important characters. A literary foil is a character who serves to highlight the character traits of one or more other characters by presenting a contrast. In the play Othello‚ the author‚ William Shakespeare‚ presents Emilia‚ the antagonist Iago’s wife‚ as a literary foil to Desdemona‚ the protagonist Othello’s wife. In Act 4 Scene 3 of Othello‚ Emilia and Desdemona discuss the morality (or immorality) of infidelity. While Emilia says she would sleep with other men if she‚ in return‚ receives power‚ Desdemona
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Shakespeare’s play‚ ’Othello’ and in Mike Nichols film‚ ’Primary Colours‚ present the Art of Deception through the characters of Iago and Jack Stanton. The era in which both texts are presented gives off a different reason why both characters use deception to gain what they are looking for‚ thus context plays an important role in how deception is presented‚ and affects both the meaning and values of each text. Whilst both texts portray deception as the driving force in their plots‚ the motives‚ methods
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The tragedy Othello is filled with a complex web of separate conflicts that are connected with each other. The external conflicts are very obvious‚ such as Iago trying to replace Cassio as lieutenant and Othello’s belief in Desdemona’s affair. In addition to these conflicts‚ however‚ many characters in the play also face their own internal conflicts in which they have to make a choice between two opposing forces. An excellent example of this internal conflict can be found in analyzing Roderigo. Roderigo’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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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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Act 2 1. Three Questions What is Iago telling Rodrigo to do? And Why is Rodrigo doing everything he is told? Iago is using Rodrigo as part of his plan to ruin Othello‚ he is told to anger Cassio and persuade a fight with him so Othello could see how unfit he is for his position. The reason Rodrigo is doing all this so he could get more time and a better chance to get Desdemona. (II‚ i) Why did Iago so forcefully encourage Cassio to drink more wine? It was all part of Iago’s plan‚ he would
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eponymously titled play ‘Othello’‚ manifests greed‚ ambition‚ jealousy‚ revenge and most of all‚ manipulation. Iago’s skillful manipulation of protagonist‚ Othello‚ eventually leads Othello to self destruct. The once “noble and valiant moor” is transformed into the “blacker devil” as he kills his beloved Desdemona due to her supposed infidelity with lieutenant Cassio. This is an illusion that Iago had created by insinuating that “the fair and gentle Desdemona” had turned her husband Othello into a cuckold
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Despite William Shakespeare’s Othello being a story written in a language that is extremely difficult for me to interpret‚ I found that I related more than I expected. The word betrayal is defined as the action of betraying one’s country‚ a group‚ or a person. This drama was similar to a scenario I had to endure when my twin brother‚ Eric chose a woman and betrayed his best friend‚ Daniel. It took me some time to discover the similarities between the two stories‚ but now I understand Shakespeare’s
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a person’s identity‚ in the play “Othello‚” by William Shakespeare. The main character Othello the moor and a young naive girl named Desdemona are married in secret. The villain Iago plots a plan to get revenge on Othello for not choosing him as lieutenant and rather picking Michael Cassio. Othello was made a fool because Iago staged a lie that Othello’s pure Desdemona is cheating on Othello with his loyal friend‚ Cassio‚ that brought them two together. Othello is manipulated to murder his wife
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Othello Questions ACT I 1. While Shakespeare presents the world of Venice as a place of civilization‚ is slow turns into a place of un-civilization and disputes. For example‚ Roderigo and Iago wake up Brabantio and tell him that there are thieves in his house. In reply‚ Brabantio says "This is Venice. My house is not a grange." This shows how Venice is not usually a place with interrupting events. . Shakespeare also shows how Venice is slowing becoming corrupt. This is demonstrated when Desdemona
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