Weeping Willow: The Smothering of Desdemona’s Will in Othello Among William Shakespeare’s vast array of deeply flawed characters‚ Desdemona of Othello stands out as remarkably virtuous and pure of heart. Furthermore‚ Desdemona’s character initially displays a sense of independence and agency that is rare amongst other female characters in literature at the time that Othello was written. However‚ by the story’s end‚ Desdemona is a much more submissive and passive character‚ accepting her tragic
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However‚ those people are the ones to make the biggest challenges in a person’s life. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare has many great examples of how someone you love will hurt you the most. Throughout the play there are many unexpected betrayals. The people that Juliet loves dearly‚ Lord Capulet and the Nurse‚ are the two characters that hurt her the most. Lord Capulet’s love for his daughter is the thing that ends up leaving her hurt. The first time Juliet is spoken about‚ is when Lord
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The Tragedy of Othello (1622) is a play written by William Shakespeare and it portrays the story of Othello‚ a general who is a Moor. William Shakespeare was an English poet‚ playwright‚ and actor‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. Like many of Shakespeare’s characters‚ he has a tragic flaw. Othello was confronted with many betrayals that lead him in killing his beautiful wife‚ Desdemona. Though Othello was a great warrior‚ however
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"If Othello didn’t begin as a play about race‚ history has made it one." The Venetian society that Othello is set in is representative of the writers context. The attitudes and values that Shakespeare reveals through the text are those same attitudes and values of Elizabethan society in England in the sixteenth-century. Although Othello is set in Venice and Cyprus‚ the attitudes and values shared in the text are probably reflective of the attitudes and values of Shakespeare’s own
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Since William Shakespeare pioneered the term “green-eyed monster to represent jealousy‚ it is only fitting for his famous play‚ Othello‚ to portray why the name was coined. Shakespeare’s influential play‚ Othello‚ thrilled audiences of his time and modern time with a tale of hatred‚ love‚ and betrayal. In Othello‚ Shakespeare uses conflicts between Iago‚ Othello‚ and Desdemona to portray the dangers of jealousy. Beginning with the character Iago‚ one can see his jealousy fuel a villainous plot
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English 122 Mrs. Ayer Suin Kim November‚ 26th.2013 Emilia Speaks Her Mind One of Shakespeare’s famous plays ‘Othello’ is about a black man who marries a white woman‚ and then murders his wife because of unfounded jealousy. The play also contains another dysfunctional marriage between Iago and Emilia‚ which also ends with the husband murdering his wife. Emilia‚ Iago’s wife‚ has never received love from her husband. In Act 4‚ Scene 3 line 95-115‚ Emilia’s speech is structured as if she experienced
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As a part of Iago’s plan‚ Othello has been told that his wife has been cheating on him. Othello proceeded to call her out on it and she denied. Furious‚ he starts acting abusive towards her eventually leading to her death. Despite the fact that Othello didn’t believe Desdemona‚ she made an effort to work things out and tried to not let his false accusations get to her. In Act four Scene
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female characters of Othello endure it is clear that Shakespearean society viewed women as lesser beings who existed only to serve the men in their lives‚ and who were supposed to subservient‚ submissive‚ pure and above all else obedient. Obedient to their husbands‚ father‚ brothers and all men. Patriarchal rule justified women’s subordination as the natural order because women were thought to be physiologically and psychologically inferior to men. Although the women in Othello are measured against
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Shakespeare’s Othello are the intense relationships which exist through human values such as jealousy and ambition. The way these themes are used to drive the plot forward and give purpose to the interactions at the core of the play allow for Othello to resonate even with contemporary society. Almost every character is deeply involved with another‚ creating a web of both lies and betrayal; two such relationships are those between Othello and Desdemona‚ and of course‚ between Iago and Othello. Despite
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Betrayal By Friends Julius Caesar once wrote‚ “Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt” (Caesar‚ Book III‚ Ch. 18)‚ which means‚ “Men willingly believe what they wish” (Ramage‚ 442). This is apparent in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. The conspirators who assassinated Julius Caesar convinced themselves that killing Caesar was necessary for multiple yet individual reasons. Cassius‚ the lead conspirator and instigator‚ convinces himself that Caesar is not better than he and should
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