In 1603‚ William Shakespeare wrote a tragedy called Othello about a Spanish moor that ultimately fell victim to his own skepticism and emotions and murders his wife due to the machinations of his ancient‚ Iago. Iago is the most interesting character in this Shakespearean play and in fact‚ has more speaking parts than even Othello himself. A man that can even convince his own wife to help with his masterfully manipulated puppetry of Othello‚ Desdemona‚ Roderigo‚ Cassio‚ and Emilia is an exquisite
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discussion that has brought social discomfort and in most instances racial prejudice - Elizabethan England being no exception. William Shakespeare applies the issue of race in many of his plays; such in the tragedy of Othello that captures the reality of society in Elizabethan England‚ showing common racial bias of that era. Through his characters in the play‚ Shakespeare illustrates Elizabethan social ideology towards race‚ in which foreigners have adapted to a lifestyle of racial prejudice. In order
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In the play Othello by William Shakespeare the antagonist Iago believes that he only told Othello his thoughts and “no more than what he found himself was apt and true”. In the end there is doubt as to who is responsible for the tragedy that occurs. This tragedy is where Iago murders Emilia and Roderigo and Othello murders Desdemona and commits suicide. The end of the play suggests that it is Othello who is responsible for the tragedy that unfolds as it was him that ended up murdering Desdemona and
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" Does Shakespeare create villains who are evil or is he presenting characters whose motivations are misunderstood?" Shakespeare’s Othello is a haunting tragedy in which the motivations of the main antagonist Iago often seem unclear. The play demonstrates the hold that psychological manipulation and suggestion can have even on a virtuous character of integrity like Othello himself. The central antagonist of the play is Iago‚ a man who is motivated by resentfulness‚ jealousy Love and suspicion
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Shakespeare is universally revered for his characterization of flawed and psychologically unstable protagonists. Hamlet is a crazed‚ murdering prince‚ Lear is narcissistic‚ senile‚ and a verbally abusive father‚ and Macbeth is a murderous traitor to his king and country. These unfavorable and evil attributes serve Shakespeare’s main characters by presenting them as realistically written men‚ and there always seems a degree‚ however small‚ of sympathy associated with their respective downfalls and
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measure the actual financial performance of its business. To highlight on the significant use of budgets‚ it was found that “a local authority usually prepares a budget on the basis of what it is likely to spend.” (Dyson‚ 2004‚ p. 380). A budget requires planning‚ control and performance evaluation (Peavler‚ 2013). Without the preparation and use of budget‚ the management is not planning; therefore‚ there may be a chance of overspending. The budgetary control method helps achieve the financial goals and
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the sixteenth century and was often used to introduce political tracts that offered more than just reasons of state. Today we use Machiavellian to describe a person who deceives and manipulates others for a personal good‚ like Iago in Othello. The actions that are taken by Iago are the ones that affect the results like in Machiavelli’s know book of the The_ Prince_‚ where the prince retains control of his realm. He focuses primary on the assumption that a prince has an easier task since the people are
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Assess the effectiveness of the presentation of Iago in the first two acts of the play. Iago is presented as the villain in the tragedy‚ much like Richard in Richard III as Shakespeare carries out his explorations of manipulation‚ dramatic function and the conventional view of order‚ through the use of language and structure in Othello. Shakespeare uses Iago’s manipulation of other characters to explore the theme of villainy and duplicity. The main victim of his direct manipulation is Roderigo
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What holds us back from being evil? What power hinders us from murdering‚ stealing‚ and hurting others? Most would say there is the sense of guilt and possible punishment‚ but regardless‚ they say that they still would never commit these offenses even with the repercussions not present. This is not true‚ we overestimate our actual compassion and to be evil is just a matter of being chastised; and with a lack of punishment‚ we would all be much more evil than we imagine. In Shakespeare’s Othello‚
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To what extent did the aims and methods of Martin Luther King differ from those of Black Power Activists? There is no question that the aims and methods of Martin Luther King differed from those of Black Power activists. King was peaceful and wanted integration with whites while Black Power activists confronted violence and believed in black supremacism and separatism. But they were also similar in some ways‚ such as speaking out on the Vietnam War. The aims of MLK differed significantly from those
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