The Tragedy of Othello (1622) is a play written by William Shakespeare and it portrays the story of Othello‚ a general who is a Moor. William Shakespeare was an English poet‚ playwright‚ and actor‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. Like many of Shakespeare’s characters‚ he has a tragic flaw. Othello was confronted with many betrayals that lead him in killing his beautiful wife‚ Desdemona. Though Othello was a great warrior‚ however
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answers. F663 Exemplars June 2010 1 of 30 Script 1 OTHELLO/RAPE OF THE LOCK/SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL SCRIPT 3 (b) ‘Othello is a play about the desperate need for certainty.’ By considering the action and effects of the play‚ evaluate this view. Well developed and consistently detailed discussion of effects; remarkably sustained substance and subtlety in the use of AO2 OVERALL SCRIPT Band 6 58 Marks Grade A(*) Othello‚ one of Shakespeare’s four ‘great tragedies’‚ is a text with many
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Othello Reaction Paper Sara Fletcher Othello is a very powerful play‚ and easily understood. The language used seemed to be less complicated than some of Shakespeare’s other works. The characters are well developed‚ and they are revealed to the audience to be exactly what they are. Iago is the protagonist of the story; he is evil and hates Othello. Desdemona is Othello’s wife and she is loyal‚ and very much in love with him. Othello is a proud and true soldier. He is a Moore (black man) who has
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love‚ deceit and jealousy in Shakespeare’s Othello?’ Othello is a play which was written by William Shakespeare and believed to be written around 1603 and first performed by the king’s men. Othello is a tragedy which focuses on Othello - a Moorish captain‚ Desdemona‚ Iago his trusty companion he believes and his wife Emilia‚Cassio and Roderigo. ‘‘Disdemona and the Moor’ and the story of ‘Epitia’ – seemed to have inspired Shakespeare when writing Othello and Measure for Measure. Gli Hecatommithi
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Throughout Shakespeare’s play‚ Othello‚ the major theme of jealousy is explored in detail through the main characters Othello and Iago’s actions. In the tragedy Othello‚ Shakespeare focuses on how jealousy affects Othello and the other major characters to result ultimately in their destruction. The theme of jealousy is evident throughout the play as it motivates the characters’ actions and suggests alot about the impacts‚ effects and nature of jealousy itself. In Shakespeare’s Othello‚ jealousy is portrayed
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Natalia Grube Othello Paper The tragedy of Othello was caused by the insecurities and changing character of Othello himself. Racism and the villainous Iago both contributed to the evolution of Othello’s character. G.K Hunter the author of “Othello and Colour Prejudice.” Discusses how the prejudices against Othello‚ both in the play and also the prejudices Shakespeare’s audience already conveyed towards darker skinned people‚ were framed to doom Othello from the start. Hunters article gives
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that he would use Cassio to make Othello jealous because Othello chose Cassio over him to be a second command man because Cassio was more experience than he was. Desdemona and Cassio knew each other before she knew Othello because he worked for Othello before. Iago implied that he was going to make Othello look like a fool by having Desdemona cheat on him with Cassio. Iago never directly said Desdemona and Cassio are having an affair but he was going to make Othello think they were having affair by
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Othello in Shakespeare’s play is a black moor from North Africa surrounded by the white society of Venice. Many critics argue against racism in Othello although they believe it has got a racist theme. I think there are quite lots of proofs in the play which show that theme of racism is dominant and the problem of race should not be ignored. First‚ I will have a brief look at the meaning of black in the English society and the existence of racism in the 16th century and also where the character 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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As human beings‚ one deals with various issues however‚ few get triggered when it hampers their reputation. . The play othello‚ a playwright by shakespeare‚ appears to keep running on the topic of reputation and revenge.the protagonist‚ Othello‚ hints at fragile reputation. Being dark and not being a heir to the beneficiary society of Venice‚ Othello‚ needs to keep up his pride and dependably do his best for his general public. He keeps his pride up so nobody could pass racial remarks as critiques
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