Race identities in Shakespeare’s Othello William Shakespeare (26th April 1564 – 23rd April 1616) was an English poet‚ playwright and an actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the Bard of Avon. His extant works‚ including some collaboration‚ consist of 37 plays‚ 154 sonnets and two long narrative poems and few other verses. His plays have been translated into every major
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involved familial relationships and are intended to show justice through punishment. Many of these justices involve women who are killed‚ beaten or tortured because of being accused of unfaithfulness or adultery. In the play Othello‚ the main cause of Desdemona and Emilia’s death was the failure of forgiving hatred and disapproval and due to the position of the role women play in a relationship or marriage. Many view Othello’s jealous actions as stereotypical manly and alpha male‚ which was supported by
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brief synopsis of the plot The play opens on a street in Venice‚ Italy. In the opening scene Iago‚ Othello’s ensign‚ and Roderigo‚ the suitor of Desdemona‚ decide to tell senator Brabantio that his daughter Desdemona has left to marry Othello without her father’s permission. Brabantio confronts Othello‚ but finally he is convinced by Othello and Desdemona that they love each other and gives them permission. At the same time Turkish invasion is reaching Cyprus‚ so Othello is asked to sail to Cyprus
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Othello to go against his wife Desdemona and his co-worker‚ Cassio. These steps help him greatly in his plan to deploy Othello against Cassio and Desdemona. Iago plays upon Othello ’s own fears and reinforces those fears with lies and hints to help him with his plan. First‚ Iago lies to Othello and makes him believe that Desdemona is cheating on Othello with Cassio. The next step Iago takes to manipulate Othello is when he steals the handkerchief that Othello gave Desdemona from her and plants it on
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evil. "Othello" is a tale that weaves an intricate pattern of lies and deceit‚ beginning with the main character‚ Othello‚ being questioned by Brabanzio‚ the father of his new wife Desdemona who Othello had just married in secret. Brabanzio is not happy with this as not only is Othello a middle-aged man while Desdemona a young women‚ but Othello is a Moor‚ (a black man) and the thought of a white women marrying a black man was looked down upon‚ despite that fact that Othello was a prized general and
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The Downfall of Othello Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is the perfect example of a romantic tragedy in which events involving the themes of jealousy‚ greed‚ revenge‚ and appearance versus reality bring the play to its tragic end. The play begins with an argument between Iago and Roderigo. This conflict gives the reader a glimpse of what is to come. Shakespeare uses the technique of foreshadowing to help the reader predict the misfortunes that will befall the characters in the play
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represents. He has many fronts that he can put up. Every character in Othello had a relationship with the different sides of his personality. He uses this to his advantage in the case of Roderigo loving Desdemona. By knowing that Roderigo is madly in love with her‚ he knows he will do anything to be with Desdemona. Iago says about Roderigo‚ " Thus do I ever make a fool of my purse;" (1.3.353). By going on what he knows about Roderigo‚ he is able
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logically)‚ Desdemona is supposed to have immense sexual power over Othello; so much so that Cassio refers teasingly to her as ‘our great captain’s captain’. Knowing this it is impossible to envision a character with such control over one so very fierce and commanding as anything less than a strong‚ deeply desirable temptress. This‚ I believe to be the production’s fatal flaw. It appears that the importance of her sensuality was grossly overlooked as rather than portraying Desdemona as a female capable
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Brabantio’s imputation of fear in Desdemona may be in part a projection of his own emotion‚ but Othello himself later confirms her reaction when he agrees with Iago’s assertion that she "seem’d to shake and fear your looks" (III.iii.207). Desdemona too provides implicit confirmation when she tells the Duke "I saw Othello’s visage in his mind" (I.iii.252). This implicit denial of physical attraction shows that Desdemona tries to separate Othello’s essential humanity from his
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Iago that allows him to manipulate people to do what he wants without them knowing. He is married to Emilia‚ and although the reader would see marriage as a sacred bond‚ Iago manipulates it for his selfish ways. It may be his careless marriage that causes him to feel that he must destroy Desdemona’s and Othello’s. This would show his childish‚ jealous mentality towards others. The reason he treats Emilia so badly may be that he blames her for their dysfunctional marriage. From this‚ she has gained a
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