his race. He possesses a “free and open nature‚” which his ensign Iago uses to twist his love for his wife‚ Desdemona‚ into a powerful and destructive jealousy (I.iii.381). Read an in-depth analysis of Othello. Desdemona - The daughter of the Venetian senator Brabanzio. Desdemona and Othello are secretly married before the play begins. While in many ways stereotypically pure and meek‚ Desdemona is also determined and self-possessed. She is equally capable of defending her marriage‚ jesting bawdily
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Moderata Fonte was praised during her lifetime as a “young maiden‚ and honored citizen of this city (Venice)‚ being very knowledgeable‚ especially in Poetry.” Moderate Fonte is the pen name chosen by the sixteenth-century Venetian writer Modesta Pozzo. She had written a number of sonnets‚ short plays‚ and an epic poem before writing a treatise on the superiority of women. The Worth of Women was written in the latter years of Fonte’s life and was published posthumously in 1600. The Worth of Women
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society.There are only three women in ‘Othello’: Desdemona‚ Emilia and Bianca. The way that these women behave and conduct themselves is undeniably linked to the ideological expectations of Shakespeare’s Elizabethan society and to the patriarchal Venetian society that he creates. These notes will explore some of the ways in which the female characters are presented in the play. Women as possessions Following his hearing of Brabantio’s complaint and Othello’s defence‚ the Duke eventually grants
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Discuss the ways in which one or more social and/or cultural groups have been represented in a text studied this semester. Both cultural and social groups are represented through the drama text‚ Othello by William Shakespeare and the novel‚ The Collector by John Fowles. Shakespeare explores the cultural groups in Othello through the portrayal of character constructs and the social groups are explored by Fowles in The Collector‚ through the way the readers are positioned‚ and through the context
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that they were witnessing the supernatural. Some slides for the lanterns contained moving parts which makes the magic lantern the earliest known example of projected animation. The origin of the magic lantern is debated‚ but in the 15th century the Venetian inventor Giovanni Fontana published an illustration of a device which projected the image of a demon in his Liber Instrumentorum. The earliest known actual magic lanterns are usually credited to Christiaan Huygens or Athanasius Kircher.[7][8]90wgrihgq098hr3qghr39qg9
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The group of Jesuits were a group of people who‚ originally from the Roman Catholic Church‚ were Catholic missionaries to the entire world; its original name was the Society of Jesus. In certain views‚ the patron of the Jesuit Mission was not quite a saint: clever in the ways of power‚ Matteo Ricci acted more like a minister (Corsi 7). Matteo Ricci‚ a man who believed in a better life for Christians; a man who believed that the culture of a person did not need to be abandoned in order to be converted
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L I T CHA R T S TM GET LIT TM The Merchant of Venice Author Bio Historical and Literary Context When Written: 1596–8 Where Written: England When Published: 1623 Literary Period: The Renaissance Related Literary Works: Though some describe The Merchant of Venice as a comedy because it ends with the marriage of its heroes Portia and Bassanio‚ it can also be described as a kind of “revenge tragedy.” Typically‚ a revenge tragedy revolves around the quest of its central character to avenge a wrong
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Taylor Coleridge’s Literary Remains‚) and show how it might help us understand Othello. The extract presents a sustained attack by Coleridge on Shakespeare for his lack of realism in the ’monstrous’ depiction of a marriage between a ’beautiful Venetian girl‚’ and a ’veritable negro‚’ in Othello. He sees Shakespeare’s transformation of a ’barbarous negro’ into a respected soldier and nobleman of stature as ’ignorant’‚ since at the time‚ ’negroes were not known except as slaves.’ (Appendix) The extract
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that black people are treacherous and villainous (qtd). To add to that‚ the Duke of Venice “straight employ[s] [Othello] against the general enemy Ottoman” (1.3.49-50). Here The preposition “against” directs Othello’s martial body as the hero in Venetian society rather than the enemy for now. The respect for Othello as a black general continues. When Othello’s army sink the Turkish ships “bring Cyprus comfort”. Montano‚ the governor of Cyprus‚ states that while serving him under his army‚ “[Othello]
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modern technology that separates it from that era. It makes use of standout shadows and low-key moody lighting‚ and also includes many character archetypes‚ particularly the femme fatale. Chinatown also incorporates noir-style visual motifs such as venetian blinds and cigarettes‚ and the story folds out in the same type of urban setting that is seen in every neo-noir. Along with these‚ it dresses characters in the appropriate attire‚ and exercises camerawork known for being a noir. Using all of these
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