it could ultimately lead to a person’s downfall. In “Othello” and “Antigone‚” both Othello and Creon are confronted by their tragic flaws of irrational passions—excessive pride and jealousy. While possessing differing tragic flaws‚ both men ultimately suffer from the results of their decisions after it was too late to recognize their flaw. In Shakespeare’s “Othello‚” Othello is highly respected and looked up to but later is influenced by the antagonist‚ Iago‚ resulting in a jealous insecurity ultimately
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NOKIA’S DOWNFALL Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi‚ Espoo‚ a city neighboring Finland’s capital Helsinki. Nokia is engaged in the manufacturing of mobile devices and in converging Internet and communications industries. It is a public limited liability company listed on the Helsinki‚ Frankfurt‚ and New York stock exchanges. It plays a very large role in the economy of Finland; it is by far the largest Finnish company‚ accounting
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secrets And yet she’ll kneel and pray; I have seen her do’t (Othello‚ IV‚ ii‚ ln 1-24). Othello The protagonist of the tragedy Othello is the moor‚ who the play is named after. Othello is the brave General of the Venetian army who listens to the deceitful Iago and becomes falsely jealous of his wife‚ Desdemona. In Othello’s soliloquy (IV‚ ii‚ 1-24)‚ Othello prepares to commit the murder of his wife‚ Desdemona on false pretenses. Othello is very emotional and still feels very strongly for Desdemona
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protagonist must be dominated by a ‘hamartia’ or tragic flaw which leads to his downfall. All tragedies have a hero with a flaw‚ and in the play Othello‚ the hero becomes transformed by his tragic flaws of jealousy and gullibility. Othello is the general in the army of Venice and is in love with Desdemona. He is a Moor of African descent‚ who has risen through the ranks of the Venetian army through hard work and success in battle. Othello is a cultural and racial outsider‚ often described as a ‘black ram’ or
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R.D Macbeth Essay 21-1-2013 William Shakespeare portrays a tragic downfall of a king through his ambition to become King and human weakness in the murder of Duncan. Shakespeare develops the play Macbeth by showing the changes in him and the effects his demise has on others. The tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare is based on a thane who is corrupted by greed and a negative ambition. He questions himself and whether or not he should follow through with the evil deeds that he does. Macbeth’s
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Shakespeare’s Othello are the intense relationships which exist through human values such as jealousy and ambition. The way these themes are used to drive the plot forward and give purpose to the interactions at the core of the play allow for Othello to resonate even with contemporary society. Almost every character is deeply involved with another‚ creating a web of both lies and betrayal; two such relationships are those between Othello and Desdemona‚ and of course‚ between Iago and Othello. Despite
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Question: Ultimately‚ in this Shakespearean drama‚ it is the representation of intense human relationships that captivates audiences. Explore the representation of at least ONE intense human relationship in Othello‚ evaluating its significance in the play as a whole. Othello is an Elizabethan Shakespearean tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the early seventeenth century. The play is constructed to evocativelythe sixteen hundreds. contrast (through setting‚ staging and language) the social
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Okonkwo. Okonkwo is a completely self made individual that against all odds‚ rose to the challenge of life. No matter what life threw at him‚ he always met that challenge with brute force and determination. However‚ never did Okonkwo imagine that his downfall would be because of his own tragic flaw. Okonkwo’s violent and rash nature made him difficult to work with and gave people the wrong image of who he was. He was so distracted by trying to be anyone other than his father that he lost himself along
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In Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Othello’‚ the audience experiences a definite sense of sexism which roots from numerous characters in the play. Sexism is behaviour which is abusive or discriminatory towards the opposite sex. Throughout ‘Othello’‚ women are abusively spoken to being called “strumpets” and “whore[s]” and accused of all sorts of crimes which they did not commit. There are only three women in the play and each one is portrayed as either being innocent‚ naïve and unintelligent or as a prostitute
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think of when you hear the word “psychopath”? A masked man‚ an axe-wielding menace; How about the ensign of the Venetian army? This is the story of‚ a manipulative mastermind‚ who not only manipulated his way to murder but obtained the name “honest Iago” in the process. First‚ what makes a Psychopath “a Psychopath”? It is first important to distinguish between a psychopath and a sociopath. “Psychopath’s can be unremorseful killers‚ although they are unable to form emotional attachments‚ they have
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