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    The Tragedy of Othello written by William Shakespeare features many dynamic characters throughout the play. However Othello himself changes the most throughout the play due to the lies and rumors that he is hearing. Othello starts as a completely loyal high ranking general in the Italian army who appoints Cassio to lieutenant and secretly gets married to the senator’s daughter named Desdemona. Upset by Othello’s choice of lieutenant‚ Iago begins feeding Othello lies about what is happening between

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    All through Shakespeare’s play‚ the fundamental character‚ Othello‚ experiences outrageous change in character. The Moore changes from an honorable‚ trusting‚ and reasonable man‚ to a foul-disapproved‚ nonsensical‚ and lethal spouse. Change in Othello is especially observed towards Desdemona. He starts the play treating her delicately to striking her in broad daylight‚ calling her a prostitute‚ and killing her in an unwarranted envious anger. As the play proceeds with‚ his character starts to fall

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    Jealousy is the central theme in the playOthello” by William Shakespeare. It is the most famous literary work that focuses on the dangers of jealousy. The play is a study of how jealousy can ruin lives – even with only the most circumstantial evidence of guilt. The play opens in Venice and revolves mainly around a man called Othello. It’s his actions and thoughts which makes the play interesting and suspenseful. Themes such as love‚ jealousy‚ betrayal‚ honesty and vengeance are all important and

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    Othello by William Shakespeare‚ is a play that takes place on an island called Cyprus. During act three‚ Cassio is disappointed by his behavior that caused him to lose his position. He even pays musicians to play tunes for Othello in an act of humbleness. Othello seemed to be bothered about the music‚ so he offered some money to the clowns to pay for the musicians to go away. As time went by‚ Cassio is using his usual manners with Desdemona‚ constantly complimenting and praising her with undying

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    hurt you. Throughout the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Iago will take steps to poison Othello’s mind against Desdemona and Cassio. Iago will start off by getting Cassio drunk and getting him fired for stabbing Montano. Then‚ he tells Cassio to get Othello’s trust back he will need to talk to Desdemona about what has happened so she can talk to Othello about accepting him back. Conveniently‚ Iago will lead Othello over to where Cassio and Desdemona are talking‚ so Othello will have no choice but

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    monster itself: jealousy. In Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ Iago’s words and actions cause Othello to change and to stop loving Desdemona; as a result‚ Othello and the people around him plunge into chaos. After much manipulation from Iago‚ Othello‚ like a coin‚ flips sides and hates Desdemona. When Desdemona leaves with Emilia‚ Othello says that “when I love thee [Desdemona] not‚ / Chaos is come again” (3.3.91-92). This clearly shows that Othello is in love with Desdemona and has no doubt

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    stood out to me after I had read Othello was Iago. Iago isn’t a nice man clearly the villain in the play controlling Othello who was once thought as a hero. Iago’s motives were finally clear at the end showing him to be controlled of his own jealousy and hatred of Othello “I hate the moor”. It is thought that Othello’s life and his character was ruined by the art and skill of Iago the villain showing Othello to be a simple man (Ambreen Shahriar 2013). This was true Othello was too wrapped up in his own

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    All the main characters in Othello think Iago is honest‚ but they also see him as he presents himself to them. How do individuals see him and how does this help him control the action of the play? Iago plays the villain’s role in Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello and an entertaining one to the audience due to his multifaceted schemes throughout the play. Iago is notorious for his manipulative abilities and clearly uses his uncanny ability to register other character’s weaknesses and insecurities to pull

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    Before the development of Nationalism‚ people were generally loyal to a city or a particular leader rather than to their nation. Encyclopedia Britannica (vol.no.viii.2009) identifies that the movement has genesis with the late 18th century’s American and French revolutions. Other historians point specifically to the rise of ultra-nationalist party in France during French revolution. The term was coined by Johann Gottfried Herder during the late 1770s. (Smith) The emergence of the notion of Nationalism

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    Postcolonial Theory- Extended Definition Essay During the late twentieth century‚ many literary critics had an important focus on understanding cultural power. They began investigating a more multicultural canon‚ and discovered the lack of perspectives from the formerly colonized people on European colonization. European colonialism was centered on racial inferiority and extreme otherness. In history the colonized people are seen as the losers and the colonizers are the winners. Postcolonial critics

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