Shakespeare is well known for his clever employment of literary devices‚ such as dramatic irony‚ to heighten audience involvement. This use is especially prominent in Shakespeare’s well-known tragedy Othello. Iago‚ often referred to as “honest Iago‚” hardly lives up to his trustworthy reputation. Out of jealousy and spite‚ Iago hatches a scheme in order to reap revenge on those he feels have wronged him. This prominent use of dramatic irony creates a unique‚ especially one-sided‚ relationship between Iago
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Dramatic irony plays a large role in Othello; it is most prominent in Iago’s lines. It is specifically seen when Iago outright lies to characters‚ when he misrepresents his personality to other people‚ and when other characters talk about Iago in a way he is not. Iago constantly tells other characters slight untruths or outright lies. His constant use of lying puts the audience on edge because they always know when he has lied. One of his major lies is when he tells Othello that his wife‚ Desdemona
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The play Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare was written the 16th century during the Elizabethan era. Othello is an amazing character. He enjoyed success in the warfare‚ which gave him the reputation as one of Venice’s best generals. Although he has great success in the battlefield‚ he has a dramatic flaw that causes a downfall in his life. The dramatic flaw is jealousy. This was brought on by a simple persuasion of Iago‚ the antagonist of the play. Even though Iago used manipulation to get Othello
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Honesty in the play of William Shakespeare‚ Othello‚ can primarily be perceived as dramatic irony. This is due to the play being driven by words and actions of dishonesty amongst the characters. Honesty can refer to chastity‚ to personal honesty and to whether or not a person is a good and loving friend. Iago is the cause of all the deceit in the play and this result in him manipulating Othello and Barbantio into believing his web of lies. Due Iago is seen‚ by other characters in the play as honest
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Gustav Freytag is known as a German novelist and playwright. In his time‚ he created the dramatic structure that is used to analyse German and Shakespearean plays. The plays followed a common structured‚ which includes the exposition or introduction of the play‚ the rising action‚ climax and falling action and denouement. Similarly‚ the play‚ Othello‚ also follows this dramatic structure in its five acts. In Act one‚ there is the exposition‚ Act two there is the rising action‚ Act three there is
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Reggio Emilia Approach: The Reggio Emilia approach focuses on a child’s natural development. It’s child-centered and directed‚ taking the philosophy that learning must make sense to the student in order to be effective and meaningful. A child’s point of view is completely respected and the student is encouraged to follow their own educational path. The method follow four key principles: The Reggio Emilia philosophy is based upon the following set of principles: children must have some say over
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Junqiang Cui PUP363 Prof. Kelley 9/24/2017 Reading 5 summary Finish this Reading. I know this reading has two parts. First is talk about the purpose and the significance of Chicago Plan. Second is the implementation of the Chicago Plan. We first to talk about the purpose and the significance of Chicago Plan. Chicago Plan is the correct route to guide the future development for this city. And this plan is the greatest plan in the American. Urban planning is the basis of
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Reggio Emilia Approach Reggio Emilia was a community in northern Italy that caught the attention of the world with their new method of teaching. The Reggio Emilia approach was founded in 1968 originally for ages 3 years to 6 years but then in 1971 it was expanded to children 4 months to 6 years. The Reggio Emilia approach is a philosophy for preschool and primary education‚ started by Loris Malaguzzi and the villages of Reggio Emilia in Italy. They believed that children have some control
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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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Othello - English Essay The contrasting characters; Desdemona and Emilia‚ form an interesting and important relationship in the play Othello. Desdemona is very ‘sheltered’ from the ways of the world and Emilia is very ‘down to earth’ and ‘experienced’. From this difference we see a fascinating relationship between the two of them. In the given passage‚ we see that Desdemona takes a very honest‚ romantic and loyal stance towards Othello‚ (this is
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