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  • Othello Is a Classic

    Othello Is a Classic

    Othello is a Classic Anything by William Shakespeare is a classic. Shakespeare is a world-renowned playwright. All of his works are well known and very popular. Othello is one of, his plays that consist of sexual jealousy and controversy of a romance between a biracial couple. Shakespeare’s Othello is considered a classic because is consist of all the elements of a class: timelessness, enduring theme, and relatable characters. Othello is a classic because it

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    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: David
  • Othello

    Othello

    In many ways, Iago is the driving force behind the plot, a playwright of sorts whose machinations inspire the action of the play. His self-conscious falseness is highly theatrical, calculated to shock the audience. Iago is a classic two-faced villain, a type of character known in Shakespeare’s time as a “Machiavel”—a villain who, adhering all too literally to the teachings of the political philosopher Machiavelli, lets nothing stand in his way in his quest for

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    Essay Length: 267 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Othello

    Othello

    Othello In this speech, Othello lets his mind take over all his self control. A usual cool tempered person Othello is inflicted with rage about the possibility of his wife sleeping with his lieutenant, Cassio. Iago has the ability to cloud the head of Othello with lies about the Desdemona and Cassio causing suffering and tragedy. A tragedy is a serious action or event that always turns out the worst way possible. Iago has setup

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    Essay Length: 325 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Artur
  • Othello Movie Review

    Othello Movie Review

    Despite working with low-budget and a small crew, Orson Welles makes his Othello interesting and memorable through several techniques. He generates a sense of suspense by placing the final scene in the beginning of the movie. When translating play into film, he creatively rearranges the scenes while keeping the text intact and shoots from odd angles to produce interesting lighting and shadows. Even though some of the characters in the film do not quite live

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    Essay Length: 505 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Jon
  • Othello

    Othello

    Othello” is basically the story of how one influence corrupts an unsuspecting group into believing lies. It sounds awfully similar to the one creation story in the Bible in which the serpent convinces Adam and Eve to eat from the tree of knowledge, even after God tells them not to eat from it. The serpent is not meant to be thought of as a literal serpent, but rather to symbolize evil. Just as the Serpent,

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Monika
  • Othello Analysis

    Othello Analysis

    The tragedy Othello is filled with a complex web of separate conflicts that are connected with each other. The external conflicts are very obvious, such as Iago trying to replace Cassio as lieutenant and Othello’s belief in Desdemona’s affair. In addition to these conflicts, however, many characters in the play also face their own internal conflicts in which they have to make a choice between two opposing forces. An excellent example of this internal conflict

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Othello

    Othello

    Essay plan: Iago is fascinating for his most terrible characteristic: his utter lack of convincing motivation for his actions. Introduction: Iago's motivation is nothing more than self-absorption and hatred, yet his tact is presented in a decidedly and socially acceptable fashion – that is, until his true self is uncovered. So wrapped up in himself, Iago's vengeful attitude knows no such bounds. His motivation becomes first known to us in the first scene of the

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Yan
  • Personal Conflict - Othello, I Was only 19, Absolutely Fabulous

    Personal Conflict - Othello, I Was only 19, Absolutely Fabulous

    Personal conflict is an anticipating and unavoidable aspect of the world in which squalor, personal estrangement and spiritual cynicism is compounded by fears of social rejection and misunderstanding. However, an individual’s capability to keep faith in the essential integrity of man and in his capacity for love and compassion enables his ability to cope and overcome the destructive effects of personal conflict. Through the prescribed text Othello, by William Shakespeare and the related texts, the

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Bred
  • The Downfall of Othello

    The Downfall of Othello

    The Downfall of Othello Othello, written by William Shakespeare, is the perfect example of a romantic tragedy in which events involving the themes of jealousy, greed, revenge, and appearance versus reality bring the play to its tragic end. The play begins with an argument between Iago and Roderigo. This conflict gives the reader a glimpse of what is to come. Shakespeare uses the technique of foreshadowing to help the reader predict the misfortunes that will

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Evil and Good in Othello

    Evil and Good in Othello

    Evil and Good in Othello Life in general is often used as a system of ways to define what kind of person you are by its end. Shakespeare takes that theory into test upon his characters in his work of the famous play Othello. Through the verbal twists and turns along with the addition of color symbolisms, the personalities of Othello, Iago, Desdemona are revealed to their fullest extents, along with their own balance of

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Jack
  • Othello

    Othello

    How is race viewed by the character in ShakespeareЎЇs Ў°OthelloЎ±? Compare and contrast these different views. Consider the time period as opposed to the viewpoints of today. Use examples from the text. In the play Ў®OthelloЎЇ by William Shakespeare rare is a major issue. The issue of race is integral to the conflict between characters that develops throughout the play. The issue of race refers to the ways in which racial differences are exploited by

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Yan
  • Feminism in Othello

    Feminism in Othello

    Feminism in Othello • All three women in Othello are presented according to men’s interpretations? There are several different forms of feminism represented in Othello, Desdemona is presented in Act 1 Scene 3 as a woman bound to her father and loyal to her husband (as men believe women should be). Perhaps it could be said that Bianca is also presented according to a man’s interpretation as she is a whore and is treated accordingly

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    Submitted: April 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • Othello

    Othello

    What choices did Andrew Davies make to change the meaning of Shakespeare’s Othello? How does time play an essential role in this change? Andrew Davies gave Othello a good guys lose bad guys win ending. But Shakespeare shows a nice guys finish last scenario. Davies changed the setting from Venice to London. Gave each character an awkward but familiar name, and twisted the plot giving the movie an undesirable ending. Race is a big part

