acting on irrational emotions because it could ultimately lead to a person’s downfall. In “Othello” and “Antigone‚” both Othello and Creon are confronted by their tragic flaws of irrational passions—excessive pride and jealousy. While possessing differing tragic flaws‚ both men ultimately suffer from the results of their decisions after it was too late to recognize their flaw. In Shakespeare’s “Othello‚” Othello is highly respected and looked up to but later is influenced by the antagonist‚ Iago‚ resulting
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weaknesses‚ and there is always the chance that someone will use this flaw against that man. Shakespeare’s play Othello shows a great example of how one can control others exploiting their weakness and flaw. The character Iago‚ cunning‚ envious‚ and manipulative‚ is the centre of all evil in the play‚ managing to deceit everybody under his own disguise. For my project‚ I have decided to make a fish bowl illustrating how Iago has trapped Othello in a web of lies‚ blinding him from reality and the truth.The
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An expository essay: Tragic flaw in Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” In literature a tragic flaw refers in plain words when the main character ends up dead or defeated a characteristic feature of the heroes of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories‚ “Young Goodman Brown‚” “The Minister’s Black Veil”‚ and “The Birthmark”. However this concept is even more extensive and best explained in terms of “Hamartia”. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica that word can be understood as an inherent defect in
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16 - No Broadcast - Martin Luther King Day Jan. 17 - Writing Assignment 8 - In class essay concerning Heart of Darkness Jan.18 - Begin Othello‚ the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare Jan.19 - Characters in Othello Jan. 23 - The secrets of Act 1 of Othello Jan. 24 - Innocence in an Evil World (Othello) Jan. 25-31 - Complete Othello February Assignments Feb.1 - Writing Assignment # 9 (In Class Paper) Topic to Be Announced Feb. 3 - Major Test using College Board Style Questions Feb
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In his last speech it is almost like Othello discovered what he did wrong and how this whole time he has been deceived by Iago‚ but never once takes any accountability what he did. Othello is a very conscious man and in some ways obsessed with reputation. He himself is aware of this. Aware of the importance of opinion‚ which is unable to be affected by his reputation‚ he quickly jumps to tell people of how he would like to be remembered. Othello since he is very conscious he almost I
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Othello a Tragic Hero Othello is one of the most famous plays by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare develops the characters into fully realized human beings‚ with their own names‚ personalities‚ and ways of looking at the world. Othello is the protagonist of the play. He is a combination of greatness and weakness‚ in his own words "an honourable murderer". He is a general in the Venetian defense forces. Although he is a foreigner from Africa‚ he has been promoted this position by excellence
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Othello Essay William Shakespeare’s Othello tells a story of the tragic downfall of a man through jealousy and mistrust‚ influenced by the manipulative actions of another. Due to innumerable changes within society over time‚ it is inevitable that a wide range of critical interpretations and readings of the text will emerge. My personal interpretation of the play draws from the concepts of the traditional Aristotelian views of a tragedy. An Aristotelian interpretation concerns itself with whether
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demise. While Iago carried out his master plan‚ he caused Othello to become deranged. Since Iago was trying to ruin Othello’s life and take Othello’s position in the military hierarchy‚ Iago placed countless doubts and uncertainties in Othello’s mind. These include the idea that Desdemona is being unfaithful with Cassio‚ and that Cassio isn’t loyal. Othello’s most fatal flaw is his jealousy. There are many instances in the play where Othello is convinced by Iago that something is true‚ when in reality
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Atherosclerosis By: Fotiny Diamantis Clinical Dental Hygiene II - DDH250 Ms. Oddo / Ms Foreign February 5‚ 2014 Abstract Today one of the most fatal heart conditions that has developed would be atherosclerosis. atherosclerosis is usually the cause of myocardial infarctions‚ angina pectoris‚ and peripheral vascular disease. The statement in WebMD‚ What is Athersclerosis‚ by Dr. James Beckerman states that cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in America with
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Othello depicts this concept in a hyperbolized manner in which every character’s downfall is because of the nature of evil that lies within themselves. The nature of evil takes form within everyone as various traits. One being the green-eyed monster that surfaces more often than not. Jealousy is a dangerous force to be reckoned with seeing as it is one of the few things that can drive someone to do drastic things they would not normally do. Just as in Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the antagonist
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