deceitful devil opposite to him and establishes either a comedic scene or a clash of opinions. Shakespeare uses the latter and addresses this cliche in the 1600s when he writes Othello. Establishing many forms of both the angel and demon‚ the tragedy exemplifies the cliche well by representing the mind of the protagonist Othello in a betraying macrocosm between Emilia and Iago. When Emilia betrays Iago by revealing the truth‚ Shakespeare illustrates the constant internal struggle between honesty and
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color is important alters the interpretation of the tragedy within the play. The racism represented in Othello is not just about an instance of prejudices and prejudgments made by a crowd of people against another‚ but in fact has much more subtle and devastating consequences‚ specifically‚ that it is proliferated not only by the discriminatory section of society‚ but also by the target of this discrimination. Although Othello didn’t initially validate any of the stereotypical qualities that certain
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Feminism in Othello The women of Shakespeare’s Othello continuously end up falling into various roles; the part of the fraud‚ the part of the victim‚ and the part of the hero. Within the patriarchy of Venetian society‚ the women served major purposes‚ sometimes being victimized and stereo-typed in its name. Though the play continues with a slightly negative motif‚ all is subconsciously resolved by the redeeming actions and words of one character. In the end‚ a play seemingly riddled with negativity
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Othello: The Tragic Hero In William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ Othello is the tragic hero. He is a character of high stature who is destroyed by his surroundings‚ his own actions‚ and his fate. His destruction is essentially precipitated by his own actions‚ as well as by the actions of the characters surrounding him. The tragedy of Othello is not a fault of a single villain‚ but is rather a consequence of a wide range of feelings‚ judgments and misjudgments‚ and attempts for personal justification
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respect from himself first. In William Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ the fragile mask of confidence and self-assuredness that Othello wears at the beginning of the play quickly falls apart to reveal extreme insecurities‚ a mind ruled by pride‚ and a dangerous affinity for jealousy‚ which ultimately leads to the unjust murder of Desdemona and Othello’s tragic self-execution. However‚ Othello does mature as a character in the final scene of the play when he realizes the horrible mistake he has made and
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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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Oral Presentation on Othello Greed! Lust! Envy! Pride! Gluttony! Sloth! Wrath! These are the 7 deadly sins! – Shakespeare often related to Christianity and Biblical concepts in his plays; Othello is no exception. Throughout Othello‚ there are certain events and deeds carried out by the characters which strongly resemble these 7 deadly sins. Wrath is deemed the worst of these sins and is by far the most recognizable and obvious sin within the play. Examples of these sins are sewn deeply into the
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In What Way Would A Modern Audience React To The Way Race And Racism Is Portrayed In ’Othello’? In the Sixteenth century‚ as we see clearly from Othello and other works of both Shakespeare and Cinthio’s original version of Othello‚ race was a topic of great debate and discussion. Today‚ in the twenty-first century the debate retains its controversy and passion. However‚ attitudes towards race have taken a dramatic turn during the last century. In the developed world people are now living in an
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Throughout William Shakespeare’s play Othello the three main types of irony can be seen conveyed in numerous ways. Dramatic irony is the first where the audience understands the situation at hand but the characters do not yet understand. Situational irony is when something happens throughout the story that is incongruent to the plot. Verbal irony is when someone says something they don’t truly mean. These three types of irony are present through the course of the play as demonstrated by the dastardly
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Othello as “A Tragedy of Character” “Tragedy of Othello/ The Moor of Venice” is a typical of classical tragedy and is regarded as the greatest work of William Shakespeare by many critics. While writing his play in 1604‚ Shakespeare adapted the story from Italian author Cynthio’s novella called Hecatammithi which was written in 1565. In order to bring a comment on play’s being “a tragedy of character” it’s necessary to emphasize on these points: general characteristics of classical tragedy‚ “Tragedy
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