Counter Argument Is Shakespeare trying to say that women have more power than men? No because in both plays Shakespeare’s portrays women as people who are weaker and inferior to their counterparts. Quote: “No‚ my good lord‚ as you did command‚ I did repel his fetters and denied his access to me.” Act 2 scenes 1 Interpretation: Ophelia is telling Polonius that she did what he told her to. She is going to stop talking to Hamlet because her dad believes that Hamlet only wants to use her.
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Women vs. Men in Othello Whether intentional or not‚ William Shakespeare’s Othello can be viewed (help) from a feminist perspective. Many scholars continually argue that Othello consists of a male dominated society in which the women play an insignificant role. While this argument proves mostly accurate in the political realm‚ women control society and love in ways that overwhelm the strengths of men‚ ultimately leading to the disgraceful downfalls of men. In Venetian society
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Shakespeare’s play “Othello” both challenges and reflects the values and beliefs of his Elizabethan context. To please his audience Shakespeare’s presentation of Venetian society replicates English society and therefore the audience is positioned to see the Venetians as upholding English Christian beliefs. Yet Shakespeare also challenges Elizabethan audience’s perception of ethnicity and race through the characterisation of Othello as being foreign in appearance but having status in the armed forces
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Ruth Vanita‚ the author of “Proper” Men and “Fallen” Women: The Unprotectedness of Wives in Othello‚ explains how Elizabethan and Jacobean writers included the murder of an adulterous wife by her husband in a majority of their plays. She attempts to prove that Desdemona and Emilia both died as victims of spousal abuse due to their alleged infidelity. According to the accepted social norms‚ both Desdemona and Emilia deserved their murders because of their infidelity to their husbands. Emilia betrayed
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To what extent do you agree that in “Othello” Shakespeare presents women as the tragic victims of men? Throughout ‘Othello’‚ Shakespeare uses the manipulation of the protagonist‚ by the antagonist‚ Iago‚ to present a play controlled by men. In such a male dominated society‚ Shakespeare presents the women in the play as tragic victims at the hands of their husbands‚ in particular Desdemona and Emilia. Throughout this essay I will relate to the Aristotelian and Senecan descriptions of tragedy to
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perpetually in pursuit of women. He was not stacked or gorgeous‚ and he definitely wasn’t rich or he wouldn’t have been working with me. Yet he was very successful at attracting women. He relied on his ability to make them laugh. That’s where the dancing fish came in. I remember the young lady who was buying it. She giggled‚ and it’s quite possible that my friend got her phone number that day. A sense of humor seems to be something that women value in a man. What else do women like? Back in May
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#2 11/14/13 Shakespeare’s otherness in Othello Shakespeare when writing Othello uses many different underlying themes for the reader to try and pick up on. One of the biggest is otherness. Otherness is defined as the quality or condition of being other or different‚ especially if exotic or strange. Shakespeare throws at the reader some interesting topics to think about race‚ a handkerchief‚ feminism‚ and many more. All these different topics Shakespeare wants the reader to pay attention to are
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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 were inferred
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What do you think the psalmist is trying to say? This psalm has different meanings. I believe the psalmist is ultimately admonishing us to refrain from all forms of iniquity and evil‚ and instead encouraging us with a magnanimous opportunity to enjoy God’s blessing if we carefully obey His commands. How might this particular psalm apply today? I believe that this psalm is timeless. It has as much meaning today‚ as it did thousands of years ago. An example might be a former addict staying away from
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1.) What does the declaration say about the equality of men? The first right listed in the declaration states that “Men are born‚ and always continue‚ free‚ and equal in respect of their rights.” This means that so long is a man is a French citizen‚ he is to be regarded as free and given equal rights. 2.) What does the declaration say about the equality of women? The declaration states nothing about the equality of women. The aforementioned equality automatically given to men upon their birth did
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