“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
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Oedipus’ Tragic Flaws: An Analysis of Oedipus Rex In Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex‚ first performed sometime in the 430s B.C.E‚ the scene opens in front of the palace of Oedipus‚ King of Thebes. As Oedipus enters‚ he finds many children and priests praying to the gods. Oedipus questions the oldest of the priests as to why they are praying. The priest tells him that there is a plague of sorts that has befallen on the city of Thebes causing the destruction of crops and livestock and also caused
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In what ways does Shakespeare present Othello as a typical tragic hero? Professedly‚ Shakespeare appears to present Othello as tragic hero‚ exposing his tragic flaw‚ which consequently leads to his downfall‚ through his use of language‚ structure and form. It could be argued ‘Othello’ appears to conform to Aristotle’s principles of tragedy‚ of the noble protagonist who undergoes perpetia and endures suffering‚ resulting in his ultimate downfall due to harmatia‚ which he eventually realises‚ providing
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In the play‚ The Tragedy of Othello‚ Shakespeare really tests our conception as to what love is‚ and where it can or can’t exist. Judging from the relationship between Desdemona and Othello‚ through Nicholson’s "Othello" And The Geography Of Persuasion." the play seems to say that marriage based on an innocent romantic love or profane love is bound to fail. Shakespeare is pessimistic about the existence and survival of a true type of love. There is a common thread of betrayal and deceit among
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of money to spy on Othello for him‚ since he wishes to take Othello’s girlfriend‚ Desdemona as his own. Roderigo fears that Iago has not been telling him enough about Desdemona and that this proves Iago’s real loyalty is to Othello not him. Iago explains his hatred of Othello for choosing Cassio as his officer or lieutenant and not him as he expected. To regain Roderigo’s trust‚ Iago and Roderigo inform Brabantio‚ Desdemona’s father of her relationship with Othello‚ the "Moor" which enrages
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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
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Write Up On Othello: Othello as an Outsider Shakespeare’s Othello‚ written in approximately 1603‚ is a tragic play that centralises around the role of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice. Throughout the play‚ a notion that is consistently evident is that of “the outsider”. In Othello‚ many characters are in some way outsiders. Each character devises their own unique way to rid themselves of this “outsider” status‚ whether it be by marriage‚ gaining strength or through means of manipulation. As persistently
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Othello is a tragedy plan written by William Shakespeare. In Othello‚ the themes such as love and jealousy reflects on the characters motivation and their values. An example‚ is that they had to overcome a huge obstacle such as love because Othello and Desdemona were in love but her father did not approve of it. Othello has no trust for Desdemona because his lieutenant‚ Iago‚ made a fabrication saying that Cassio had an affair with Desdemona. There are different types of archetypes that can be found
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In the Scarlet Letter‚ a novel full of sin and sorrow‚ one character stands out as being the most sinister. He is the one who has committed the worst sin in the eyes of both the characters and even Nathaniel Hawthorne himself. This character of course is the “fiend‚” Roger Chillingworth. According to the novel‚ Chillingworth committed the worse sin of all. Dimmesdale said‚ “That old man’s revenge has been blacker than my sin. He has violated‚ in cold blood‚ the sanctity of a human heart. Thou and
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The balance of power in Europe was completely torn apart when to everyone’s surprise France fell to the Third Reich in a matter of six short weeks. On June 22‚ 1940‚ the French government officially surrendered to the Third Reich when signing an armistice that ultimately divided France. This allowed Germany to occupy the North and West while installing a puppet government known as the Vichy to maintain order and control. How did France’s war effort collapse so quickly? There are many reasons for
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