William Shakespeare’s "Othello" can be pursued from a feminist perspective. A woman’s comprehension of the play Othello grants us to judge the distinctive social qualities and status of women in the Elizabethan society. Othello serves as a case to demonstrate the goals of the Elizabethan patriarchal society‚ the act of benefits in patriarchal community‚ and the concealment and limitation of feminism. According to Elizabethan or Shakespeare’s overall population based upon Renaissance feelings‚ women
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The Dimensions of Othello the Tragic Hero How does one define a “tragic hero?” Aristotle illustrates such a character as an overall great person with very noble traits‚ but one who is not perfect. Many will look up to these tragic heroes; however each hero will have a specific flaw. This “tragic flaw” will ultimately lead to that character’s downfall. Also‚ these characters will often have the abilities to both recognize their tragic flaws in the end and also connect with the audience in some way
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nurtured by deceitful individuals. Such is the situation in Shakespeare’s Othello‚ which depicts the tragic downfall of an apparently perfect relationship. Shakespeare uses images of heaven in the beginning of the play to emphasize the seemingly flawless love between Othello and Desdemona. Furthermore‚ as the play progresses‚ the juxtaposition between heaven and hell is used to represent the manipulative powers of Iago over Othello revealing the weaknesses of Desdemona and Othello’s relationship. As a
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William Shakespeare’s play Othello is one of his four most great tragedies. This play is “widely known as being one of the most moving and most painful with the fall of proud‚ dignified man‚ the murder of a graceful‚ loving woman‚ and the unreasoning hatred of a "motiveless" villain”. Othello is an esteemed general respected and honoured for his position despite the fact he is a moor. After promoting the Florentine Cassio‚ his “friend” Iago despises Othello’s decision as he believes it should’ve
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The main focus of the visual essay is on the issue of race in Othello by William Shakespeare. The visual essay highlights the struggles Othello has to face in the play because of his race and nationality. The essay includes visuals about the use of vivid animal imagery to express the racial hatred towards Othello‚ for example‚ Iago refers to Othello as a “Barbary horse” when reporting to Brabanito about his daughter’s relationship and says “You’ll have your nephews neigh to you”. This animal imagery
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Ryan Campbell English IV Period 2 May 5‚ 2013 Women are High Maintenance Othello is a very confusing love story with people who have a lot of issues and problems and they think that the world revolves around them. It is a story of love‚ hate‚ and all of the other ridiculous emotions a person can think of. Two characters that would fit into this category of describing would be Desdemona and Emilia. Both women are strong characters‚ but one may be stronger. Whenever Shakespeare
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as Iago will not give him a straight answer to why he is being asked all those questions. When people’s emotions are heightened‚ (especially with anger) they generally find it easier to believe ridiculous lies. Since Iago was an external force‚ which created an internal force in Othello‚ to which he responded by murdering his wife. Once jealousy entered Othello’s mind‚ it consumed him and devoured all rational thought within him‚ causing Othello to commit murder‚ which is deemed by the general
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underlying significance means a great deal to the owners. They stand for the family time spent with their family or the memory of a family member. In the tragedy Othello by Shakespeare the handkerchief originates from when Othello’s mother who gave it to him before dying. Consequently‚ she told him to give it to his future wife. Later Othello gifts it to Desdemona as their first gift.
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Discuss the importance of the handkerchief in the play. In Othello‚ Othello presents his wife Desdemona with a white handkerchief embroidered with strawberries. This token bears great mystery‚ for Othello states that it was given to his mother by an Egyptian in order to charm and keep his father. He also claims‚ however‚ that it was merely a token his father gave his mother. Alike Othello‚ the secrecy behind the handkerchief is never revealed. The handkerchief is a dominant and irrefutably
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sayAhnna Jinhye Kim Ms. Lue ENG3U1-01 18 April 2013 Jealousy in Othello; the Cause of Chaos Jealousy can be found everywhere around us. Between the ones we love‚ or even between the ones we hate. Jealousy may also serve different purposes. It can be used as building blocks to build up the relationship‚ but it can act as a hurricane and blow everything down. In William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the namesake protagonist’s tragic flaws are possessiveness‚ insecurity‚ and loyalty‚ which fail to serve
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