Othello Notes: Assessment Objectives: AO1: A consistently fluent‚ precise writing‚ using critical terminology to present a coherent and detailed argument in which the question is well understood and answered. AO2: Well developed‚ analytical and consistently detailed discussion of effects of language‚ form and structure and ways in which it affects the audience. AO3: Well informed and detailed discussion of different readings of the text by various audiences‚ as well as different critical
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In Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice (1603)‚ the issue of whether Othello’s weakness lies only in himself‚ and not in the xenophobia or malice of others‚ is one that is enmeshed in a great deal of complexities due to the extenuating circumstances which can be seen to deeply impact the protagonist’s sense of self throughout the course of the plot. Furthermore‚ these extenuating circumstances do indeed involve the xenophobia and the malice of others to a large extent. For
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In Iago‚ Shakespeare has Created an Engaging and Complex Villain who Governs the Actions of the Play. Discuss Shakespeare’s character of Iago is seen as one of the most intriguing and deceptive characters ever created. His menacing and complete control over the play and how he so easily toys with the course of the performance draws in all those observing his act and leaves his victims grasping for straws of reality amongst a bed of hoaxes. In order to understand how Iago operates one must first
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Othello: Moral and Immoral Aspects of the Play Certain aspects of the moral dimension of the Shakespearean tragedy Othello are obvious to the audience‚ for example‚ the identity of the most immoral character. Other aspects are not so noticeable. Let us in this essay consider in depth this dimension of the drama. Francis Ferguson in “Two Worldviews Echo Each Other” describes the deception of Iago: how he paints as evil a guiltless association between Cassio and Desdemona: The
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individual because he comes up with twisted ways to meddle with people only to seek pleasure in their pain. The bluntness in his speech in the beginning of the play gives the impression that he wreaks havoc for no reason. Although his actions seem motiveless‚ a closer examination of his role shows that they are actually driven by an excess of black bile distorting his psyche. The state of melancholy that Don John possesses triggers him to desire the melancholy of others in order to dismiss his own sensations
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Amber Grootenboer 0855189 Dr. J.F. van Dijkhuizen Literature 6B: Shakespeare: An introductory course 5 August 2011 How are relations between different ethnic groups represented in The Merchant of Venice and Othello? Now in the early twenty-first century we tend to associate racist attitudes as fallacious and inhuman. The Merchant of Venice and Othello can‚ therefore‚ present challenges to modern readers and audiences because‚ to a certain extent‚ Shakespeare presents relations
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Knowledge is power‚ but it can be for the extreme benefit or detriment to society. Having too of it is a hidden danger and a menace to the public good when unaware of its capabilities. Dr.Frankenstein knew not of his monster’s hidden malignity upon creation. His knowledge of human and nature sciences worked‚ but to the detriment of him and his loved ones. A natural phenomenon that defied the laws of life and nature was born through the misuse of Dr.Frankenstein’s knowledge in thr classic‚ gothic
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Negative Capability: An Analysis of the Ambiguous Motive for Murder and Class Conflict in the “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe This literary study will define the ambiguous motives for murder in the theoretical framework of “negative capability” in the “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe. Poe’s application of “negative capability” is defined in the ambiguous motives that Montresor possess in the murder of his old friend‚ Fortunato. Negative capability is defined in the way
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Act i. sc. i. ADMIRABLE is the preparation‚ so truly and peculiarly Shakspearian‚ in the introduction of Roderigo‚ as the dupe on whom Iago shall first exercise his art‚ and in so doing display his own character. Roderigo‚ without any fixed principle‚ but not without the moral notions and sympathies with honour‚ which his rank and connections had hung upon him‚ is already well fitted and predisposed for the purpose; for very want of character and strength of passion‚ like wind loudest in an empty
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