MAJOR ENGLISH WRITERS ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAY OTHELLO FAJRI KURNIAWAN 1010733020 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF HUMANITY ANDALAS UNIVERSITY PADANG 2013 Background of the author William Shakespeare is the most famous writer of plays in the English language. He was born in 1564‚ in Stratford upon-Avon and died on the 23rd of April‚ 1616. He wrote thirty-nine plays and hundreds of poems. His father William was a successful local businessman and his mother Mary
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Desdemona In the play “Othello the Moor of Venice” by William Shakespeare‚ Desdemona is the Venetian beauty who upsets her father Brabantio‚ a Venetian senator by eloping with Othello‚ a man several years her age‚ she is introduced confessing love for Othello to her father Brabantio before the Venetian senate‚ where she expressed her feelings toward her father and at the same time proved loyal to Othello. Desdemona is simply a good person‚ however during the course of the play her character progressed
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COLONIAL PERIOD IN AMERICAN LITERATURE PAPER Writings in the Colonial period in American Literature changed many aspects of the world today. Literature included many new authors‚ themes‚ and genres. The colonial life of the 1600s had a huge impact on the literature that was produced during that time. “Their hearts are filled with grace and love‚ And from the world are borne above” William Bradford. Many of which described the lifestyle of colonists‚ how the authors were making an impact‚ and
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commonwealth‚ and also supposedly around post-colonial‚ works of literature. Thus‚ the author seems to have a background in the history and events of Shakespearean-Era literature novels. This author also has experience in venturing and giving criticism to Shakespeare’s work such as this analysis piece of Othello written back in 1977. Also‚ this source was used in a collection of Shakespearean Criticism in its 53rd volume. This can be seen in her analyzation on Othello‚ as she is among the section of modern
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Colonial Education • Schoolroom was located at the edge of town and teacher would live in it • Every child from the town would go to the same school. • Classroom was heated with a fireplace • Students used a quill pen and ink. • Students normally had slate boards which were little boards that the students could hold and wipe off • Students also had hornbooks which were wooden paddles with a paper with numbers‚ the alphabet‚ a sentence‚ or a Bible verse or prayer attached
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Othello and “O” The movie “O” by Tim Blake Nelson is based on Shakespeare’s play “Othello. They both have many differences as well as similarities. The same trap is laid for the main character in both versions and the same amount of casualties happens in both final scenes. Nelson sets his story in modern time prep school‚ and his characters are not the adults of Shakespeare’s play. Shakespeare Othello is set in the 16th century while Nelsons “O” is set I the 20th century. In Othello‚ the setting
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’In Shakespeare’s Othello‚ Othello is as much of a victim of his own weakness as of Iago’s plotting Do you agree?’ Through the critical analysis of Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ we are able to see this statement as agreeable and true. Othello‚ like all humans succumbs to being vulnerable and is easily taken advantage of. The study of his pride‚ superstitions‚ confidence‚ as well as the contextual society he dwells in accounts to his weaknesses. We are able to argue that Iago’s plotting only fuels
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The main focus of the visual essay is on the issue of race in Othello by William Shakespeare. The visual essay highlights the struggles Othello has to face in the play because of his race and nationality. The essay includes visuals about the use of vivid animal imagery to express the racial hatred towards Othello‚ for example‚ Iago refers to Othello as a “Barbary horse” when reporting to Brabanito about his daughter’s relationship and says “You’ll have your nephews neigh to you”. This animal imagery
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COLONIAL EXPANSIONS AND RIVALRIES What is it? Colonialism expansion is where countries (such as Britain‚ France‚ Germany and Russia) settle on new land. They do this to expand their territories‚ and to use their resources for to benefit their empire. Rivalries between the empires are consequential. This is because many empires are involved in conflicts when attempting to regain new land. How did it contribute to the start of World War I? Imperialism was one of the causes of World War I.
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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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