William Shakespeare’s Othello is a tragedy in which Othello is Moorish general serving in the city of Venice. Iago is Othello’s friend‚ but turns on him because Othello promoted Michael Cassio to lieutenant. Iago then begins his evil and malicious deeds against Othello. This leads Othello to turn jealous and kill his wife‚ Desdemona. Othello then commits suicide. By using imagery‚ irony‚ and symbolism‚ Shakespeare displays the theme of the power that jealousy has to destroy. Shakespeare uses
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Hansen Jiang Ms. Prendi ENG3U1 July 19‚ 2014 An Aristotelian Analysis of Othello A tragedy is an event causing great suffering‚ destruction‚ and distress. Considering Aristotelian beliefs‚ a tragic hero is a great character whose character flaws eventually lead to their fall. Aristotle’s writing is indicative of what he believed to be a tragic hero‚ and the character Othello possesses each quality‚ meaning he is a successfully written tragic hero. He is of high status and nobility‚ both in
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come from his hatred for Othello and everything he stood for. Iago’s overall loathing for Othello seems like it has almost no base other than how he chooses to feel about Othello. Iago even says about his hate to the Moor that “ I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason. Let us be conjunctive in our revenge against him” (Othello 369-371). He is talking about how because he hates Othello so people should come together and take out their emotions on Othello. It appears that Iago
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Feminism in Othello The women of Shakespeare’s Othello continuously end up falling into various roles; the part of the fraud‚ the part of the victim‚ and the part of the hero. Within the patriarchy of Venetian society‚ the women served major purposes‚ sometimes being victimized and stereo-typed in its name. Though the play continues with a slightly negative motif‚ all is subconsciously resolved by the redeeming actions and words of one character. In the end‚ a play seemingly riddled with negativity
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brilliant plays‚ most of those plays have been made into movies. One such play that has been made into a movie is “Othello.” The play “Othello” is one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. It is about a black general in the Italian army‚ Othello‚ and what happened between him and his wife‚ Desdemona. The main villain in this play is Iago; who is a soldier under Othello’s command. Iago tells Othello numerous lies about Desdemona and Othello’s friend‚ and former right-hand man‚ Cassio. Shakespeare covers quite
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actor wrote a variety of amazing plays and sonnets. One of his famous plays‚ Othello highlights the importance of diction throughout the play. The play opens with an argument between Iago and Roderigo in the streets of Venice. The drama all started when Roderigo found out that Othello was married to Desdemona. Also when Othello promoted Cassio to a higher position‚ but Iago claims that he deserved the promotion. In Othello by William Shakespeare‚
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The Different Characterizations of Characters in Shakespeare’s Othello and Giraldi Cinthio’s Un Capitano Moro William Shakespeare based his play Othello‚ published in 1603‚ on the short story Un Capitano Moro by Giraldi Cinthio‚ which was published in 1565. Even though the two stories have many similar points and aspects‚ they are quite different. The basic structure of the plot is almost the same in both stories; each author simply wrote in their own details. Both authors also had different writing
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Power can be gained in many ways‚ one of these is through censorship‚ in these books; Othello‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ and 1984‚ we see this theme of censorship pop up in many ways‚ whether this be censorship of oneself‚ or censorship of others to ultimately gain control and power. In Othello‚ we see this theme of censorship of oneself‚ as Iago carefully censors what information he tells to which people in order to retain his level of trust he has with other people. This is the result of censorship on a
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his hatred for the Moor is because Othello chose to promote Cassio to Lieutenant‚ instead of his‚ thus leaving the audience to thinks that Iagos reason for wanting to destroy Othello is because of that. However later on in the play‚ in Act 1‚ Scene 3‚ Iago reveals another possible motive for wanting to take down Othello. Here he says that “ ‘twix my sheets/ he has done my office”. Iago insinuates here that he hates Othello because he’s heard a rumour that Othello has committed adultery with his wife
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Psychoanalytic Approach in Family Counseling Liberty University Abstract Family settings that are filled with continuing conflict between family members become incapable of accomplishing a mutual respect for one another. This instability needs to be defused in order for the family to live in harmony. Psychoanalytic approach to family counseling is a theory that consists of multiple practices and techniques that are exercised to address the needs of families. This therapy was developed by Sigmund
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