Set in 16th century Venice‚ Othello‚ by William Shakespeare‚ explores the idea of an outsider from the very beginning of the play. Shakespeare uses Othello‚ a black army general‚ to explore the relationship of an outsider in high Venetian society using a variety of approaches. The reader sees characters consistently referring to Othello in derogatory and demeaning terms‚ as well as frequent implications that Othello is scarcely human. Further exploration of an outsider in society comes from Othello
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Shakespeare‚ in keeping with the conventions of a revenge tragedy‚ undercuts the nobility inherent in the protagonist by presenting an individual too easily made ’jealous’. G.A. Wilkes in ’The compulsive Course of ’Othello’’ asserts that Othello’s ’openness and innocence make him vulnerable’ and through Iago’s soliloquy’s‚ Shakespeare affirm these as possible weaknesses in Othello. So the simile ’And will as tenderly be led by the nose/as asses are’ and the high modality of Iago’s language ’I put
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overweighs his love for his own daughter. This character trait shows that in Venetian times‚ it was a time of greed and selfishness. In The Merchant of Venice‚ Antonio discriminates against Shylock because he is a Jew. Shylock shows us his human moments –this embodies that he is as much of a human as any Christian in the play. Shylock is vengeful because of his past with Antonio. Shylock’s vengeful attitude shows us that back in Venetian times‚ it was a time of prejudice and intolerance. William Shakespeare
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1. Commercial cities that served as meeting points between distant cultures are called: a. way stations. b. warehouses. c. entrepôts. d. shipping centers. e. nodes. 2. Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt: a. did not need to provide protection for merchants as most trade came by land rather than by sea. b. established a commercial law apart from religion so that all people could participate in trade. c. had Muslim and Jewish trading firms that worked as close partners in
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It is Iago who causes Othello’s downfall‚ not a tragic flaw in Othello. To what extent do you agree with this statement? In the play of ‘Othello‚’ we firstly see a perfect‚ loving relationship between two of the main characters‚ Othello and Desdemona. By the end of the play‚ this relationship that they share is completely destroyed as Othello is driven by the strong emotion of jealousy to kill his wife and then himself‚ after realising that he had done an unjustly thing. In a tragedy
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Chapter 22 Beauty‚ Science‚ and Spirit in Italian Art: The High Renaissance and Mannerism - Notes The 15th century artistic developments in Italy matured during the 16th century. The 15th century is thus designated the “Early Renaissance” and the 16th century the “High Renaissance”. Although there is no single style that defines the period‚ there is a distinct level of technical and artistic mastery that does. This is the age of Leonardo da Vinci‚ Raphael‚ Michelangelo‚ and Titian‚ artists whose
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He proposed to the fathers of the Madonna dell’Orto to paint two large pictures for the chapel of the high altar‚ which was fifty feet high. Through this commission he would prove to the Venetian public‚ and himself‚ that he remained a vital force. In the upper section of the canvas on the left wall of the choir of the Madonna dell’Orto‚ Tintoretto shows Moses receiving the Tablets of the Law in his painting‚ the Worship of the Golden Calf
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can be easily manifested through belittling others‚ and the best way to belittle others is to use racism. In the Merchant of Venice‚ all of the Venetians are racist against the Jews. Forcing them to live in a ghetto with a curfew‚ casting them away on their own island creates distance between the two races‚ treating the Jews like outsiders. The Venetians treat the Jewish with complete disrespect‚ “You call me misbeliever‚
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feminine figures of the play can be compared and contrasted in more than one way. A key to understanding the two women is to understand their husbands: Desdomana is married to Othello‚ a general in the Army who is trusted with great authority by the Venetian government. Othello is the protagonist in the play‚ and falls victim to the manipulations of Emilia’s husband Iago‚ the antagonist. In fact‚ Iago is considered by many to be one of the lowliest characters in all of Shakespeare. Although he is Othello’s
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I have always been intrigued by the many depictions of "Madonna" and "Venus" therefore I chose to compare and contrast Parmigianino’s “Madonna of the Long Neck” from the mannerist style of the later Renaissance and Titian’s “Venus of Urbino” from Venetian Renaissance. First I will tell you a little bit about the historical background of both paintings‚ then I will prove my thesis by talking about exemplifies two artist’s style and the movement it represents‚ and considering the differences between
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