The idea of Marxism came from a man named Karl Marx who essentially believed in an economic system where the government controlled all means of production and resources to ensure equality. In various ways, one may see Marxism as part of the foundation of communism as they share many similar qualities that would lead someone […]
In Othello’s plays, we have already noticed the racial discrimination against Othello in the white society of Venice. However, it can be stated that Othello has the desire of cultural identity for the white society that discriminates against him. The cultural identity of Othello in white society, as well as his own psychological condition and […]
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Get startedIt becomes prominent to individuals that human beings are far from representatives of moral perfection. A pattern of trivial lies can be observed within human evolution and civilization. While these lies may be harmless and sometimes beneficial depending on the given situation, they also have the potential to inflict colossal damage; especially if these lies […]
To confront self-doubt and racism in this Venetian society, Othello buries himself to more military assignments and battles. Faced with these two challenges, Othello does the only thing that gives him respect and worth in Venice- being a warrior. Being an excellent soldier puts him in high demand by the senate and the Duke. Hence, […]
Everyone around Mary is desperately trying to make Mary stop, but on this long day, Mary chooses instead to numb her pain to escape to a broken reality of the past. O’Neill uses Mary to show a relapse that in a matter of a day makes Mary insane from drowning in the morphine. James Tyrone […]
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England in 1564. Famously known as an English poet, play-writer, actor, and was given the title as the greatest writer and dramatist. Shakespeare play Othello was first published to the public in 1604 during his third tragic period. According to a source, Othello was inspired by a crucial war […]
When jealous is implanted in an individual’s heart, it grows like a seed. It breads evil, creates bad emotions, feeling of revenge and betrayal, and more often than not, it results in the destruction of that person having it, or others. In the Play, “Othello” by William Shakespeare, the theme of jealousy is clearly demonstrated […]
Gradually, the deceptive Iago must consistently be conscientious in his approach towards at last obtaining a unique eminence, and at last implementing the belief of anguished actions. He takes so much pride in protecting his individual identity as a method for pain that once a secondary character named Roderigo discovers the true purpose of the […]
There have been many great writers throughout time, but none can compare to the wise-minded and classical writer, William Shakespeare. He is highly regarded to be one of the greatest poets in history. No other writers works have been reprinted as many times as his. His plays have been made into movies, reenactments, and even […]
This quote is so important in the book because it shows the society of Brave New World so clearly. Everybody is ‘happy’, everybody gets along, and nobody wants to change. In this quote it shows that the Controller Mustapha Mond understands that the society is fragile and hangs in the balance as single change could […]
Othello’s personality in William Shakespeare’s play develops from an admired and revered general to an ignominious and disgraceful murderer. This metamorphosis is encouraged by concurrent wicked events originated by Iago, an immediate friend of Othello’s. The alteration in his personality demonstrates Othello’s descend from acceptance to dishonor by the means of naivete and envy, which […]
Othello, by William Shakespeare, is a play named after the protagonist, Othello. The main character stands out in comparison to the other characters because he is a “moor”. The word “moor” highlights Othello’s difference from the rest of the characters and also displays how the other characters think differently of a “moor”. The audience can […]
Othello is a tragedy that proceeds from misunderstandings and miscommunication. Shakespeare’s plays are so often marked by a lack of straightforward communication. Othello is a powerful example of this, where the text’s tragedy essentially springs from acts of misunderstanding. Many of these errors are bound up within lago’s deception. Othello’s suffering results mostly from his […]
The Tragedy of Othello begins with a conversation between Roderigo and Iago. This discussion reveals to the readers the true feelings and intentions Iago has towards Othello. We learn that Iago loathes Othello because he gave Cassio the position as captain, as well as the fact that Iago believes that his wife Emilia is sleeping […]
Explore and analyse the ways in which Shakespeare presents his key characters to an audience in the rising action of his play “Othello”. To what extent does this reflect the world in which the play was first made? The play Othello essentially revolves around three key characters: Shakespeare’s eponymous tragic hero, his beautiful wife Desdemona […]
