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    Othello Monologue

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    You’re far from it. Everyone in Beau’s employment is different somehow. We all had a difficult backstory to give us the strengths that Beau employs us for. As Lexi so crudely profiled‚ I’m the exile with a condemning sense of honor. Yes‚ Othello she profiled me. I was hired for my loyalty and resourcefulness. You were hired for your connections and your ability to make new ones at a moments notice. The rest of your profile she left out. I think she liked to keep the brutally honest one to

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    Othello Literary Analysis

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    William Shakespeare’s Othello is a tragedy in which Othello is Moorish general serving in the city of Venice. Iago is Othello’s friend‚ but turns on him because Othello promoted Michael Cassio to lieutenant. Iago then begins his evil and malicious deeds against Othello. This leads Othello to turn jealous and kill his wife‚ Desdemona. Othello then commits suicide. By using imagery‚ irony‚ and symbolism‚ Shakespeare displays the theme of the power that jealousy has to destroy. Shakespeare uses

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    and Manipulation in Othello He‚ who loves his wife for the lust‚ can run away from the situation that haunts him. But‚ he who loves his wife like he loves his god‚ loves to the death. Othello loved his wife so much‚ that if someone like Iago would plant seeds of lies and misjudgments into Othello‚ him and any other would go to the extreme as to kill her just to stop the pain. Jealousy itself it self is like a predator searching for the weak. Othello quotes‚ “O! beware‚

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    Othello Passage Analysis

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    Personal Response- ID Passage: Othello Part 1: Theme The prevalent themes in this passage are jealousy and love. In the first couple of lines‚ Othello talks about how he must kill Desdemona before she seduces more men‚ demonstrating the jealousy he feels towards her since he believes she is cheating on him with Cassio. A second theme‚ love‚ begins to emerge as Othello continues to contemplate murdering Desdemona. His love for her causes him

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    The tragic play ‘Othello’‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is one where the direct impact of themes such as jealousy‚ prejudice‚ and manipulation bring about the downfall of the protagonist Othello‚ a moor who is both a successful military leader in the city of Venice and the lover of the ‘Sweet Desdemona’. The Antagonist‚ Iago‚ weaves webs of deceit and denigrations on almost all of the characters and is portrayed as the puppet master‚ controlling the characters to his own end. The imagery associated

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    Mental blindness? Mental blindness is when an individual is unable to attribute metal states to self and others. What are values? Values have a major influence on a person’s behavior and attitude and serves as broad guidelines in all situations. This relates to the play King Lear by William Shakespeare because blindness and values were themes that were seen throughout to course of this play. Ignorance and gullibility are flaws that cause people to focus on pointless things rather than the more valuable

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    Deception and Vision in Shakespeare’s Othello Walter Scott once stated‚ “Oh‚ what a tangled web we weave... when first we practice to deceive” (Quotation). Scott’s statement is overwhelmingly evident in William Shakespeare’s Othello. Deception is a reoccurring theme in Othello‚ that touches each character individually and on various levels. The theme that affects Othello directly is vision. Vision is the “ocular proof” that Othello demands from Iago‚ and how his actions are based on what he hears

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    Othello in Shakespeare’s play is a black moor from North Africa surrounded by the white society of Venice. Many critics argue against racism in Othello although they believe it has got a racist theme. I think there are quite lots of proofs in the play which show that theme of racism is dominant and the problem of race should not be ignored. First‚ I will have a brief look at the meaning of black in the English society and the existence of racism in the 16th century and also where the character of

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    Jealousy Othello Essay

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    Throughout Shakespeare’s play‚ Othello‚ the major theme of jealousy is explored in detail through the main characters Othello and Iago’s actions. In the tragedy Othello‚ Shakespeare focuses on how jealousy affects Othello and the other major characters to result ultimately in their destruction. The theme of jealousy is evident throughout the play as it motivates the characters’ actions and suggests alot about the impacts‚ effects and nature of jealousy itself. In Shakespeare’s Othello‚ jealousy is portrayed

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    In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Othello‚ acts of treachery and betrayal have great dramatic significance. They greatly contribute to the theme that appearance does not always portray reality‚ and reality is not what one sees but more often what one does not see. The acts of treachery and betrayal in Othello help to develop this theme through character development. Such acts include: how Iago deceives Othello by being his friend and enemy at the same time. Othello betraying his wife’s love and trust

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