Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ the characters response to betrayal are violent and unjustified. Othello and Iago both have large insecurities‚ and believe their honor is more important than living. Othello is an emotion and unsure character‚ and therefore is easily controlled by the overflowing self-confidence of Iago. Othello and Desdemona are a newly married couple now living in a new country. Their first moths of marriage they spent apart on ships. Now that they are together‚ Othello cannot help but
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Shakespeare’s Othello is one such tragedy‚ a play which explores the complexity of human emotion in its many forms. The theme of jealousy plays a strong role in shaping the tragic events of the play‚ however it must be said that tragedy alone is not the cause of Othello’s downfall. Insecurity‚ manipulation and pride are several of the many themes which contribute to the disintegration of Othello’s relationship with his wife Desdemona‚ the focal plot line of the play. Othello is introduced to
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Identity is a very key‚ important thematic issue in William Shakespeare’s tragic drama‚ Othello. Identity‚ or what may be better explained as a character’s public perception‚ is highly valued in the Elizabethan Age in which Othello is set. There is a varying range between the characters in the extent that how they are perceived in public is not how they behave in private or how they really are‚ thus creating more than one identity per character. A character’s identity is the overall essence of
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Psychoanalytical Approach of William Shakespeare’s Othello "Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties‚ then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness‚"- Francois De La Rochefoucauld. All people have the seed of jealousy inside them. However‚ the doubts of one’s self help grow the seed of jealousy. Othello was never what seemed to be a jealous man but when Iago led him to believe Desdemona was being unfaithful‚ Othello started to show his side of jealousy which
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“Whose fault is it?” Whose fault was it then? (Pause) Othello‚ the heroic Moore‚ yet he was way too jealous and over-trusting. Was it Desdemona? Sweet Desdemona of intelligence and innocence but also a deceiving and naïve woman who cannot adjust to the role of a 17th century woman. Or was it Iago; Malicious and sneaky Iago? We can go on about whose fault it is but I think it was both equally Othello and Desdemona’s fault. Together as a couple they lacked the understanding of marriage. They weren’t
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complex personalities knowing nothing of Freud’s theory. However‚ characters throughout all of Shakespeare’s works have strong affinities for their id‚ ego‚ or superego. From the psychoanalysis view‚ William Shakespeare’s dynamic characters in the play Othello can be derived using
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Othello: The Tragic Hero In William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ Othello is the tragic hero. He is a character of high stature who is destroyed by his surroundings‚ his own actions‚ and his fate. His destruction is essentially precipitated by his own actions‚ as well as by the actions of the characters surrounding him. The tragedy of Othello is not a fault of a single villain‚ but is rather a consequence of a wide range of feelings‚ judgments and misjudgments‚ and attempts for personal justification
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In the book “Othello” there are some characters that trust each other and some that don’t trust each other. There are also some that are manipulative so the question us can we ever really know the truth about a person. The way I see it is we cannot really trust a person. This is a reason on why we cannot trust a person is for example the character Iago. In the beginning of the story he says “O‚ sir‚ content you I follow him to serve my turn upon him” (Act 1‚ Scene 1‚ Line 40). Iago is friends with
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The main driving force of The Tragedy of Othello is the jealousy of the characters. Jealousy causes everything to move and causes the entire scheme. Iago is driven by the jealousy of Cassio having taken a position he rightly believed was his. Othello is lead to believe Desdemona having an affair with Cassio and is acting as a jealous lover. Roderigo is jealous of Othello for being Desdemona’s husband and feels like he should have her instead. The green-eyed monster is the one pulling the strings
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******** ******** 3/14/12 Period 7 Topic 1 Othello is one of the many plays by William Shakespeare. It tells the story of the tragic love life of the valiant Moor‚ Othello. It shows how he changes; starting from greatness and respect‚ he is tricked by Iago in to being cruel and hating. Many people assume the basis of the story is Othello’s life and that because the play is called Othello that he is the protagonist. The actual protagonist though is the supposed antagonist‚ Iago. Iago
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