What could conceivably prompt a person that is devoted to their partner to flare up and come to be so enraged that he is propelled to murder her? Othello’s experience within the play The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice, written by William Shakespeare, addresses exactly this question. Othello was abundantly in inclination toward […]
In the story Othello, written by William Shakespeare, Iago holds security in his tranquility, allowing his true intentions to be masked. This allows Iago to copy and apply emotions from characters around him. The ability to counter his inner silence and replace it with a false personality grants him the upperhand to any situation, permitting […]
Othello by William Shakespeare is about a black man named Othello and his tragic story. He marries a white woman named Desdemona. Iago, Othello’s ensign, is an evil and deceitful person who wants to ruin Othello’s marriage and get revenge. He is angry that Othello gave the lieutenant position to Cassio, rather than to him. […]
There are several ways to define a tragic hero. Aristotle breached upon several of these characteristics during his philosophical years. Several definitions were provided at the top of this question, many of which can be attributed to both Othello and Macbeth : Shakespearean plays. These characters were both prime examples of tragic heroes, which differs […]
Killing, cursing, and hurting emotionally or physically are valid proofs of cruelty. In Shakespeare’s play Othello, Othello is an honest and justice general in the citizen’s view; however, Shakespeare depicts Othello as a perpetrator of evil since his jealousy and doubts drive him to smother his beloved Desdemona. This brutal crime illuminates the idea that […]
In Williams Shakespeare’s Othello the protagonist Othello is emotionally and physically defeated by the antagonist Iago. Othello is the hero of the play while Iago is the “psychopathic” villain, whose villainous ways guides the play. Which leads to Othello tragically committing suicide, due to lago’s’ vengeance. Iagos’ villainous ways are driven by Othello not giving […]
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, widely agreed to be the greatest writer in the English language, and considered the world’s greatest dramatist. Shakespeare wrote many comedies and histories but his well enounce works stem in the genre of tragedies, with among them being Othello. Othello is a play that revolves around the Moor, […]
Racism is one of the many problems today’s society faces. Though we have much to improve upon, equality has significantly improved compared to the last few centuries. We can better understand the state of racism during Elizabethan era by looking at one of its famous play writers, Shakespeare, and his play Othello. The play follows […]
The extract is notably Othello’s first interaction with anyone after the murder of Desdemona, the extract shows Emilia’s knowingness of lago’s manipulative nature as Othello unravels how Iago informed him of Desdemona’s adulteress actions. The interaction fundamentally presents the strength of Emilia and the position of women compared to Othello’s corrupted mind through jealousy and […]
Not only does Jealousy pave the path of the storyline Othello, written by William Shakespeare, but also shapes Exactly who Shane Walsh is in the AMC production “The Walking Dead.”
Insecurity is the root of jealousy, and jealousy is the main culprit of evil. Let us not forget that we’re social creatures. We spend excessive amounts of time looking at others in order to understand them, but in order to understand others, we make ourselves a comparison point. Cognition is based on camparison, not facts. This makes us either develop a sense of pride within or in this case allows envy to transpire.
William Shakespeare develops a base platform for jealousy to develop within the first few pages of the playwrite. Iago, the character that Shakespeare allows to control the dynamic throughout the story, explains that Michael Cassio is far less qualified than himself lacks his experience on the field of battle. He bashes his background in his attempt create negative feelings towards him. He hates Othello now for giving him the position. “One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, a fellow almost damned in a fair wife, that never set a squadron in the field, nor the division of a battle knows more than a spinster—unless the bookish theoric, wherein the togèd consuls can propose As masterly as he: mere prattle, without practice is all his soldiership.
But he, sir, had the election; And I, of whom his eyes had seen the proof at Rhodes, at Cyprus and on other grounds christian and heathen, must be beleed and calme by debitor and creditor. This counter-caster, he, in good time, must his lieutenant be” (I.I.) Iago’s covetousness brings about an anger in him that makes him devalue Michael Cassio and his ability to be a lieutenant. This occurence sparks a connection between Iago and Shane, where Shane Walsh has an infatuation with Rick’s pisition as Leader, wife, Lori, and son, Carl. In the Walking Dead, Frank Darabont, creator, develops Shane’s character to always express negative body language towards whatever Rick does successfully, and to be angered whenever praised for his works.
