a person is being jealous of the other’s success and achievements. These type of relationships always have unpleasant endings that can be as bad as claiming the lives of innocent people around them. A good example of this is the drama Othello. In the drama Othello‚ Shakespeare shows how jealousy‚ betrayal‚ revenge can negatively impact people’s lives and can lead to series of tragedies in the life of a hero. At the start of act1‚ Roderigo was jealous of Othello’s marriage to Desdemona‚ and Iago
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Discuss and evaluate the view of the concept of Justice in relation to Othello and two supplementary texts. Justice is to live in a society that is fair to everyone‚ were everyone’s human rights are met and were everyone has equal opportunity to succeed. The concept of justice is portrayed rather unevenly in Othello and does not prevail as the villain‚ Iago‚ is still alive while his ‘victims’ are not. Also in my supplementary texts the balance of justice is uneven. One of my supplementary texts
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The Green-Eyed Monster In William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the power of jealousy dominates the play; at first‚ it’s Iago who is stricken with jealousy‚ when Othello appoints Cassio as his new lieutenant. Iago states‚ “And I‚ of whom his eyes had seen the proof at Rhodes‚ at Cyprus‚ and on other grounds…must be beleed and calmed by debitor and creditor‚”(I.i.29-32) after finding out he will be an ancient instead of a lieutenant. These words he has spoken show jealousy on his part because he wanted
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OTHELLO AND UNFORGIVEN How do the values represented in Othello and Unforgiven resonate with the contemporary audiences? Values are the principles of behavior that is regarded to the importance and exchangeability. Universal values represented in Othello and Unforgiven evidently depicts with the contemporary audiences as it reflects through the fundamental issue regarding definition of what is ultimately real as opposed to what is merely apparent. Without a doubt this is shown through the conflicting
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What is multiculturalism and multi-cultural education and why are these terms at the center of such great controversy? This is a concern to me as a student training to be a future teacher here in the United States. It seems that these two topics are generating a great deal of concern among teachers and creating a “mix” in feelings on how to handle these issues in the classroom. Multiculturalism is “a social and political movement and position that holds differences between individuals as groups
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other. In William Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ he suggests otherwise. Both Desdemona and Emilia were killed by their husbands. The only girl left at the end of the play is Bianca‚ a prostitute. Marriage‚ while generally a positive concept‚ is fatal and dangerous in William Shakespeare’s play Othello. Both Desdemona and Othello were happy with their marriage until Iago purposely sabotaged it. He convinced Othello that Desdemona was cuckolding him. When Othello believed Iago’s lies and decided to kill
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Shakespeare introduces Othello in the first half of the play as “valiant” and “noble” (qtd)‚ where the adjectives of courage and moral principles deter the Elizabethan notion that black people are treacherous and villainous (qtd). To add to that‚ the Duke of Venice “straight employ[s] [Othello] against the general enemy Ottoman” (1.3.49-50). Here The preposition “against” directs Othello’s martial body as the hero in Venetian society rather than the enemy for now. The respect for Othello as a black general
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character‚ circumstance and the eventual catharsis of fear and pity are the qualities that make Othello a tragedy. Othello’s position of eminence accentuates his eventual downfall‚ and his tragic flaw is essential in both the circumstances created and in the resulting catharsis. Shakespeare creates an accumulation of fear and pity‚ through the harsh deception of Othello‚ and catharsis occurs when Othello is released from this situation through his death. Through Othello’s position of eminence‚ his
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believe ridiculous lies. Since Iago was an external force‚ which created an internal force in Othello‚ to which he responded by murdering his wife. Once jealousy entered Othello’s mind‚ it consumed him and devoured all rational thought within him‚ causing Othello to commit murder‚ which is deemed by the general society to be morally questionable. It destroys him‚ causing him to physically collapse. By now Othello is completely blinded by jealousy causing him to loathe Desdemona. To him she must die “else
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Amos the Prophet The historical background A wandering people At the start of what is a series looking at some of the prophets of Israel‚ it might be helpful to do a little history which gives us a feel of the background. When I recently visited Israel and went in to the desert‚ it was interesting to note the Bedouin still living there in tents in a very primitive way. I wondered if the reaction to these roaming people was the same as the reaction in England to gypsies. Here in England the wandering
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