time. His plays addressed many important issues in the world. Othello is a play that successfully brings together critical themes of love‚ appearances‚ racism and jealousy and most importantly role of women in the Elizabethan era. Through the exploration of the role of women in Othello and plays written by Shakespeare‚ this essay will argue that literature is most successful when dealing with a global issues like gender role. In "Othello"‚ the expectations for women are one the most important theme
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Othello‚ a tragedy of faith by William Shakespeare was written in 1603. Othello was first performed by the King’s Men at the court of King James I on November 1‚ 1604. Othello is set against the backdrop of the wars between Venice and Turkey that raged in the latter part of the sixteenth century. The play is loosely based on a novella titled Capitano Moro by Cinthio. The play is driven by the themes of inherent racism‚ jealously‚ love and presumed betrayal. The only thing which Shakespeare has not
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prostitution. Othello didn’t believe Iago at first. So Iago forged some evidence and Othello felt for it. Othello acted out of jealousy and decided to kill both Cassio and Desdemona. He told Iago to kill Cassio and him‚ his wife. The plan failed due to Iago killing Roderigo to get rid of evidence of his foul play. But Desdemona mistress and Iago’s wife‚ Emilia‚ brought the truth out. She told Othello after he killed Desdemona about her husband’s plans and had Cassio arrested. At the end‚ Othello‚ Desdemona
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In what ways does Shakespeare present Othello as a typical tragic hero? Professedly‚ Shakespeare appears to present Othello as tragic hero‚ exposing his tragic flaw‚ which consequently leads to his downfall‚ through his use of language‚ structure and form. It could be argued ‘Othello’ appears to conform to Aristotle’s principles of tragedy‚ of the noble protagonist who undergoes perpetia and endures suffering‚ resulting in his ultimate downfall due to harmatia‚ which he eventually realises‚ providing
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TRAGEDY Aristotle A tragedy is the imitation of an action of some magnitude that is serious and also complete in itself‚ in language with pleasurable accessories [rhythm and 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
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The tragic play ‘Othello’‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is one where the direct impact of themes such as jealousy‚ prejudice‚ and manipulation bring about the downfall of the protagonist Othello‚ a moor who is both a successful military leader in the city of Venice and the lover of the ‘Sweet Desdemona’. The Antagonist‚ Iago‚ weaves webs of deceit and denigrations on almost all of the characters and is portrayed as the puppet master‚ controlling the characters to his own end. The imagery associated
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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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Fultz and Mosley both state that Othello’s marriage was unstable from the beginning because of Othello and Desdemona’s difference in race. “The marriage of Othello and Desdemona‚ with which the play opens‚ seems to suggest that deeply entrenched prejudices--suspiciousness of other races and cultures‚ of those who are "alien" and do not seem to belong--are about to be overcome and there is a possibility of social transformation. But such a possibility is challenged at the very moment of its inception”
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Othello as “A Tragedy of Character” “Tragedy of Othello/ The Moor of Venice” is a typical of classical tragedy and is regarded as the greatest work of William Shakespeare by many critics. While writing his play in 1604‚ Shakespeare adapted the story from Italian author Cynthio’s novella called Hecatammithi which was written in 1565. In order to bring a comment on play’s being “a tragedy of character” it’s necessary to emphasize on these points: general characteristics of classical tragedy‚ “Tragedy
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values portrayed in Shakespeare’s Othello exemplify a great value of understanding and familiarity in today’s society where patriarchy and prejudice is still seen. Humans still create and conform to racist stereotypes; furthermore the greed for power and control has destructive impacts. These same concepts are depicted throughout Othello; Iago’s greed and desire for power and control‚ and the driving theme of jealousy‚ promoted across various characters including Othello‚ Iago and Roderigo. Also the
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