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    it RACE and GENDER MANIPULATION: Iago manipulates Brabantio into believing Desdemona ran off with Othello in a negative way Iago manipulates Cassio in drinking and starting a fight Iago manipulates Othello into thinking Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair GENDER ROLE: Iago’s depiction of female- his treatment and rude comments about Emilia and Bianca Iago’s telling Roderigo women only wanted sex Focus on Emilia When the name William Shakespeare is mentioned‚ what do you immediately

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    discrimination‚ and the right to vote‚ own property and earn a fair and equal wage. Women are entitled to all of these rights‚ yet across the world‚ some women and girls are denied these rights‚ simply because of their gender. Women in the 1800’s were expected to be submissive to

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    Nowadays‚ women seem to have an entitlement in this world; an entitlement that gives them authority and a voice. However‚ to get this prerogative‚ women had to go through difficult times and diligent work. Since the 1800’swomen were feeling the urge of gaining rights that they didn’t have. Due to this desire‚ a group of women decided to get together and organize their thoughts to establish a document in which they would incorporate the rights they wanted to acquire. With this in mind‚ the first

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    The sole purpose of women in the play is to highlight the struggles of the male characters The sole purpose of women in ‘Othello’ is not to highlight the struggles of male characters‚ but in fact I feel it’s much the opposite. There is a strong emphasis on women as possessions and the idea that women are submissive. The three women in the play -Desdemona‚ Emilia and Bianca - are rejected by their respective partners. In a modern reading‚ we can deconstruct the play to understand that the struggles

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    Elizabethan attitudes to women‚ race and transgression in the first three scenes of Othello? Throughout Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the concepts of race‚ gender and transgression are continually explored and employed to reflect the characteristics of Elizabethan values and attitudes expressed in Elizabethan society‚ through rejection and acceptance of gender and racial stereotypes in the first three scenes of Act One - the pinnacle of this being the marriage between Othello and Desdemona. Shakespeare

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    feature a car. Throughout the past 60 years car advertisements have changed significantly. The 1950’s used families to show cars were ideal and the way of the future‚ while the 1980’s and 90’s show biased “fact” based arguments and hints of celebrity approval. Today‚ the 2000s continue to enlarge celebrity acceptance and continue to make sex appeal more widespread mainly through the portrayal of women. According to Valerie Sperling‚ a professor at Clark University‚ “Women’s bodies have long been used

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    Table of contents: Introduction 3 Women working full-time in the home 3 Women and paid employment 4 Patterns of paid work 1921-1961 5 Factors influencing women’s labour market participation 7 Conclusion 8 References: 8 Introduction My essay will examine the women’s work in the Irish society starting from the early 1880s and will analyze the changes of women’s place in the Irish workforce. I will pay particular attention on women working in the home‚ those seen as the back-bone

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    into hiding what it cannot control and showcases what it has a handle on without opposition. In early America‚ the lack of support for women‚ African-Americans‚ and other immigrants grew into a national attitude towards these groups. For example‚ women were not viewed as equals amongst men‚ blacks were not even considered human amongst white people until the 1900’s and immigrants of non-Caucasian races abandoned their identities to fit the American mold they were forced to fill even though the treatment

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    THE DOWNFALL OF OTHELLO AS CAUSED BY IAGO Iago is one of Shakespeare s most intriguing and credible villains. Iago can be perceived as either evil or brilliant in his plans to be deemed lieutenant. As the villain in Othello ‚ Iago has two main actions: to plot and to deceive. Iago is mad that Cassio was chosen to be lieutenant instead of himself. From this anger comes the main conflict of the play. Iago plans to ruin Othello and Cassio by carrying out a plan based on lies and deceit. This plan will

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    Rationale: Having just finished Act 3 of Othello (by William Shakespeare) ‚ a motif stood out to me. The motif jealousy‚ and it can corrupt anyone‚ even a noble Moor with principles like Othello. While reading I realized how complicated Iago is as a character and how he lacks an origin to his jealousy‚ yet is convincing himself to carry out his evil doings  his ability to orchestrate a complicated interweaving of pre-planned scenarios. Iago ’s deception is potent because of his patience‚ his

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