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    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: Janna
  • Othello

    Othello

    the movie Othello the main symbolisms are love and trust. The love within Othello and Desdemona is real and as far as the both know their trust is too until Iago comes into play. Iago is, in my opinion very jealous of Othello and accuses him of several different things like sleeping with his wife, he also feels some what betrayed because Othello put Cassio in front of him when Othello and Iago are supposed

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    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Last Scene in Shakespeare’s Othello

    The Last Scene in Shakespeare’s Othello

    The Last Scene in Shakespeare’s “Othello” In the final scene of Shakespeare’s “Othello” there is a great amount of dramatic action which leads to an appropriate ending to all of the action of the play. Othello, still under the influence of Desdemona’s beauty, smothers her because he thinks this is the only way to get justice. Before Desdemona dies, Emilia hears her say that no one is to blame for her death. Emilia discovers that

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Monika
  • Othello

    Othello

    Jealousy is what made most of Iagos plans a success. Iago was the bad guy and Othello was the good guy, and everybody else that was affected didn’t do anything to deserve it. Iago was the mastermind that planned everybody’s painful death. Iago lies to Casio to try to make Othello kind of disbelieving in Desdemona and think that she is with Casio. Othello gave his wife Desdemona a handkerchief that his dead mother gave

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Mike
  • Othello

    Othello

    'His heroic simplicity was also heroic blindness.' This quote is a metaphor to the ideal hero,Othello,meaning, Othello is a professional of great mercenary soldier and also he is a heroic black,which ironically, is doing service with all the other high-rank white society in Venice. In this passage,Othello and Brabantio talked face to face with each other; trying to out-talked each other. Othello was trying to defend himself and and profess his love while Brabantio was

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Was Racism Intended in the Play Othello?

    Was Racism Intended in the Play Othello?

    Question: Was racism intended in the play Othello? Some critics believe that there is an issue of race in the play Othello. This issue of race is against the main character in the play, Othello, a brave lieutenant. For example, at the end of Act 1 Scene 3 during Iago’s soliloquy, he specifically said: “I hate the Moor”. A “Moor” indicates a black person from an ethnic group in Italy. Iago didn’t call Othello by

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    Submitted: April 14, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Othello

    Othello

    othello was a tradgic play. it shows many different types of feeling inWithout Trust, Love Cannot Prevail Trust can be defined as assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something (Webster’s 1246). In life many people are faced with the decision on who or who not to trust, especially in the realm of love. Trust is one of the main factors needed to determine a healthy, loving relationship. In William

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    Submitted: April 24, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Shakespeare’s Othello

    Shakespeare’s Othello

    What could possibly bring one of the most powerful, successful men down on his knees? Jealousy? Mistrust? Deceit? … William Shakespeare’s Othello tells a tragic story of how jealousy and mistrust can rob a powerful man of his power. Due to the ever changing context of society throughout history, many more critical interpretations of the play Othello have been formed since the Elizabethan times. Throughout this book, you will find many differing interpretations of Othello.

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Vika
  • Racism in Othello Relating to Racial Hatred in Elizabethan England

    Racism in Othello Relating to Racial Hatred in Elizabethan England

    The Secret Lives of Bees Within the novel, The Secret Lives of Bees, every character develops different stages in their personality. T.Ray’s personality isn’t easy to interpret considering he doesn’t change a lot throughout the novel. T.Ray demonstrates anger, abuse, and a little bit of caring. In the beginning of the novel, T.Ray was very rude and sometimes had an abusive way of speaking, sometimes acting. He cursed and yelled at everything she did. To

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Othello

    Othello

    Othello's Alienation Author(s): Edward Berry Source: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 30, No. 2, Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, (Spring, 1990), pp. 315-333 Published by: Rice University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/450520 Accessed: 01/05/2008 11:43 page 319 The most dramatic reactions to Othello's blackness within the play are those of Iago and Roderigo in the opening scene. Their overt and vicious racism provides the background for Othello's first appearance. For Iago Othello is "an old black ram"

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: July
  • Othello

    Othello

    Othello’s stature as a tragic hero is severely compromised by the alacrity with which he turns against his wife, and by his failure to achieve any real self knowledge” To what extent do you agree? Othello’s stature as a tragic hero is severely compromised by the speed and ease with which he turns against his wife, and by his failure to achieve any real self knowledge. In the Shakespearian tragedy of Othello, we witness the

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Othello

    Othello

    Use of Irony in Othello Shakespeare's plays rely largely on irony. There are three kinds of irony presented in this novel. They are: situational, verbal, and dramatic. Irony plays an important role in Othello. It creates suspense, and adds interest to the story. There are many examples of situational irony in this play. Cassio was the one Iago wanted dead or out of his position. At the end of the play, Cassio was the only

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    Submitted: May 14, 2010 By: Artur
  • Othello

    Othello

    Most people live their lives with honesty and respect, however people portray an illusion of these characteristics and when provoked are capable of unimaginable villainous acts. In William Shakespeare’s play Othello the reader is introduced to such a villainous character in Iago. Iago portrays an image of honesty and everyone around him believes this to be his character, but Iago uses this trust to manipulate others and seek revenge on Othello. Iago’s motives for revenge

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    Submitted: May 14, 2010 By: Steve

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