of trust‚ loyalty and honesty. In the play Othello‚ Shakespeare demonstrates these qualities through many of his characters to portray their deep friendship. However as the play progresses these friends turn into foes as many problems occur in their friendships and lead to many tragic events. The negative qualities that tore these friendships apart are distrust‚ selfishness and jealousy that led many of the characters to their tragedies. In the play Othello‚ Shakespeare demonstrates that there are
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Shakespeare gives daunting power to female characters in the classic story of "Othello". In a time where society viewed women as property whose purpose was primarily to serve and obey men‚ Shakespeare shows the rebellious strength in women throughout the scenes of "Othello". In the Elizabethan era the expectations of men and women were clear. Generally‚ men were to be the bread winner for his family and the women were meant to be mothers and housewives."Women were expected to be silent‚ chaste‚
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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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Characters – Othello – Character – o Tragic hero – Flaw - - Insecurity (Jealous) - Trust? o Controversial - Becomes racial stereotype - Is Othello responsible for tragedy or Iago? o Othello blames Iago ‘perplexed in the extreme’ o Conflict between dualities; • Black and white • Inferior and superior • Arrogant and self-doubt • General and husband • Public and private
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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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Love and Jealousy The play Othello written by William Shakespeare follows Othello who is betrayed by his best friend Iago. Iago’s manipulation causes Othello’s jealousy and effectively destroys the King of Moore’s life. Jealousy is a central theme in the play Othello because not only does it cause the protagonist’s death but it is also the motivation for Iago’s betrayal. One of the most significant scenes that portrays jealousy is when Roderigo uses lago to get close to Desdemona. It doesn’t
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Racism in Othello Racism seems to be a big concern in Shakespeare’s tragic play‚ Othello. Because the hero of the play is an outsider‚ a Moor‚ we have an idea how blacks were regarded in England‚ in Elizabethan times. There are many references that bring about the issue of racism from the very beginning to the end. In the tragedy‚ where Othello is coming from is not mentioned‚ yet through the descriptions the reader is informed that he belongs to one of the Eastern nationalities such as African
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The Grammar of Moves In Shakespeare’s Masterpiece The Tragedy of Othello"" Othello is the most painfully exciting and the most terrible .From the moment when the temptation of the hero begins ‚the reader’s heart and mind are held in a vice ‚ experiencing the extremes of pity and fear ‚sympathy and repulsion‚ sickening hope and dreadful expectation. Evil is displayed before the reader forming as it were the soul of a single character‚ and united with an intellectual superiority so great
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Major Themes of Othello Guilherme Lopes Florida Atlantic University Major Themes of Othello The Tragedy of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice is a story of a Venetian‚ Othello and the happenings which surround the collapse of his relationship and marriage with his true love‚ Desdemona brought on by the purposeful‚ malice-laced maneuverings of Iago. Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ contains several recurring themes throughout. Two major themes are revenge and jealousy‚ both of which can be
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