Shakespeare’s Othello and Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan are two plays which males dominate and control. Gender discrimination was strongly evident throughout both the Jacobean and Victorian era in which both were written. Women were generally considered the ‘inferior’ gender with little purpose other than their domesticated role. Males were seen as more powerful with a harsh attitude towards females. Marilyn French examines that it’s a females “cultures dictum to be obedient to males‚” however
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in the mid-sixteenth century play Othello by William Shakespeare is to aid characterisation and define meaning in the play. The antagonist Iago is defined through many different images‚ Some being the use of poison and soporifics‚ sleeping agents‚ to show his true evil and sadistic nature. Othello’s character is also shaped by much imagery such as the animalistic‚ black and white‚ and horse images which indicates his lustful‚ sexual nature. Characterisation of women is heavily dictated by imagery used
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way they treat women. In particular‚ the last paragraph seems geared more towards males by saying "the blessings of liberty were made for women‚ too‚" meaning that men need to stop limiting the powers of women because power can be held by both genders. 2. Jacoby compares some of "the most disempowered women on earth" to the "influential" Oprah Winfrey based on wealth‚ recognition‚ and power. Jacoby states that Oprah is a self-made billionaire with an education‚ whereas Saudi women cannot even get
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whole schooling career‚ so catering to the learning preferences of the students would be the best way for the students to stay engaged in subjects that they might “dislike.” Tannen and Nathan both touch on the different conversational styles of men and women‚ of the conversational styles in and out of the classroom‚ and how it has become a problem in the class room. Working more with the students’ styles and preferences is the key to closing the conversational gaps presented by Tannen and Nathan‚ and
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relationships between men and women are recognized by power‚ and this power is emerged from a language in which men can almost dominate the whole members and individuals in a society. The life of the courageous sisters becomes textualized in the novel through a discursive polyphony of female voices that serve to illustrate the daily oppression of the Dominican population among Trujillo’s tyranny. In the novel‚ the myth of Trujillo’s hyper sexual desire for girls and young women is addressed in close
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Two tragedies from two different time period‚ Medea and Othello show similarities and differences in their characters‚ story plots and settings. Euripedes’ Medea written in the classical period and Shakespeare’s Othello written in the romantic era‚ the two tragedies shows different feel of what tragedies are. First of all‚ the most obvious difference between these two play is how Medea shows unities (time‚ place and action) whilst Othello has none. It’s clearly shown in the first scene‚ as soon
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Laurence Fishburne’s “Othello” the best portrayal of William Shakespeare’s Othello between Oliver Parker’s version and the one directed by Trevor Nunn. Even though‚ the movie departs from the original play‚ by cutting some dialogues‚ and adding new scenes‚ Parker’s view of “Othello” represents Shakespeare’s original play much better than Nunn’s by using the scenery. Oliver’s movie shows the streets of Venice and Cyprus in a way the play and Nunn’s production could not‚ having the characters interact
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Could one ordinary woman be more intelligent than several highly skilled male warriors? In William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ although Emilia plays a small role‚ she makes a powerful impact. Her omnipotent bravado brings us to the conclusion that she is the reincarnation of Esther from the Bible and that she is a mirror image of today’s risk taking woman. Emilia’s insight brings perspective to not only what is righteous but also to the darkness of bestiality portrayed throughout the play. Although
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the other choice would have been housewife. It’s an unlikely thing for me to have become; on some days it still makes me cringe. P. 15 • ’But also I’m cheesed off because the Art Gallery if Ontario wouldn’t do it. Their bias is towards dead‚ foreign men.’ P. 16 • ’I want some friends‚ friends who would be girls. Girl friends. I know that these exist‚ having read about them in books‚ but I’ve never read had any girl friends because I’ve never been in one place long enough.’ P. 31 • ’Mine is about
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Shakespeare portrays Venice as incredibly advanced for its time. This is seen especially though its democratic justice system‚ as we are shown that in Act One everybody has a voice regardless of their colour or sex. The fact that Othello has obtained the high position of “general” within the army suggests that his chances have by no means been restricted by the colour of his skin. Also the fact that he is treated with the utmost respect from the Duke‚ the highest authority in Venice‚ shows that the
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