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    The Themes and Issues in: OTHELLO by William Shakespeare Jealousy I think that this is one of the main themes in Othello and the play focuses on the dangers of jealousy. The play is a good example of how jealousy can be fueled by circumstantial evidence and how it can destroy lives. For example in this play: Othello succumbs to jealousy when Iago convinces him that his wife is having an affair with her friend Cassio which leads to Othello murdering his wife for her betrayal and then commits

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    MAJOR WORKS DATA SHEET | |Biographical Information about the Author | |Title: Othello_______________________________ | | |Author: Billy Shakespeare_____________________ |

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    love‚ deceit and jealousy in Shakespeare’s Othello?’ Othello is a play which was written by William Shakespeare and believed to be written around 1603 and first performed by the king’s men. Othello is a tragedy which focuses on Othello - a Moorish captain‚ Desdemona‚ Iago his trusty companion he believes and his wife Emilia‚Cassio and Roderigo. ‘‘Disdemona and the Moor’ and the story of ‘Epitia’ – seemed to have inspired Shakespeare when writing Othello and Measure for Measure. Gli Hecatommithi

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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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    Natalia Grube Othello Paper The tragedy of Othello was caused by the insecurities and changing character of Othello himself. Racism and the villainous Iago both contributed to the evolution of Othello’s character. G.K Hunter the author of “Othello and Colour Prejudice.” Discusses how the prejudices against Othello‚ both in the play and also the prejudices Shakespeare’s audience already conveyed towards darker skinned people‚ were framed to doom Othello from the start. Hunters article gives

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    Is the story‚ “Othello” Racist? When reading the play Othello‚ a modern day reader cannot help but wonder if the play is racist. After all‚ there are several places found throughout the story that reference derogatory terms towards people of African descent. Comments such as‚ “Blacker devil”(5.2. 131)‚ “an old black ram” (1.1.9)‚ and‚ “Moor are now making the beast with two backs” (1.1.7)‚ may leads the reader to believe that story is racist towards black people. However‚ this may not be true

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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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    Act 4‚ Scene 1 1. a) Othello falls down because he believes that Desdemona is cheating on him and passes out in fear b) Iago is very happy and proud of his work when Othello passes out 2. Iago tells Othello that if he listens to his and Cassio’s conversation he will get Cassio to admit that he is having an affair with Desdemona 3. a) Iago jokes with Cassio about Bianca so that it seems like Cassio is laughing about the affair he is having with

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    that he would use Cassio to make Othello jealous because Othello chose Cassio over him to be a second command man because Cassio was more experience than he was. Desdemona and Cassio knew each other before she knew Othello because he worked for Othello before. Iago implied that he was going to make Othello look like a fool by having Desdemona cheat on him with Cassio. Iago never directly said Desdemona and Cassio are having an affair but he was going to make Othello think they were having affair by

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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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