non-dramatic text offered on the module‚ (an extract from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Literary Remains‚) and show how it might help us understand Othello. The extract presents a sustained attack by Coleridge on Shakespeare for his lack of realism in the ’monstrous’ depiction of a marriage between a ’beautiful Venetian girl‚’ and a ’veritable negro‚’ in Othello. He sees Shakespeare’s transformation of a ’barbarous negro’ into a respected soldier and nobleman of stature as ’ignorant’‚ since at the time
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In the play‚ “Othello”‚ Shakespeare writes not only about the love between men and women‚ but exposes the character traits and flaws that are particularly vulnerable to the smooth talking of the archetypal devil or villain‚ Iago. Throughout the play we see and hear how the manipulation of character traits that we all possess can play out in all sorts of relationships. With each character‚ Shakespeare explores the possible outcomes for any person if he or she were to ‘feed’ that part of themselves
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Us and Them The short story "Us and Them" by David Sedaris shows different aspects about the relationship between two families. Sedaris was pointing about the people who don’t have TV in their houses‚ and how their life’s it looks like without TV as in Tomkey’s family who don’t believe in TV and his family‚ and he described his neighbor as his new TV show . The simple thing of not watching TV is presenting that the family should be much closer to each other as in Tomkey’s family‚ and better
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JOLLIBEE FOOD CORPORATION 118 Pasong Tamo Makati City Jollibbe@yahoo.com Febuary 7‚ 2013 Mr. Edgardo Maercial Area Manager Jollibee Food Corp. Makati City Dear Mr. Marcial. This is in reference to the product that we purchased from you thee days ago. We found that some of the quantity that we order are wrong. We order (50 kg) of chiken‚ (20 pcks) of buns‚ (50 kg) of french fries‚ (50 kg) of jolly hotdogs.The chicken
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Is well disciplined with a very supportive family. Father owns a business and mother works in a bank as a specialist. Has no physical or mental issues beyond current diagnosis. Faith-based family with a strong emphasis on religious beliefs. Hispanic origin from Mexico. Client maintained outstanding academic performance and parents are very proud of her. Client is aware of family dysfunction‚ depression and aggressiveness issues and is willing to develop actions for amelioration. Noelie’s Weaknesses
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To what extent can Othello be considered a ‘tragic hero’? The extent of which Othello is a tragic hero has been open to much debate; the basis on which he is judged falls to Aristotle’s established view of the crucial elements that distinguish whether a person is truly tragic. According to Aristotle‚ a tragic protagonist is a nobleman or person from high status‚ who contributes to his own demise and illustrates a flaw or weakness in judgment. The tragic protagonist must make a fall from a high
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Throughout the entire play of Shakespeare’s “Othello”‚ the character Iago manipulates many of the other characters by appearing a certain way then hiding the truth of what he really thinks about the characters. The characters‚ such as Othello‚ believe that Iago‚ his (ensign???) is very honest and will never tell a lie‚ they even refer to him as “honest Iago” (add the act and the scene to this) because they have great faith in his character. Little does shakespeare’s characters know‚ but Iago has
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Introduction: While Othello can be partially held accountable for his tragic downfall‚ other characters are also at fault. Othello chooses to trust the wrong people and becomes insecure which are both causes of his belief that Desdemona has been unfaithful. Iago was the master-mind behind the plot of separating Othello and Desdemona‚ his hatred and jeoulousy helped him to gain Othello’s trust‚ therefore putting Othello in an uncertain position. Othello is partly to blame for his downfall as it is
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OTHELLO THEMES The incompatibility of military heroism and love; the danger of isolation- Othello is the perfect soldier‚ but his directness means he is unable to understand the subtleties of political life and affairs of the heart. Jealousy Jealousy 1: The play opens with a discussion of jealousy. Iago is upset because Othello selected Michael Cassio as his lieutenant. He is jealous of Cassio’s position both in the military and with Othello’s service. This initial jealousy is the catalyst
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Passion as the Criterion for Moral Judgment Ethics is the study of human conduct or in other words the study of moral behavior. All humans use ethics in their daily actions and decisions‚ but not many have the opportunity to probe into the core of ethics. When Socrates said in 399 B.C.‚ "The unexplained life is not worth living" he was encouraging man to examine his way of life and ways of moral decision making. Ethics not only aims to discover the rules that should govern a moral life‚ but
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