William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice is being brought to life in the blockbuster Deception. In this new age film‚ the FBI has spent countless hours hunting for Al Capone. It is suspected he is going to Chicago to help mobster Johnny Torrio carry out his operations. Othello is selected as the Unit Chief of a special FBI task force to investigate Al Capone and Johnny Torrio. Part of his job is to select the people who will be working with him on this task force. He chooses
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important characters. A literary foil is a character who serves to highlight the character traits of one or more other characters by presenting a contrast. In the play Othello‚ the author‚ William Shakespeare‚ presents Emilia‚ the antagonist Iago’s wife‚ as a literary foil to Desdemona‚ the protagonist Othello’s wife. In Act 4 Scene 3 of Othello‚ Emilia and Desdemona discuss the morality (or immorality) of infidelity. While Emilia says she would sleep with other men if she‚ in return‚ receives power‚ Desdemona
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Iago is a very interesting character in the play Othello‚ by William Shakespeare. Iago is the antagonist in the play and he uses many different techniques to deceive and manipulate his victims. The use of imagery and metaphors and Iagos’s use of language are his tools that he uses to manipulate and fool people. In this essay I will be talking about how Iago uses animal imagery to describe the relationship between Othello and his wife Desdemona and the image of poison and how he uses both of the
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Throughout act three of Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the conflict between opposing characters unfolds a complex set of emotions revealing the concept of the lesser “other” to the audience. Shakespeare does not explicitly state that Othello is an “other”‚ but references to his culture and ethnicity implies that Othello‚ while highly respected‚ is still of inferiority is some regards. The idea that Othello is inferior to his peers is rather ambiguous and can vary among interpretations. To kick start the
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challenging to have an inter-racial relationship because of the views humanity has against it. This view has always been present‚ even in the 1600’s‚ when the tragedy of Othello‚ by William Shakespeare‚ was written. Many questions occur when discussing this play like: Is the tragedy of Othello a racist play? Many people argue that indeed‚ Othello is a racist play‚ but it is not. The play does contain several racist remarks and characters‚ but Shakespeare’s intentions are not to make it a racist play‚ but
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Discuss and evaluate the view of the concept of Justice in relation to Othello and two supplementary texts. Justice is to live in a society that is fair to everyone‚ were everyone’s human rights are met and were everyone has equal opportunity to succeed. The concept of justice is portrayed rather unevenly in Othello and does not prevail as the villain‚ Iago‚ is still alive while his ‘victims’ are not. Also in my supplementary texts the balance of justice is uneven. One of my supplementary texts
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Revenge in Central to Shakespeare’s play Othello to a very large extent. The entire play is shaped around revenge. Iago‚ who is seen as Shakespeare’s greatest villain is fueled by revenge. Iago has jealousy over Cassio’s position and has suspicions towards both Cassio and Othello of adultery with his wife Emilia. Out of vengeance Iago uses his ability to manipulate Othello and build jealousy and suspicions within him about his wife Desdemona. This jealousy in Othello leads to his revenge towards Desdemona
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Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is a play about a multitude of topics. Stripped to the core it’s about subtle human prejudices and how we are motivated by them; how they turn the most superior war heroes to emotional wrecks that commit murder. In the play‚ relationships are one of the main factors and create a fuel for hatred. One of the first themes we come across is lying. At the beginning‚ we’re informed that Othello and Desdemona are wed. The protagonist‚ Iago and his companion Roderigo
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As time progresses‚ in the play Othello‚ the main character begins to feel the affects of being different and he starts to conform to outsiders terrible views of him. Othello’s attitude towards himself started with him being confident in himself and the thought that being a general would be enough to judge his character. Othello’s changing diction is an indication of Othello’s poorly developing attitude towards himself. As the accusations against Othello begin‚ he remained calm and composed. His
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understand that you have been closely studying Othello‚ both Shakespeare and Davies’ version. In your studies‚ you would have discovered many links between the two‚ through evident themes and values‚ displayed by many different characters. A theme I have discovered and would like to present to you today‚ is that of appearance verses reality and how it is altered due to the changing contexts of Shakespeare’s original Othello and Davies’ screenplay Othello. This is evident through the use of the
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