Desdemona. This makes him really pissed off and believes every speck of lie that Iago tells him. Othello is really deep into Iago’s lies that he helps plot with Iago the deaths of both Cassio and Desdemona. After killing Desdemona and hearing what Emilia tells him that Desdemona was never cheating on him‚ he falls into anguish and decides to kill himself. Desdemona- becomes Othello’s wife in secret and becomes very loyal to him. To her father‚ Othello forced this marriage because he cannot believe
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Importance of “The Willow” Scene In “The Willow” scene of Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Desdemona has a deep and profound conversation with her maid Emilia about love. Both characters convey their emotions of how they feel their loved ones should treat them. Even though Desdemona’s and Emilia’s views on love differ they share the same desperation of loosing love. Symbols and metaphors are present in this passage that will lead to the climax of Othello and Desdemona’s quarrel. I learned through
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Shakespeare the antagonist Iago believes that he only told Othello his thoughts and “no more than what he found himself was apt and true”. In the end there is doubt as to who is responsible for the tragedy that occurs. This tragedy is where Iago murders Emilia and Roderigo and Othello murders Desdemona and commits suicide. The end of the play suggests that it is Othello who is responsible for the tragedy that unfolds as it was him that ended up murdering Desdemona and committing suicide. However there are
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pure angelic beings and jewels‚ or as whores who are impure. They are objectified and shown as something to be used. The only women in this play are Desdemona‚ Emilia and Bianca compared to the main 6 male characters‚ not to mention the minor characters‚ who are also all male. Their depicted purpose is to belong to a man; Desdemona‚ Emilia and Bianca’s lives revolve around being wives to Othello‚ Iago and Cassio. This fits into the idea of a perfect Elizabethan woman‚ who’s lives are subject to their
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bringing Othello. Othello believes in the honesty of Iago until the bitter end of the play. Othello and Iago’s wife‚ Emilia‚ argue in Act III Scene II Lines 142-161. Othello says: " Ask thy husband else. O‚ I were damned beneath all depths in hell but that I did proceed upon just grounds to this extremity." It is ironic that Othello damns himself here‚ because a few lines later‚ Emilia blames Iago for Desdamonas death by saying: "If he say so[Desdamona cheating on
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play shows Iago figuring out how to restrain and expose people to his will. He diabolically works out this wicked scheme to fulfill his dreams as lieutenant‚ and he does not care who gets trampled over‚ on his way to the top. Iago did not truly love Emilia‚ while she had a only love for him. Iago used her purely to steal the handkerchief‚ which would later ravage Othello and Desdemona’s relationship. They also had a rather
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As with many of William Shakespeare’s various plays‚ Othello contains many soliloquies that enhance the play‚ bringing dramatic suspense and action for the audience‚ whilst at the same time‚ providing crucial information about the plot of the play and in the direction it is heading in. These soliloquies help the audience to understand that particular character as well as giving an insight to what that character is thinking. Not only do the soliloquies in Othello do that‚ the soliloquies also happen
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Greek contact with the latter resulted in the entire peninsula (modern Italy) taking the name of the tribe. Greeks settled profusely along the coast at an early date and several of their settlements‚ including the first Italian city called Rhegion (Reggio Calabria). The region never regained it prosperity after being conquered by the Romans in the 3rd century BC. The Greeks were also conquered by the 3rd century BC by Oscan tribes from the north‚ including a branch of the Samnites called the Lucanians
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disappointment of Desdemona and Emilia‚ he expresses his views on women as merely sexual objects; they’re to satisfy man’s desires as shown by when he says: “Come on‚ come on. You are pictures out of door‚ bells in your parlors‚ wild-cats in your kitchens‚ saints in your injuries‚ devils being offended‚ players in your housewifery‚ and housewives in your beds.” (2.1.109-111). This demonstrates Iago’s conventional and stereotypical views of women. Iago has an unhappy marriage to Emilia. He criticizes his wife
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In Shakespeare’s play "Othello"‚ the female characters‚ Desdemona‚ Bianca and Emilia‚ are presented to us in a variety of ways through dialogue‚ reactions‚ relationships‚ and their actions. Shakespeare conjures up sympathy for women‚ especially in the scenes where they are accompanied by men. Desdemona is presented by Shakespeare in a somewhat contradictory fashion. Although she is "half the wooer"‚ she is victimised by almost all of the male characters. Her own father Brabantio
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