structure of a tragic‚ romantic story that concludes only in a remorseful ending. However‚ Shakespeare achieves this structure and morbid ending in Othello in a much differing way compared to his other plays. The play‚ Othello‚ is a tragedy resulting from racism‚ which ultimately ends up leading to the main character Othello and his wife’s demise. Othello‚ the lead character in the play‚ is a brave soldier from Africa who is the supreme commander of the Venetian army. Although he holds such a mighty
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Othello is a tragedy plan written by William Shakespeare. In Othello‚ the themes such as love and jealousy reflects on the characters motivation and their values. An example‚ is that they had to overcome a huge obstacle such as love because Othello and Desdemona were in love but her father did not approve of it. Othello has no trust for Desdemona because his lieutenant‚ Iago‚ made a fabrication saying that Cassio had an affair with Desdemona. There are different types of archetypes that can be found
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Othello Plot Summary Act 1‚ Scene 1: Venice‚ A Street at night. Iago complains to Roderigo about Othello giving the promotion to Cassio. They go to Brabantio’s house and claim his daughter has run off to marry Othello. Roderigo and Brabantio go and search for Desdemona. Scene 2: Venice‚ outside the Sagittary. Cassio tells Othello the Senate needs him to go to Cyprus to fight the Turks. Brabantio finds Othello and accuses him of stealing his daughter. They decide to ask the Duke’s opinion. Scene
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In tragic play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Othello hires Cassio as his first mate over Iago (who has been working longer and harder by Othello’s side.) This sets Iago off into a huge jealousy spiral and he plots a very tactical revenge scheme. He tricks Othello into thinking his wife‚ Desdemona is sleeping with Cassio. He also gets Cassio fired. Iago’s snakey plan works until the end and results in the death of Desdemona‚ Roderigo‚ Othello and himself; Cassio is one the only people to survive
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degrees of recognition in tragedy. In Othello‚ recognition is minimal: the protagonist learns what he has done and what he has lost‚ but learns little or nothing about himself.’’ How far do you agree? – This is a quote that I have adapted into my thesis‚ taken from ‘’A Book of literary terms’’. Anagnorisis‚ a Greek word meaning ‘’recognition’’‚ is described by Aristotle as ‘’a change from ignorance to knowledge’’. I agree with this statement as‚ in the play Othello‚ Othello’s character experiences
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Revenge in Central to Shakespeare’s play Othello to a very large extent. The entire play is shaped around revenge. Iago‚ who is seen as Shakespeare’s greatest villain is fueled by revenge. Iago has jealousy over Cassio’s position and has suspicions towards both Cassio and Othello of adultery with his wife Emilia. Out of vengeance Iago uses his ability to manipulate Othello and build jealousy and suspicions within him about his wife Desdemona. This jealousy in Othello leads to his revenge towards Desdemona
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Othello Othello is a Shakespearean play and a morality tale‚ which is set in Venice‚ Italy and represents the themes of race‚ death and at its very heart is the ‘green-eyed monster’: Jealousy. The character of Othello is insecure and naïve. His race‚ a major theme in the play‚ shows how Othello perceives himself as a rough outsider‚ though he is nothing of the sort and his skills are nevertheless powerful‚ his power being personified by the fact that he is always surrounded by people. In Act 1
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demonstrated in Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ where trust is used as the main key to destroy a man’s reputation. Trust is the foundation in any relationship however‚ as the characters in Shakespeare’s play Othello discover‚ being too trusting can be deadly. Cassio‚ a lieutenant appointed by Othello‚ the General of Venice‚ is a worthy and diligent man‚ although Iago‚ a secret villain‚ believes otherwise. Iago feels he is more deserving of this position and Othello should of chosen him instead. Although
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always comes to fruition‚ but sometimes too late. In Othello‚ Iago deceives everyone around him in order to destroy Othello and those close to him. By the time Iago’s lies are revealed Othello already participated in the deaths of the people he held closest to him as a result he took his own life. Othello by Shakespeare is an ethnic cultural literary piece because Iago felt he was stripped of his rightful position as lieutenant‚ Iago did not believe Othello should be general since he was of a different
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In othello‚ this happens when Iago (a close and trusted friend of othello) tells othello that his wife has been unfaithful to him and has been cheating on him with a fellow soldier named Cassio who is a flamboyant florentine who was a lady’s man. Iago manipulates othello and says in Act 3‚ Scene 3;"O‚ beware‚ my lord‚ of jealousy!It is the green-eyed monster which doth mockThe meat it
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