI beg your pardon; walking will make me feel better. | | LODOVICOMadam‚ good night. I humbly thank your ladyship. | LODOVICOGood night‚ madam. Thank you. | | DESDEMONAYour honor is most welcome
Premium Othello Thou Iago
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
Premium Othello Gender Desdemona
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
Premium Othello Iago William Shakespeare
Othello Essay William Shakespeare’s Othello tells a story of the tragic downfall of a man through jealousy and mistrust‚ influenced by the manipulative actions of another. Due to innumerable changes within society over time‚ it is inevitable that a wide range of critical interpretations and readings of the text will emerge. My personal interpretation of the play draws from the concepts of the traditional Aristotelian views of a tragedy. An Aristotelian interpretation concerns itself with whether
Premium
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
Premium Othello William Shakespeare Iago
Ernest Hemingway and Masculine Dominance "But man is not made for defeat. A Man can be destroyed but never defeated." This quotation from the late Ernest Hemingway in the Old Man and the Sea summarizes his view on masculinity. Hemingway’s works are both criticized and praised for their portrayal of masculinity. Hemingway equated masculinity with toughness and guts. Also Hemingway’s beliefs on masculinity were dependent upon control of women. Hemmingway once said‚ "To me heaven would be two lovely
Premium