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    How does Shakespeare gain audience sympathy for Macbeth? In late 1905‚ Shakespeare’s Macbeth was performed for the first time in Hampton Court. At the time‚ King James I was in power‚ and it is widely believed that Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in order to flatter him‚ as the previous year The Gunpowder Plot had shown an attempt on his life. In the play‚ King Duncan gets murdered‚ which would have been quite disturbing for King James I to watch. By the end of the play however‚ King James I would have

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    the play Othello is not so much Othello’s flaws and weaknesses but more Iago’s villainy. A thorough analysis of the play Othello tends to reveal that the focus of the play is actually about Othello’s flaws and weaknesses rather than Iago’s villainy. This conclusion has been reached due to the fact that many elements of drama as well as a characteristic of Shakespearean tragedy are centered on Othello and his imperfections. In essence‚ the conflict and thematic concerns which Shakespeare addresses

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    agree that we can both pity and condemn Lady Macbeth? Lady Macbeth’s character in the play ‘Macbeth’ has a view‚ which we can either pity her or condemn her. My view of Lady Macbeth is that she is only a woman and we must pity her. And also throughout the play she helps her husband and her relationship doesn’t even go well. She loves her husband but at the same time very ambitious‚ as shown by her immediate determination for Macbeth to be king. Lady Macbeth knows her husband well. She thinks he may

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    and how they define it. By doing so‚ the writer helps convey his or her own ideas/values in the piece and utilizes their commentary about the space and society around them to do so. With the play MacbethShakespeare is no exception. Shakespeare manipulates the status change of characters‚ in the play Macbeth‚ to contribute to the conveying of the writer’s values and ideas by commenting on the world and society in which he lives. When Banquo has the prophecy of the three Weird sisters thrust upon him

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    23 April 2013 Analytical Paper 2 Identity: Othello Othello is a tragedy play that was written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Although William Shakespeare came up with the concept of Othello‚ he did not write any of it down. We have a recollection of the play from actors’ telling what they remember from acting it out and some even wrote down what they remembered using stenography. Today‚ this is how we have the magnificent play‚ Othello. Othello is a play that tells the story of the powerful

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    All of these themes occur in Othello. The most dominant‚ however‚ is jealousy which is the theme I will focus on in this essay. Jealousy‚ out of all the themes can be identified from the very beginning of the story until the end. Jealousy first arises when Roderigo is envious of Othello because he wishes to be with Desdemona‚ and at the end of the play‚ when Othello is furious with envy because he believes Cassio and Desdemona have been engaging in an affair. One character in particular seems to be

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    THE DOWNFALL OF OTHELLO AS CAUSED BY IAGO Iago is one of Shakespeare s most intriguing and credible villains. Iago can be perceived as either evil or brilliant in his plans to be deemed lieutenant. As the villain in Othello ‚ Iago has two main actions: to plot and to deceive. Iago is mad that Cassio was chosen to be lieutenant instead of himself. From this anger comes the main conflict of the play. Iago plans to ruin Othello and Cassio by carrying out a plan based on lies and deceit. This plan will

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    Brian Bachmann Ms. Veltri English 2011 April 6‚ 2013 Keep your friends close and your enemies closer In the play‚ Othello by William Shakespeare‚ one of the main characters Iago is a master of both deception and manipulation. One will see throughout the play how Iago manipulates people‚ even the mighty black war general‚ Othello. Desdemona‚ (I.iii.395) “Put money in thy purse.” Iago says Desdemona will soon lose interest in the Moor‚ (I.iii.384-387) “It cannot be that Desdemona should long

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    MAJOR ENGLISH WRITERS ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAY OTHELLO FAJRI KURNIAWAN 1010733020 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF HUMANITY ANDALAS UNIVERSITY PADANG 2013 Background of the author William Shakespeare is the most famous writer of plays in the English language. He was born in 1564‚ in Stratford upon-Avon and died on the 23rd of April‚ 1616. He wrote thirty-nine plays and hundreds of poems. His father William was a successful local businessman and his mother Mary

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    Male/female relationships are portrayed differently in the poems ‘Porphyria’s Lover’‚ ‘Havisham’‚ ‘Cousin Kate’ and the play ‘Macbeth’. They all surround the themes of love‚ hate‚ jealousy‚ betrayal‚ guilt and obsession. However‚ the love versus hate theme is most dominant because all of the poems and the play have a melancholy mood‚ showing how the key characters have been hurt by love through their relationships and how afterwards‚ the way they feel has also been affected. Shakespeare’s characters

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