Shakespeares “Othello‚ The Moor of Venice” play‚ there are several motifs of power‚ jealousy‚ contempt‚ and even well-disguised hatred. There are also underlying innuendoes in the story that suggest or prompt the reader to feel the same as the character that they are reading about and who they are speaking of. Upon reading the opening act‚ as Iago speaks with Roderigo‚ there are hints of Iago’s jealousy toward Cassio for being appointed as Officer‚ and a slight contempt for Othello as well. Even
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Honors October 5‚ 2012 Analysis on Othello Othello by William Shakespeare is a play that involves the story of Othello and his new wife Desdemona while they are in Cyprus attended to business of their leader. Othello accuses his new wife of betraying his love because of the outlandish lies of friend Iago. Othello is a manipulated‚ unsuspecting leader‚ who in the end will fall due to these qualities and kill not only himself‚ but his wife Desdemona. Othello is manipulated throughout the entire
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Iago. Jealousy Iago’s jealousy is the catalyst of the play‚ as it is his jealousy that drives him to ruin Othello. It is evident in Act I scene I that Iago is jealous that Cassio got the position of lieutenant even though “That never set a squadron in the field‚ nor the division of a battle knows more than a spinster – unless the bookish theoric‚ wherein the tongued consuls can propose as masterly as he. Mere prattle without practice is all his soldiership.” (I.i. 21-27) Iago clearly thinks that
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Deception In Othello One may readily perceive the theme of Shakespeare’s "Othello" as deception. Deception appears many times in Othello‚ but in almost every incident the degree of deception is different. Deception is to "deceive another‚ illusion‚ or fraud" (Webster’s New World Pocket Dictionary 69)‚ which is seen as a wrongful act. However‚ deception may be used to protect someone from getting hurt therefore being used with good intentions. The very first act of deception is done by the
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other. In William Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ he suggests otherwise. Both Desdemona and Emilia were killed by their husbands. The only girl left at the end of the play is Bianca‚ a prostitute. Marriage‚ while generally a positive concept‚ is fatal and dangerous in William Shakespeare’s play Othello. Both Desdemona and Othello were happy with their marriage until Iago purposely sabotaged it. He convinced Othello that Desdemona was cuckolding him. When Othello believed Iago’s lies and decided to kill
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Justice is a powerful force‚ one that continuously motivates the actions of an individual. Each individual has a different understanding of what justice is‚ and many will go to extreme measures to receive justice. In Othello‚ William Shakespeare develops the idea that an individual will go to extreme measures in order to obtain his own sense of justice. However‚ the individual will go to such extremes in an attempt to receive justice that the repercussions of his actions will overpower the feeling
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THE STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF BARACK OBAMA His strength are : 1.He pulls the republicans and democrats closer together. Although Obama is running for the Democratic side of the presidential election he makes Republicans think on subjects they would have never thought on before without him bringing them up.He brings Democrats and Republicans closer so that they can view each other’s point of view. 2.He is a very smart man who knows what he’s doing for someone who’s very limited in experience
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What are the major themes in “Othello” and how are they explored The play “Othello” written by English playwright William Shakespeare is a timeless tale that vividly portrays the downfall of the noble Moore‚ Othello. The play itself is tragic in nature because it vividly portrays Othello “falling from Grace” through the exploitation and deceit that is orchestrated by the Machiavellian villain‚ Iago. The key themes that encompass the play are that of deception‚ manipulation and jealousy. Each of
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which is associated‚ is a more general designation: Moor meaning “a muslim of mixed Berber and Arab descent.” Of course‚ much ink has been spilled about whether Othello is an ethnically marked inhabitant of North-Africa‚ a noble Arab‚ or from Sub-Saharan Africa (as in the epithet “black” when Iago says “we will drink the health of black Othello”). This distinction is no
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about the predicaments of individuals in any given modern society. One of the themes central in the novel is the idea that weakness can be dominated by strength‚ fear‚ and trickery. Three of the episode from the story that is related to the theme is when Snowball got killed. When Snowball was blame for everything that happen and when Napoleon became friend with the humans‚ taking over Animal Farm. The first episode was when Snowball came out with the idea of the windmill and Napoleon disagrees
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