It is made evident to all upon reading Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ that without the female characters to fashion an intimate insight into the mind-set of the subordinate sex‚ the play would not have had half the desired impact on its original Elizabethan audience as intended. With a hefty responsibility such as this‚ one would imagine the main female role in particular would remain as true to her character as possible. However‚ this is where the screenplay falls tragically short. Conventionally (and
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strong‚ important‚ independent women. In historical times‚ women were portrayed as docile‚ meek‚ house wives. Their jobs often consisted of cooking‚ cleaning‚ and taking care of the children‚ while their husbands went to work and provided income for the family. As years passed by‚ women slowly became depicted as slightly stronger than housewives. They were granted more rights and freedom such as the right to education‚
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In Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’‚ women are portrayed as either 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
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During the late sixteenth century in Venice‚ a male-dominated society thrived while women struggled to be heard. Desdemona‚ Bianca‚ and Emilia are all victims of this society throughout Shakespeare’s Othello. Desdemona‚ an obedient‚ loyal‚ and pure young woman‚ is ultimately a victim to Othello’s over-powering strength and jealousy. Conversely‚ Bianca lives as prostitute who is ignored by Michael Cassio‚ whom she loves‚ because of her low status in society. Emilia is not naïve like Desdemona‚ yet
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The Role of Women in Othello: A Feminist Reading William Shakespeare’s "Othello” can be read from a feminist perspective. A feminist analysis of the play Othello allows us to judge the different social values and status of women in the Elizabethan society. Othello serves as an example to demonstrate the expectations of the Elizabethan patriarchal society‚ the practice of privileges in patriarchal marriages‚ and the suppression and restriction of femininity. According to Elizabethan or Shakespeare’s
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To what extent do you agree that in “Othello” Shakespeare presents women as the tragic victims of men? Throughout ‘Othello’‚ Shakespeare uses the manipulation of the protagonist‚ by the antagonist‚ Iago‚ to present a play controlled by men. In such a male dominated society‚ Shakespeare presents the women in the play as tragic victims at the hands of their husbands‚ in particular Desdemona and Emilia. Throughout this essay I will relate to the Aristotelian and Senecan descriptions of tragedy to
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Women of Japan It is known that during seventeenth century Japan‚ women were seen as being inferior to men and had no major role in society. Their only actual role was to remain loyal to their husbands‚ act as an obedient mother‚ and uphold the household duties‚ while having no actual authority in the household of which they maintained. It was expected for women to behave in a passive and subservient manner towards not only their husbands‚ but all men. They were expected to act this way‚ while in
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stereotypical view of Othello‚ as a “Barbary horse‚” depicting him as an animalistic outsider. Through the image of conflict in black and white‚ Iago emphasises on the racial demarcation between Othello and Desdemona‚ that “an old black ram is tupping your white ewe‚” associating Othello with uncontrolled animalistic sexuality. Iago’s overt and vicious racism becomes representative of the reigning stereotype of the African on the Elizabethan stage • Insecure because of his race‚ Othello echoes Iago’s
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Strength in women Throughout history it is shown that women have been looked down upon by men. They have been considered inferior to the opposite sex and even as a form of property. Although today we are not burdened with this struggle‚ being physically and emotionally abused by men‚ women in the early 1900’s struggled to break free from this mold formed by society. This can be seen by the women in the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell. However women in plays far from being decorative‚ frequently
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The Strengths of Women in Ancient China Women are strong because despite the inequality between them and men‚ they achieved a great education and military background allowing for them to overcome the hardships they faced and women are now successful in many ways. Since the women were lower on the social they sometimes fought harder than men so that they would be accepted by society. In ancient China women had a status that was unequal to that of men and they were thought of as unworthy of power and
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