Othello‚ a highly ranked general‚ starts out as the nicest and most praised man of Venice through most of the play. However‚ his supposedly good friend‚ Iago‚ has a deceitful plan laid out with the purpose of ruining Othello’s life. As the play goes on‚ Othello loses his recognized manners‚ self confidence‚ and sanity because of the untrue information Iago gives to him. In Acts I and II‚ Othello comes across as one of the most respected noblemen in Venice. This reverence is because of Othello’s status
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and how people are driven by different passions‚ I am able to study this through different literature texts. The three characters I am going to study are ‘Briony’ in the novel Atonement by Ian McEwan‚ first published in 2001‚ but set in 1934-1999‚ ‘Iago” in the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ first viewed by an audience in 1604‚ and finally ‘Grenouille’ in the novel Perfume by Patrick Süskind‚ first published in 1985 and set in 18th century France. Since that all three texts are set in different
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Through its portrayal of human experience‚ Shakespeare’s Othello prepares us for an inevitable tragedy. How is this revealed in the first 3 acts of the play? Weather the relationship is personal‚ public or rivalry; power is always present. Shakespeare demonstrates his thoughts on power in relationships in the tragic play‚ Othello. Throughout the play we see control and power struggles in three main relationships and the interaction between the main characters leads towards an inevitable tragedy
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especially with Othello as well as Iago‚ and Roderigo. The chaos begins to build with Iago’s hatred for Cassio because he received the Lt. position instead of him‚ “One Michael Cassio….” (1.1. 21-34). He develops a plan to rid Cassio while also destroying Othello’s life. The deviant plan includes IAgo feeding Othello lies to potentially make him go mad as the result of his jealousy. He continuously does this regarding Desdemona and Cassio. It’s quite obvious that Iago looks at this as some sort of revenge
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desdemona. It also allows us to see his arrogance in his status and deserving of desdemona. You see how his confidence and pride are what he identifies himself with. But the expression of Iagos feelings toward othello in the film are very similar as the book version expression of it. “ I hate the moor” is clear enough‚ but iago is alone when he says it‚ so he
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Brabantio’s power‚ when he says: “But thou must needs be sure/ My spirit and my place have in them power/ To make this bitter to thee” (1.1.102-104). The fact that he mentions the power of his place is an evidence of his authority‚ which is confirmed‚ when Iago says: “You are – a senator” (1.1.119). When the latter goes down in the street to find out the truth about his daughter’s wedding and to have his revenge on Othello‚ he is at the same level as the other ones in the street – he is no longer a calm and
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To what extent does Othello’s final speech affect our assessment of him? What is the effect of his final anecdote about the Turk? Certainly‚ Othello’s final speech is not all that one might wish for—his claim to be “one not easily jealous” is open to question‚ and his claim that he “loved not wisely but too well” seems both an understatement and an exaggeration (V.ii.354‚ 353). Further‚ Othello’s invocation of his own military triumphs might be seen as another example of Othello dangerously misordering
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In Shakespeare’s Othello there is an immediate contrast between Iago and Othello’s language. In “Act1 scene 1” Iago’s first speech to Roderigo is of a revengeful nature and evil tone. “Despise me if I do not. Three great ones of the city (In personal suit to make me his lieutenant).” Iago is infuriated with Othello’s neglect of him‚ Shakespeare creates this foreshadow of a tragic outcome early on‚ but he misleads the audience into thinking that Iago’s language is justified. Furthering Iago’s support
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that no one will possibly believe him (I.iii.81). He then dazzles his audience with a forty-line speech that effortlessly weaves words such as “hair-breadth” and “Anthropophagi” into blank verse lines. But in the moments when the pressure applied by Iago is particularly extreme‚ Othello’s language deteriorates into fragmented‚ hesitant‚ and incoherent syntax. Throughout Act III‚ scene iii‚ Othello speaks in short‚ clipped exclamations and half-sentences such as “Ha!” (III.iii.169)‚ “O misery!” (III
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shame on their families. Desdemona betrays her father by marrying a Moor and Hero was accused of cheating on her wedding day. In “Othello” women are degraded and are looked down upon‚ as inferior. Iago has the mind-set that women are only good for one thing‚ having the pleasure to pleasure men. Iago and Don John are your typical “villains” filled with jealousy and hatred towards the people who have what they want. They‚ both‚
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