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    Othello Notes

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    Othello OneNote notes: Act 1 Scene 1: The action of the first scene heightens the audience’s anticipations of Othello’s appearance - He is identified in terms of his rare/an outsider (’The Moor"‚ ’the thick-lip’‚ ’A Barbary horse’ exogamous marriage. Because of this we know what Iago is like‚ we feel sympathy of Othello especially with him as an outsider and Iago is pretending to be his friend. Very moment he should be at his happiest‚ they’re plotting to destroy it. Duplicity of Iago. Two extremes;

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    Jealousy In Othello

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    In othello‚ this happens when Iago (a close and trusted friend of othello) tells othello that his wife has been unfaithful to him and has been cheating on him with a fellow soldier named Cassio who is a flamboyant florentine who was a lady’s man. Iago manipulates othello and says in Act 3‚ Scene 3;"O‚ beware‚ my lord‚ of jealousy!It is the green-eyed monster which doth mockThe meat it

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    Handkerchief In Othello

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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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    Nature

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    Nature is the world around us‚ except for human-made phenomena. As humans are the only animal species that consciously‚ powerfully manipulates the environment‚ we think of ourselves as exalted‚ as special. We acknowledge that in an objective view we are merely one of many organisms‚ and that we are not able to survive outside of our natural world of air‚ earth‚ water and life. But we tend to be poor leaders in the "hierarchy" of animal life. Despite our greatness‚ too often we waste‚ we fight‚ we

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    Comparative Essay - Othello and O “In the transformation process Othello and O deal with the same issues and ideas‚ but do so in different ways.” In the play ‘Othello’ written by William Shakespeare and the movie ‘O’ directed by Tim Nelson‚ many themes and issues are dealt with over the course of the text. However ‘Othello’ and ‘O’ portray these themes using different techniques which have changed during the transformation process from literature to film. Some of the main reoccurring issues

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    Language in Othello

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    Language in Othello Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists used language to establish and build dramatic atmosphere‚ to define time‚ place and character. But in Othello‚ language is not simply the medium by which the drama is conveyed: in this play language is action. Othello ‘falls’ because he believes a man whose every utterance is deceptive. When the hero is taken in by false words‚ tragedy is the result. The play shows us the power of words; we watch as characters construct their own and others’

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    meant a play should cover only a single space‚ and the stage should not represent more than one place. The unity of time was the last rule‚ and it said that the action in a play should take place over no more than twenty four hours. In Shakespeare’s Othello‚ arguments as to how far the unities have been broken are often discussed. These arguments have been shown in the unity of time‚ and critics – such as A.C. Bradley – have doubted the faithfulness of Shakespeare. This argument is shown in the time

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    Flaws In Othello

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    In the play‚ “Othello”‚ Shakespeare writes not only about the love between men and women‚ but exposes the character traits and flaws that are particularly vulnerable to the smooth talking of the archetypal devil or villain‚ Iago. Throughout the play we see and hear how the manipulation of character traits that we all possess can play out in all sorts of relationships.  With each character‚ Shakespeare explores the possible outcomes for any person if he or she were to ‘feed’ that part of themselves

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    OTHELLO AND UNFORGIVEN

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    OTHELLO AND UNFORGIVEN How do the values represented in Othello and Unforgiven resonate with the contemporary audiences? Values are the principles of behavior that is regarded to the importance and exchangeability. Universal values represented in Othello and Unforgiven evidently depicts with the contemporary audiences as it reflects through the fundamental issue regarding definition of what is ultimately real as opposed to what is merely apparent. Without a doubt this is shown through the conflicting

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    Porphyria Lover by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue. Browning has used several poetic elements to engage the idea of his idea about the dark side of human nature. Form the title‚ Porphyria’s lover‚ Porphyria is a name given to a form of blood poisoning that causes dementia. Just by reading the title of the dramatic monologue‚ we can immediately tell that it is about a mentally ill person and his obsession towards his lover. The dramatic monologue is separate in two main parts which is when

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