Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare‚ the play is based on forbidden love and deathly consequences. The beginning of the play starts with a prologue‚ the main point of this is to get the audience’s attention and set the scene but to also explain the whole outline of the play. By doing this Shakespeare is also acknowledging one of the main themes of the play‚ which is fate. In the prologue Shakespeare chooses to use a lot of violent language- “Their death...Civil blood makes civil
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Desdemona as a victim in The Tragedy of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is widely known for his famous plays‚ sonnets‚ and other works including the tragedy. In The Tragedy of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice‚ many characters are unjustly victimized. Throughout the play‚ Othello’s wife‚ Desdemona‚ is a victim of many false statements that lead to her ultimate death. In the beginning‚ Brabantio‚ Desdemona’s father‚ believes that Desdemona is a victim under a spell
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Venice‚ a male-dominated society thrived while women struggled to be heard. Desdemona‚ Bianca‚ and Emilia are all victims of this society throughout Shakespeare’s Othello. Desdemona‚ an obedient‚ loyal‚ and pure young woman‚ is ultimately a victim to Othello’s over-powering strength and jealousy. Conversely‚ Bianca lives as prostitute who is ignored by Michael Cassio‚ whom she loves‚ because of her low status in society. Emilia is not naïve like Desdemona‚ yet not tarnished like Bianca; she is a realist
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Women are seen as some kind of ownership. Men marry women to take control over them. However many times it did not happen like they wanted. Women overcome this controlling‚ and stand up. In Othello‚ the women take a major role in the craziness. They are accused of cheating and being whores. It seems in Shakespeare’s plays the women look to their husbands as lord or masters and do as they are told. They are like puppy dogs following them around. The wives seem to make sure their husbands are taken
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was written in 1594‚ and in this time women particularly were under their parents influence and there was no free choice on who you could marry. Teenage Rebellion was unthinkable because your parents would kick you out and in this time a woman was unable to get a job and with no money it would be hard to find a husband; this is why Romeo and Juliet’s marriage was secret. How a play is structured is an important way of creating tension for the audience like in Act 1 of ’Romeo and Juliet’ it introduces
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How Shakespeare make the audience feel sorry for Juliet in Act 3‚ Scene 5 The conversation between Romeo and Juliet at the beginning of the act is also important; the discussion about the true nature of the bird outside the window resembles a couple. However‚ there is a note of sadness‚ just as they couldn’t overturn the social prejudice that keeps them apart‚ they can’t turn dawn into night. They must be kept apart. One way Shakespeare makes the audience fell sorry for Juliet‚ is through the
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The Role of Women in Othello: A Feminist Reading William Shakespeare’s "Othello” can be read from a feminist perspective. A feminist analysis of the play Othello allows us to judge the different social values and status of women in the Elizabethan society. Othello serves as an example to demonstrate the expectations of the Elizabethan patriarchal society‚ the practice of privileges in patriarchal marriages‚ and the suppression and restriction of femininity. According to Elizabethan or Shakespeare’s
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Why did Othello decide to kill Desdemona? In the play‚ Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Othello‚ the noble Moor‚ is married to Desdemona‚ a daughter of Brabantio. Iago‚ an antagonist‚ didn’t have the promotion as a lieutenant‚ which made him hate Cassio‚ the Lieutenant‚ and Othello. He plots his plan to take down Cassio and Othello. Throughout the play‚ Othello is manipulated by Iago and decides to kill Desdemona for cheating on him with Cassio. After Othello killed Desdemona‚ Iago’s plan gets exposed
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Act 3 scene 5 is a key scene in Romeo and Juliet as it is the scene in which the audience feel most involved. Her emotions have an effect on the audience. The audience is an important part in this scene because they know about the secret of their marriage and there parents don’t‚ Lord and Lady Capulet & Lord and Lady Montague. In act three scene five Juliet’s emotions change dramatically from ecstatically happy to expressively sad. At the start of the scene Juliet’s emotions are confused
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