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    and a woman. Othello just expects her to obey him no matter what. Edward is not believed when he says she was seducing me ‚ he is not believed because he is different. Othello and Edward are both subjected to perspective. They all believe Desdemona deserves better than Othello‚ and the girl deserves better than Edward. They are both obviously different and are therefore excluded. Because you have a heritage from another country you must be born there. Alienating someone can really affect

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    Othello Language Analysis

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    of his famous plays‚ Othello highlights the importance of diction throughout the play. The play opens with an argument between Iago and Roderigo in the streets of Venice. The drama all started when Roderigo found out that Othello was married to Desdemona. Also when Othello promoted Cassio to a higher position‚ but Iago claims that he deserved the promotion. In Othello by William Shakespeare‚

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    Iago's Motives In Othello

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    makes Iago such an interesting character‚ providing countless room for discussion and analysis.   In the beginning of the play‚ we view a conversation between Roderigo‚ a love-struck chump‚ and Iago. Roderigo requests that Iago find a way that Desdemona would love Roderigo but Iago sees this as an opportunity to use Roderigo as a cog in Iago’s overarching plan. This is the reader’s first taste of Iago’s talent of manipulation and common acts of helping people for his own selfish purposes.

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    Reputation in Othello

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    and fake quality that others impose on us. You haven’t lost it unless you think you have. There are lots of ways to get on the general’s good side again” (2.3.212-216).  Iago then tells Cassio that in order to get his job back‚ he must speak with Desdemona and ask her to help him regain his position. By doing this‚ Iago cunningly convinces Othello‚ being the well trusted man that

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    Ambiguity In Othello

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    utilizes his ambiguous phrases to fabricate the appearance that he withholds his thoughts out of love for Othello. Iago aims at increasing his ethos among Othello so that when the time comes for him to reveal the false affair between Cassio and Desdemona‚ Othello will trust Iago’s accusations and play right into the hands of his master

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    a powerful‚ trusting‚ controlled human being‚ with his eyes totally set on his wife Desdemona. We can see the change in Othello through the of language techniques such as hyperbole and word choice. The composer employs these techniques to develop one’s understanding of the concept of change. "To follow still the changes of the moon"‚ Othello’s use of hyperbole in this extract conveys his deep trust for Desdemona. Iago suggests that Othello should monitor his wife‚ as he believes she is untrustworthy

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    his way to the top by deception. “Othello‚ after blindly succumbing to the diabolic machinations of his trusted standard-bearer Iago‚ quickly descends into enraged jealousy‚ falsely believing that his lieutenant Cassio has had a sexual affair with Desdemona‚ his innocent wife.” (Ed Michael) The more he proves himself as a villain proves why marxism has to work for him here it

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    William Shakespeare’s Othello is an Aristotelian tragedy that dramatises the gradual demise of the eponymous protagonist. Shakespeare employs a multiplicity of literary techniques to convey universal ideas exemplified throughout the course of Othello’s decline. However‚ Oliver Parker reinvigorates the play’s timeless ideas in a cinematic medium‚ sexualising the play for modern sensibilities. Parker utilises visual motifs and cinematic devices to place an emphasis on the idea of power and its intrinsic

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    In the book “Othello” there are some characters that trust each other and some that don’t trust each other. There are also some that are manipulative so the question us can we ever really know the truth about a person. The way I see it is we cannot really trust a person. This is a reason on why we cannot trust a person is for example the character Iago. In the beginning of the story he says “O‚ sir‚ content you I follow him to serve my turn upon him” (Act 1‚ Scene 1‚ Line 40). Iago is friends with

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    In Othello‚ Othello denies his otherness in order to conform to society however he is never truly accepted by society or himself. At the start of the play‚ Othello strongly disputes Brabantio’s claims of him using some sort of magic to seduce Desdemona‚ declaring he won her love like anyone else would. “Of my whole course of love: what drugs‚ what charms‚/ What conjuration and what mighty magic –” the repetition of the word ‘what’ illustrates Othello’s intense dissent regarding him possessing any

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