a person’s identity‚ in the play “Othello‚” by William Shakespeare. The main character Othello the moor and a young naive girl named Desdemona are married in secret. The villain Iago plots a plan to get revenge on Othello for not choosing him as lieutenant and rather picking Michael Cassio. Othello was made a fool because Iago staged a lie that Othello’s pure Desdemona is cheating on Othello with his loyal friend‚ Cassio‚ that brought them two together. Othello is manipulated to murder his wife
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This last show that we currently produced here at Hutchinson Community College which was Othello was a show that I wasn’t used too for different reasons. The first one was that I have never seen a production of Othello at all so I had no clue of what to expect with not only the acting but the design aspects of it as well. There were four design aspects that were different to me which were set‚ sound‚ costume and lights. None of these aspects are really my forte‚ these past two years is where I have
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In Shakespeare’s play‚ Othello‚ the character Iago engages in a tactical game of chess‚ where he manipulates the characters like pawns and uses them to obtain his selfish aspirations. Iago exploits Cassio’s inability to hold alcohol and ruins his reputation‚ persuades Othello to murder his beautiful and beloved wife‚ and convinces the ignorant Roderigo to attempt to kill Cassio – all with his persuasive‚ yet deceitful diction. Iago’s duplicity results in the death of four characters‚ including the
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play‚ "The Tragedy of Othello‚" a critic might want to use the psychoanalytic approach to help understand Iago. To do this‚ one might look at the characters and their wants‚ needs‚ and desires. The will also look at the character relationships to help come up with a psycho-analysis
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Othello: Racism (Wilson’s Assignment) Racism is a very prevalent theme in Othello; in which many of the events and conflicts in Othello are centred in it. Throughout the play‚ we can see that Othello has been placed in a society setting where racism is so prevalent where the white are considered as more superior and the blacks being marginalized as the more inferior and savage race. Even in throughout the play‚ Othello is often addressed as the Moor rather than his own name‚ which reflects upon
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reality is one of the major themes in Othello. Shakespeare uses many literary devices throughout his play to develop this theme. Iago is known for being honest and loyal towards Othello‚ and the remaining characters of the play. However‚ he is not what he portrays himself to be. During scenes‚ he reveals his schemes to the reader. Dramatic irony and asides are effectively used to develop the theme of appearance versus reality. Dramatic irony is used when Othello believes Iago is honest and also when
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Tragedy of Desdemona In the play “Othello the Moor of Venice” by William Shakespeare‚ Desdemona is the Venetian beauty who upsets her father Brabantio‚ a Venetian senator by eloping with Othello‚ a man several years her age‚ she is introduced confessing love for Othello to her father Brabantio before the Venetian senate‚ where she expressed her feelings toward her father and at the same time proved loyal to Othello. Desdemona is simply a good person‚ however during the course of the play her character
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of love‚ death‚ and betrayal. Shakespeare repeats these themes to set the mood through his works. It is important for Shakespeare to be consistent with his themes‚ or the plays would lose their meaning and mood. All of these themes are present in Othello‚ but the most dominant is the theme of jealousy‚ which presents itself multiple times throughout the play. We see the kind of jealousy which is envy of what others have‚ and as the kind of which is fear of losing what we have. According to The New
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“Othello” is the most famous literary work by Shakespeare that focuses on the dangers of jealousy. The tragedy "Othello is a story based upon the revenge of two characters‚ Shakespeare’s Othello is a play with unique characters. One such character is the one for which Shakespeare names his play. Using‚ Othello as the main character discussed he poses some strengths and weaknesses. Othello’s strength that was seen within this play was that Othello is a masterful general and very skilled and is very
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Othello trusted and was deceived by Iago who was suppose to be his best friend. Also he was wronged by his own ego and self centeredness which helped Iago with his evil scheme. If Othello kept to himself and didn’t trust all of his companions he would not have been so easily deceived by Iago. Othello being the general should have foreseen this and been more wise to the fact that people were seeking to overrule him. Othello’s main issues‚ jealousy and gullibility‚ ultimately causes his downfall in
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