Throughout the play of othello iago used several techniques to urge what he wanted and one way or another he somehow almost continually got what he needed. His techniques were that of an everyday sneaky‚ conniving person‚ who continually got people to trust him‚ except the person who was closest to him. However the most overall techniques he used were gaining the trust of people. That was the number one technique‚ and from gaining their trust he may branch far from that and then he may manipulate
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Othello Quotations A maiden never bold‚ of spirit so still and quiet that he motion blushed at herself. Brabantio She loved me for the dangers I had passed and I loved her that she did not pity them. Othello She deceived her father Brabantio And in th’essential vesture of creation Cassio The divine Desdemona Cassio She was never foolish that was fair Iago She first loved the Moor‚ but for bragging and telling her fantastical lies Iago She is full of the most blest condition Rodrigo
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understand that you have been closely studying Othello‚ both Shakespeare and Davies’ version. In your studies‚ you would have discovered many links between the two‚ through evident themes and values‚ displayed by many different characters. A theme I have discovered and would like to present to you today‚ is that of appearance verses reality and how it is altered due to the changing contexts of Shakespeare’s original Othello and Davies’ screenplay Othello. This is evident through the use of the
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Shakespeare’s play Othello exhibits many modern Freudian psychology theories‚ specifically through the character of Iago. Iago is a character who shows typical characteristics of a psychopath. Iago’s behaviour and intentions can be explained through modern Freudian psychology‚ and emphasised through the critical writings of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Fred West‚ who‚ respectively‚ argued Iago’s “motiveless malignity” and Shakespeare’s “profound and accurate portrayal of a psychopath in Iago”. Through
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Compare how Estella and Othello are presented as victims of circumstance Great Expectations is a novel written by Charles Dickens in London in the early 1860’s. The novel is set in the mid-nineteenth century in early Victorian England‚ a time when great social changes were sweeping the nation. Estella is one of Dickens’ most quoted female characters and is portrayed as cold‚ cynical‚ and manipulative. However‚ despite her cold behavior and the damaging influences in her life‚ Dickens nonetheless
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Colleen Andrews ENGL 252 Literary Types: Drama/ Bean March 27‚ 2013 Essay #2 When I began watching the two clips in the play Othello‚ Act III scene 3 which was the handkerchief scene‚ I started watching the BBC Version of the play‚ and personally it caught me a bit off guard because although I read the play‚ the acting out portion of the play was very outdated in many ways such as; the costuming on characters‚ it was a British film Broadcasting compared to a Castle Rock Entertainment
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“Hatreds are the cinders of affection.” If you can find feelings of hate towards someone you love‚ it is because you truly love them. This is why Othello has so much hate towards Desdemona in act III. In act III‚ Iago plants the thought in Othello’s head that his wife‚ Desdemona‚ is having an affair with Cassio. Iago acts reluctant to answer Othello when he asks him if he feels Cassio is trustworthy‚ but it is all a performance put on to get in Othello’s head. Thoughts race through Othello’s
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| Enter OTHELLO‚ LODOVICO‚ DESDEMONA‚ EMILIA and attendants | OTHELLO‚ LODOVICO‚ DESDEMONA and EMILIA enter‚ with attendants. | | LODOVICOI do beseech you‚ sir‚ trouble yourself no further. | LODOVICOPlease‚ sir‚ don’t trouble yourself. | | OTHELLOOh‚ pardon me‚ ’twill do me good to walk. | OTHELLOI beg your pardon; walking will make me feel better. | | LODOVICOMadam‚ good night. I humbly thank your ladyship. | LODOVICOGood night‚ madam. Thank you. | | DESDEMONAYour honor is most welcome
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degrades and controls Emilia‚ Iago also commonly insults females in general. Othello also shares his misogynistic views as he constantly hits Desdemona in public and later accuses her of sleeping with Cassio Act 5 scene 2 line 20 ’So sweet was ne’er so fatal’ This shows Desdemona’s sweetness has brought her to where she is now‚ leading to her own death because she has slept with another man‚ can also be seen as Othello describing his kisses as fatal as they will be followed by murder but Desdemona
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for Shakespeare‚ especially in Othello‚ women are viewed as worthless‚ gullible sex symbols. Three authors in their article state Revisiting Shakespeare and Gender‚ “For Shakespeare‚ as well as for most of Renaissance society‚ women as the feminine represented the following virtues which‚ importantly‚ have their meaning in relationship to the male; obedience‚ silence‚ sexual chastity‚ piety‚ humility‚ constancy‚ and patience” (Gerlach‚ Almasy‚
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