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    Racism In Othello

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    The main focus of the visual essay is on the issue of race in Othello by William Shakespeare. The visual essay highlights the struggles Othello has to face in the play because of his race and nationality. The essay includes visuals about the use of vivid animal imagery to express the racial hatred towards Othello‚ for example‚ Iago refers to Othello as a “Barbary horse” when reporting to Brabanito about his daughter’s relationship and says “You’ll have your nephews neigh to you”. This animal imagery

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    Great Gatsby Nick Carraway says‚ ‘Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply’. In the light of this comment‚ discuss ways in which Fitzgerald presents female characters in The Great Gatsby. The quote ‘Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply’ is very important in particular to two of the female characters. Daisy and Myrtle are both women who fall under the category of being dishonest however it is looked over and they both are able to get away with what they do. Daisy

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    Deterioration In Othello

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    Evaluate Shakespeare’s representation of Iago as central to an understanding of the text Othello. Othello by William Shakespeare is a tragedy that depicts the fall of an honourable man through the deliberate deception and manipulation of a dishonourable man. The play describes the protagonist Othello’s disintegration and the tragic consequences of his moral deterioration. In the tragedy OthelloShakespeare develops themes of trust and betrayal and employs dramatic conventions such as irony‚ the

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    Othello: Blindness

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    Could one ordinary woman be more intelligent than several highly skilled male warriors? In William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ although Emilia plays a small role‚ she makes a powerful impact. Her omnipotent bravado brings us to the conclusion that she is the reincarnation of Esther from the Bible and that she is a mirror image of today’s risk taking woman. Emilia’s insight brings perspective to not only what is righteous but also to the darkness of bestiality portrayed throughout the play. Although

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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 characterShakespeare explores the possible outcomes for any person if he or she were to ‘feed’ that part of themselves

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    Women In Othello

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    William Shakespeare’s "Othello" can be pursued from a feminist perspective. A woman’s comprehension of the play Othello grants us to judge the distinctive social qualities and status of women in the Elizabethan society. Othello serves as a case to demonstrate the goals of the Elizabethan patriarchal society‚ the act of benefits in patriarchal community‚ and the concealment and limitation of feminism. According to Elizabethan or Shakespeare’s overall population based upon Renaissance feelings‚ women

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    Female characters do not normally go into battle or see themselves as the active partner in love. These female characters disprove the connection between femaleness and passivity‚ maleness and activity. This exceptional status marks appoint of difference between contemporary interpretations and our own. Once exceptions proved the rule because they were exceptional. Today they demonstrate that women may do things which have only been thought to be exceptional. Action also entails isolation for these

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    Foils In Othello

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    time‚ authors use literary foils to help expose the underlying traits of 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

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    Shakespeare Modernized

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    Today or Better Left Alone “Romeo + Juliet” succeeds to convey Shakespeare ’s play by the same name. The film was filmed in Verona‚ California set in the 1950s. The interesting part of the setting is that both Verona and Venice are cities in Italy and California. When talking about this movie‚ it ’s easy to get lost in the memories of Shakespeare ’s play and‚ while the majority of people will remember most scenes; I enjoy looking outside of the norm‚ something overlooked by the majority of people

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    Artemis‚ the ancient Greek goddess of the moon‚ childbirth‚ and‚ most importantly‚ the hunt‚ was one of the first heroines in western mythology. She fits well into the mold for archetypal female characters. To start‚ her origin story is a strange one by modern standards but is relatively normal as far as the Greeks go. Her mother‚ Leto‚ had had an affair with Zeus and been impregnated with the twins‚ Artemis and Apollo. Leto was constantly on the run from Hera‚ Zeus’ wife‚ for obvious reasons‚ and

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