“Othello” By William Shakespeare William Shakespeare’s “Othello” I feel is one of the most interesting plays Shakespeare wrote. It’s hard to put down a play because you don’t know what happens next. What I think made this play great was that it has a villain behind the motive‚ which makes the play more interesting for me. “Othello” takes you on an adventure that makes you aware of whom you can and cannot trust; and who are your true friends. You can’t always believe what you hear
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Shakespeare present Othello as being responsible for his own downfall? Shakespeare’s Othello consists of the themes betrayal‚ love and dishonesty. At the centre of this play is the tragic downfall of Othello at the hands of his so called friend Iago. In this essay I will be discussing the reasons for and against Othello being responsible for his downfall through looking at critical interpretations of his character and actions. In some ways you could say that Othello was highly responsible
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In Shakespeare’s plays Othello and Macbeth the audience is presented with two great heroes who both poses a certain character flaw that inevitably leads to their downfall. This is the idea behind a tragic hero; a person of great importance comes to a tragic end because of a serious flaw in his character. Both Othello and Macbeth find themselves on top of the world one moment and being crushed beneath it the next. The next logical comparison to make between two of Shakespeare’s tragic heroes is who
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William Shakespeare’s play‚ “Othello”‚ the protagonist walks himself through a field of emotion-testing physiological mines laid by the antagonist Iago‚ in which causes a major change in Othello’s‚ the protagonist‚ sense of security throughout the story. Being a Moor‚ Othello finds his greatest difficulty in blending in with the Venetian society and way of life. He combats this with his military rank‚ and due respect from the Duke of Venice. With this appreciation‚ Othello feels secure. With the
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Dynamics 8 of the 12 essential questions ChangeMain Character Resolve Othello changes from a noble and just groom who declares‚ “But that I love the gentle Desdemona‚” (I‚ii‚27) to a foul-minded‚ irrational husband who vows‚ “I’ll tear her to pieces.” (III‚iii‚483) He changes from treating her gently to striking her in public‚ calling her a whore‚ and murdering her in an unfounded jealous rage. StartMain Character Growth Othello must start to realize that he can’t run his marriage using the same
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As one of Shakespeare’s famous tragedies‚ “Othello”‚ is a play that not only shows the love and the humanistic ideal destroyed‚ but also shows the tragic fortune of women in the era of the patriarchal society. (Snow 384) This play includes several main themes of love tragedies delivered through some contrasting values and characters such as love and jealousy‚ trust and breach of trust etc. Desdemona‚ a representative of the perfect embodiment of a faithful loving wife‚ eventually killed by her
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THE DOWNFALL OF OTHELLO AS CAUSED BY IAGO Iago is one of Shakespeare s most intriguing and credible villains. Iago can be perceived as either evil or brilliant in his plans to be deemed lieutenant. As the villain in Othello ‚ Iago has two main actions: to plot and to deceive. Iago is mad that Cassio was chosen to be lieutenant instead of himself. From this anger comes the main conflict of the play. Iago plans to ruin Othello and Cassio by carrying out a plan based on lies and deceit. This plan will
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Wendy Wasserstein’s play Tender Offer is a dialogue between a father‚ Paul and his daughter‚ Lisa. Paul is too wrapped up in his business and work and never takes the time to talk to his daughter and find out what is going on in her life. When the play begins‚ Lisa and Paul do not seem to have a relationship at all‚ but we find in the end that their relationship changes and will be better in the future. This dialogue allows Paul and Lisa to share their feelings about each other for the first time
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Family relationships inevitably change over time‚ due to changes in individuals and how they communicate. In “Write Me Sometime”‚ the author‚ Taien Ng-Chan develops the idea that family relationships change over time‚ and that especially with separated families‚ bonds between family members can weaken when they fail to maintain contact with one another. In “Write Me Sometime”‚ the narrator describes her relationship with her father‚ and details the changes that occur when they start seeing each other
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my lord‚ of jealousy. It is the green-eyed monster." (Act3.3) Describe the changes that Othello undergoes as Iago succeeds in arousing his jealousy.’ From Act One to Act Three of ‘Othello’‚ we witness the course of Othello’s transformation from the beginning of the story to Iago’s success in arousing his jealousy. Let us first take a look at Othello’s character in the very beginning. When Othello first appeared in Act 1‚ Scene 2‚ he was a good‚ honest man‚ who was domestically a loving
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