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    Sexism in "Othello"

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    In Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Othello’‚ the audience experiences a definite sense of sexism which roots from numerous characters in the play. Sexism is behaviour which is abusive or discriminatory towards the opposite sex. Throughout ‘Othello’‚ women are abusively spoken to being called “strumpets” and “whore[s]” and accused of all sorts of crimes which they did not commit. There are only three women in the play and each one is portrayed as either being innocent‚ naïve and unintelligent or as a prostitute

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    Prejudice In Othello

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    extended by Sax to highlight issue of a continual prevalence of racism in the 20th century. The characterisation of Othello‚ in Shakespeare’s text‚ as a dark skinned but respected general‚ accentuates his alienation from the rest of the society despite his position‚ thus rejecting the ideology of providentialism and the Great Chain of Being at the time. The audience is introduced to Othello as “he” or “him”‚ unnamed until Act I Scene iii‚ consequently degrading and distancing him from the rest

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    Othello Essay

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    our dark and dangerous dreams for the purpose of improving our lives.” Discuss the aptness of this statement with reference to one or more Shakespearean plays you have studied. Two parts‚ Ambition and Revenge. Two major themes in both Hamlet and Othello. Make constant 9 Ambition Shakespeare warns audiences against ‘dangerous or amoral ambition’ through the tragedy format. Both Iago and King Claudius fail at what they attempt to do or at maintaining their new position of power. King Claudius ends

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    Hatred In Othello

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    Introduction: Why art thou tragedy? Othello and Desdemona are being torn apart by Iago. Iago is an example of hatred. Individuals can be examples of the complex issues in society. Othello represents are hard worker who is experiencing success and is at the top. Desdemona represents going against the norm and being rejected by her family when she is with Othello. Iago represents the hatred‚ and envy and will do anything to tear down others success to make himself look better. Iago is miserable

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    harmony]‚ in a dramatic‚ not a narrative form‚ with incidents arousing pity and fear‚ to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions. Elements are these: Plot--most important‚ should be complex Character--tragic hero--elevated; brought down Diction Thought Spectacle Melody Peripety--change from one state of things within the play to its opposite Discovery--a change from ignorance to knowledge‚ and thus either to love or hate‚ in the personages marked for good or evil fortune. Medieval

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    events to allow the sequences to unfold into a greater conflict.Thus‚ Iago’s diction and tone reveals Iago as a complex character who is a zealot for chaos‚ manipulative‚ and a trickster‚ in order to gain dominance over Othello. First‚ Iago’s revenge in Othello is to do whatever possible to shape his revenge over Othello. For example‚ ”I follow him to serve my turn upon him”(2). Iago emphasizes “him” to refer to Othello as he still served him despite being passed over for promotion. The shift in

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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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    Hamlet vs Othello

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    How the protagonists deal with their difficulties: Hamlet vs Othello In William Shakespeare Hamlet and Othello‚ the author creates two similar yet vastly different protagonists. The major source of contrast lies within each characters approach to decision making and premeditated action. As David Nichol Smith puts it‚ Hamlet “is not a character marked by strength of will or even passion‚ but by refinement of thought and sentiment.”(Smith 288) This very refinement of thought is what characterizes

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    Jocks In Othello

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    “O” is a 2001 movie re-telling one of Shakespeare’s major tragedies about the “dusky Moor”…“Othello.” It has been dubbed‚ “90210 with a body count.” The movie is not acted out with Shakespearian voices but it doesn’t soften any of the raw emotions.“O” uses modern hip language perfectly made for a high school audience‚ especially jocks. Because you can actually understand the words being spoken without the need to reach for a thesaurus as one typically needs to find the meaning(s) of words that appear

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    establishes elements that are necessary to define a tragedy. In Poetics‚ Aristotle asserts that the definition of tragedy can be divided into six parts: plot‚ character‚ diction‚ thought‚ spectacle and song. In Shakespeare’s Othello‚ Aristotle’s notion of tragedy is apparent through the elements of plot‚ character and diction. Othello follows Aristotle’s convention of a tragedy. According to Aristotle‚ plot is most important among the six elements. Plot is the arrangement of events occurring in tragedy

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