its purgation of these emotions” (Kennedy & Gioia‚ 2013). Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the Moor of Venice is set in Venice and Cyprus during the Renaissance. The play recounts the story of Othello‚ a Moorish general in the Venetian army‚ and his new bride Desdemona‚ the daughter of a Venetian nobleman. Othello’s ancient‚ Iago‚ manipulates circumstances to convince a very trusting Othello that Desdemona has been unfaithful. Othello‚ unconvinced by Desdemona’s claims of innocence‚ smothers her in an act
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Loyalty and Friendship in Othello The play Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare is a play that takes place on the streets of Venice. Othello is a highly esteemed general in the service of Venice. Iago is Othello ’s ambitious friend. Othello promotes the Michael Cassio to the position of personal lieutenant and Iago is deadly jealous. Iago begins an evil and malicious campaign against the hero. Othello elopes with Desdemona but Iago starts to plot against them. Othello becomes jealous and suspicious
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As human beings‚ one deals with various issues however‚ few get triggered when it hampers their reputation. . The play othello‚ a playwright by shakespeare‚ appears to keep running on the topic of reputation and revenge.the protagonist‚ Othello‚ hints at fragile reputation. Being dark and not being a heir to the beneficiary society of Venice‚ Othello‚ needs to keep up his pride and dependably do his best for his general public. He keeps his pride up so nobody could pass racial remarks as critiques
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The play “Othello” by William Shakespeare is a tragic love story that takes place in the sixteenth century. Whereas the movie “O”‚ directed by Tim Blake Nelson and written by Brad Kaaya‚ is a modern version of “Othello” and takes place at a preparatory high school. Because these tragic love stories take place in two rather different time periods causing the characters to have a great age difference which then creates a rift in what actions are considered to be acceptable and which actions will gain
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Othello is the protagonist of the play; he is a highly respected general of the Venetian army. Othello is not a Venetian though; he is a moor‚ which means he is from North Africa. This puts Othello in a very unusual position; he is one of the most important people in the Venetian army and very respected but is also an outsider because he is a black man. I perceive Othello’s character at this point in the play to be Naïve‚ honorable and honest; he really has nothing to hide. His naïveté’s will cause
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Shakespeare portrays Venice as incredibly advanced for its time. This is seen especially though its democratic justice system‚ as we are shown that in Act One everybody has a voice regardless of their colour or sex. The fact that Othello has obtained the high position of “general” within the army suggests that his chances have by no means been restricted by the colour of his skin. Also the fact that he is treated with the utmost respect from the Duke‚ the highest authority in Venice‚ shows that the colour
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Action: When Lane’s husband falls in love with his patient Anna‚ Matilde and Virginia try to help each of them deal with their new life situations while also trying to find their own selves in the process. Act 1 Scene 1: Matilde tells a joke in Portuguese to the audience. Scene 2: Lane tells the audience about how her maid doesn’t clean her house‚ and that she took her to the hospital to be medicated. Scene 3: Virginia tells the audience how she loves to clean her house‚ and that she
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In Shakespeare’s play “Othello” the character Othello is presented as an outsider to the events that are taking place amongst the other characters. He was excluded from what the truth holds and this caused his downfall‚ along with his jealous nature and stubbornness. To make things worse Iago’s cunning plans captures Othello into a downward spiral to his defeat. The sense of irony involved is regarded as a highly important technique that is repeated through out the play. As a stubborn and decisive
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Critical- how Iago manipulates Othello by manipulating his trust Trust is the belief that someone is truthful‚ reliable‚ and honest. In the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ the character Othello shows a great amount of trust‚ which when manipulated‚ ultimately leads to his downfall. Trust is an honourable trait but in excess can be detrimental. In Othello‚ Iago uses several techniques of manipulation to shift Othello’s absolute trust from his wife‚ Desdemona‚ to himself. The first of these
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non-dramatic text offered on the module‚ (an extract from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Literary Remains‚) and show how it might help us understand Othello. The extract presents a sustained attack by Coleridge on Shakespeare for his lack of realism in the ’monstrous’ depiction of a marriage between a ’beautiful Venetian girl‚’ and a ’veritable negro‚’ in Othello. He sees Shakespeare’s transformation of a ’barbarous negro’ into a respected soldier and nobleman of stature as ’ignorant’‚ since at the time
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