Power in ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Othello’ Both plays are about the ultimate struggle for power. Power can be shown in many ways such as race‚ gender‚ ‘others’‚ social class‚ and most importantly through use of language. Power can be shown in both plays through the use of ‘otherness’. This can be associated with power as characters such as Othello or Caliban are ‘others’ because they are from ‘elsewhere’. One such character who could be described as an ‘other’ is Othello. Bill Bryson suggested that
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Shakespeare’s Division of Experience – Summary of Othello Essay. Venice is dominated by reason. Reason is a form of control – control over others is power and self-control makes you invulnerable. Even the underbelly/ unsavoury side of Venetian culture has a masculine obsession with control. Cyprus is used as an example of a place without proper control in place; the Venetians need to subdue it. In Cyprus there is no reason‚ so control is imposed by killing. Othello is demonstrates admirable self-control
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you are surrounded by. The challenges that Iago and Othello experience are no different from today’s challenges‚ but the way they dealt with them‚ would not be accepted in today’s society. Iago and Othello are faced with many complex and personal challenges. Their challenges though different are linked through the quest of revenge‚ power and control. Iago uses his position as a servant to bring revenge to Othello. Iago believes that Othello has cuckolded him‚ courtesy of a number of soliloquy’s
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This last show that we currently produced here at Hutchinson Community College which was Othello was a show that I wasn’t used too for different reasons. The first one was that I have never seen a production of Othello at all so I had no clue of what to expect with not only the acting but the design aspects of it as well. There were four design aspects that were different to me which were set‚ sound‚ costume and lights. None of these aspects are really my forte‚ these past two years is where I have
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Passion can be both a display of strength as well as weakness‚ and in the play Othello it plays a key role in how the characters interact with each other. Most of the men in the play are in power positions; lieutenant‚ senator‚ duke‚ warrior - though they are the ones that have displayed the most passion. Iago is driven by his passion for destruction‚ his machinations directed at all the people around him‚ including his wife. His fanaticism allows for unreasonable ideas to situate themselves in his
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to Desdemona would half have corrupted a votarist” (“Shakespeare” 167). Later on in the play Rodrigo takes a part in jealousy and greed. He has always wanted to marry Desdemona‚ in fact he would convey his jealousy towards Othello and Desdemona’s marriage. Not only was he jealous of their marriage but also how Desdemona’s father‚ Brabantio‚ had told him that he could not marry Desdemona. Eventually Iago convinces Rodrigo to save up money so he can give it to Desdemona. In order for Desdemona to fall
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Othello Study ------------------------------------------------- Othello (The Character) * The character of Othello is in many ways a paradox. * He simultaneously experiences deep and passionate love as well as terrible and violent hatred; he is a rootless “stranger/Of here and everywhere” who the world defines by his ethnicity‚ “Moor”; and‚ he is a man called “noble” who commits the most horrendous of sins‚ murder. * At the heart of these contradictions is a black man trying to
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lies and Othello will be forced to believe him because he will be too submerged in doubt and suspicion to see the truth. In act 3‚ scene 3‚ when Cassion parts from Desdemona‚ Iago makes it appear as if Cassio “steal away so guilty-like”(Shakespeare‚ act 3‚ scene 3) because he did not want to be seen with Desdemona. While it appears really bad from Othello point of view‚ the reality of it is completely different. Cassio‚ who has been demoted‚ wishes to gain back his good will with Othello with Desdemona’s
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Othello study guide Introduction Preparing to study Tragedy‚ comedy and history Different kinds of exam question Context questions How to answer context questions A map of the play The essay question Possible essay subjects Characters and relationships Theatrical questions The structure of the play in acts Key scenes analysed The language of the play Past essay questions Themes of the play Preparing to study This guide is written to support your study of Othello. The guide
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Tragedy of Othello Although Othello has every reason to believe Iago‚ he is too quick to judge to believe that his wife is cheating on him. Desdemona is a pure honest soul that is caught up in the drama between Iago and Othello. She believes that if she continues to ask Othello to reinstate Cassio‚ then her lord would do it for her in which she later realizes that Iago is putting lies into her husband’s head about her cheating. A tragic hero is a character that makes a judgement call that ends up
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