most cunning plays‚ Othello explores a Moor’s struggle against the manipulative devices and forces of nature set against him‚ internally and externally. However despite the motifs that the play relies heavily on such as racism and deception‚ the patriarchy of manhood and its struggle with the nobility of honor stands as the overriding major theme in the play and is thus explored and epitomized by Iago through his soliloquy by the inequity of the gender counterparts through the rigid duty of marriage
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murder of Desdemona was an honor killing. Othello thought that Desdemona brought him dishonor and gave him a bad reputation. While Othello was manipulated into murdering Desdemona‚ he was the one that had the physical choice. Iago constantly agreed with Othello‚ saying that Othello should kill Desdemona. This influenced Othello’s decision‚ but it was ultimately Othello that chose why he should or shouldn’t kill Desdemona. His choice was based off of his own reputation. He loved Desdemona‚ but
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Othello Dramatis Personae • • • • • • • Duke of Venice Othello: Moor‚ married to Desdoma Iago: Solider in Othello’s army Cassio: Lieutenant in Othello’s army Desdemona: Othello’s wife Emilia: Iago’s wife Rodreigo: Solider‚ love Desdemona Act I Scene 1 • Read I.1.113-114 • Othello begins in the city of Venice‚ at night • Roderigo is having a discussion with Iago‚ who is bitter at being passed up as Othello’s lieutenant. • Though Iago had greater practice in battle and in military matters‚ Cassio
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her situation; however‚ this essay focuses on two characters-Tambu and Nyasha whose response to the male power is very different. While Tambu escapes from the environment of inequality in order to seek her liberation‚ Nyasha chooses to resist the patriarchy but her rebellion against her father ends up tragically as she suffers from the nervous conditions. The theme of female struggle against male dominancy is presented throughout the novel and the narrator‚ Tambu‚ categorizes the women right at the
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This play presents several opposing views of love and marriage. What are these views and who expresses them? Iago is really jealous of Othello because he has Desdemona. However‚ Iago does not want Desdemona‚ he just envies Othello for the sake of it. Iago is jealous of Cassio too because Cassio got the promotion that Iago wanted. Desdemona is faithful to Othello no matter what‚ even when Othello accuses her repeatedly of just the opposite‚ and even when Othello is suffocating her‚ she still stays
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In addition to age‚ gender is one of the universal dimensions on which status differences are based. Unlike sex‚ which is a biological concept‚ gender is a social construct specifying the socially and culturally prescribed roles that men and women are to follow. Women have always had lower status than men‚ but the extent of the gap between the sexes varies across cultures and time. <br> <br>Images of women‚ mostly figurines of the same type as the "Venus" of Willendorf*‚ Lespugue** and Laussel***
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Brabantio says to Desdemona “I had rather to adopt a child than get it”‚ expressing his sentiment towards the matter of her marriage and affection to Othello. His harsh words convey his acrimony because he says that he would rather a non-related child than his daughter‚ which at that time was considered one of the worst insults. This highlights the connection between Desdemona and Brabantio is parallel to the one of Juliet and Capulet because of
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Desdemona has not fallen victim to Othello’s insane rage and jealousy by her wrong doing. She isn’t even the main target of the demise brought upon Iago. The one to fall is Othello‚ but to achieve this‚ Iago must get him to kill Desdemona. Totally deprived of breath and of words to tell the truth. Wrong place’s at the most wrong times‚ this is what made her the passive victim for Iago’s true victim. Desdemona is probably the strongest willed character in the play‚ although she is a woman. Shakespeare
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Goodnight Desdemona (good morning Juliet) EXPOSITION: Goodnight Desdemona begins with a "dumb show‚" or a scene with no sound‚ in which three situations occur simultaneously. Othello murders Desdemona‚ Juliet kills herself‚ and Constance Ledbelly throws a pen and a manuscript into a wastebasket. In scene 1‚ Constance works on her doctoral dissertation‚ which claims that Romeo and Juliet and Othello were originally comedies written by an unknown author and that this can be proved by decoding a
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Desdemona as a victim in The Tragedy of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is widely known for his famous plays‚ sonnets‚ and other works including the tragedy. In The Tragedy of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice‚ many characters are unjustly victimized. Throughout the play‚ Othello’s wife‚ Desdemona‚ is a victim of many false statements that lead to her ultimate death. In the beginning‚ Brabantio‚ Desdemona’s father‚ believes that Desdemona is a victim under a spell
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