Iago decides “I hate the Moor my cause is hearted, thine hath no less reason. Let us be conjunctive in our revenge against him” (I.III). Iago’s jealousy of Othello originally roots from his love of Desdmona. “It cannot be that Desdemona should long continue her love to the Moor. When she is sated with his body, she will find the error of her choice” (I.III.) Here Iago explains that he believes she is too beautiful and young to be Othello’s wife as he conveys his secret lust for her. This phenomenon tends to also take place in Shane’s life in the Walking Dead, when he becomes surprised as he sees Rick arrive back to camp with survivors from the apocalypse after informing Lori and Carl that he had died.
With Iago’s jealousy at a high, he plots to seek revenge for his own selfish reasons. Being that Iago is a minipulative individual, he schemes to get Cassio drunk due to his infamous history of bad events taking place when he is drunk. With Iago knowing that Cassio will get into some sort of altercation, it will make Cassio get into some sort of trouble with the general, Othello, in hopes of Desdemona intervening on Cassio’s behalf. This in turn will bring about skeptical thoughts of Desdemona committing adultery. This relates to Shane and his successful attempt of manipulating Carl and Lori. Not only does Shane leave Rick for dead in order to take what he had always wanted of Rick’s, but he also uses Carl by acting as a bestfriend to him in order to make Lori fall in love with him.
“If I can fasten but one cup upon him with that which he hath drunk tonight already, he’ll be as full of quarrel and offense as my young mistress’ dog” (II.III.). This then develops deep tension between all that Shakespeare had intended for in the first place as hatred begins to accumulate on all sides of the spectrum. As Othello is fully manipulated into believing everything Iago had told him, he accuses Desdemona of committing adultery. Iago cleverly tells Othello to not become jealous in order for him to feel that Iago is on his side. The use of the word ”jealousy” by Iago will only bring about a deeper concern within Othello . “Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” (III.III.) Iago’s comparison of Othello to a “green-eyed monster” is an old reference to jealous. and the color green originates from the acient belief that green was a “bilious hue,” which caused jealousy and fear.
Insecurity is the root of jealousy, and jealousy is the main culprit of evil. Let us not forget that we’re social creatures. We spend excessive amounts of time looking at others in order to understand them, but in order to understand others, we make ourselves a comparison point. Cognition is based on camparison, not facts. This makes us either develop a sense of pride within or in this case allows envy to transpire.
The more attention we pay to other people’s lives, the more it takes away from us being ourselves and enjoying our differences. Centuries ago, Shakespeare clearly demonstrated that jealousy is one of the main culprits of evil in Othello, and how it only allows ongodly events to take place. Yet the relevance of the story only strengthened overtime. As the modern world continued to become jealous of each other, overtime it will only develop a sense of uniformity amongst the human race: a phenomenon we must avoid at all costs.
Jealousy, in some occasions, is used to protect a person, but in other occasions jealousy takes over people, causing tragic environments. In Shakespeare’s Othello’s jealousy causes him to make the tragic decision of killing his wife, and himself. The film “O” by Tim Blake Nelson take place in 2001. Odin James is like Othello, too easily to make jealous, and that is his fatal flaw. Desi as Desdemona, loves him and is faithful to him, but he cannot bring himself to trust her, and that is his downfall. In this film “O” challenges our understanding of Shakespeare Othello by having different introductions of characters and setting.
The exposition of the film challenge our understanding of Shakespeare Othello . In Shakespeare’s play Othello is described as a black man who is an outsider, “This is Venice. My house is not a grange… I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs (1.1.119-12). Iago use animal imagery as a method of his racist tirade toward Othello. Othello is affected by the fact that he is an outsider and some people look at him as a person with bad intentions. In other hand, Othello is presented as a black man who has a good career as a basketball player, because of this, he gets jealous from one of his teammate (O). The adaptations of the film challenge our understanding of Othello by changing modern retreads by using basketball players as characters and setting the stage for most of the scene on the school’s court.
In both the play and the movie, Othello give Desdemona a valuable gift to prove that he love her and it also demonstrates Desdemona’s fidelity. When it was discussed why Othello kill his wife, “O thou dull Moor, that handkerchief thou speak’st of I found by fortune, and did give my husband- For often, with solemn earnestness…She give it Cassio? No, alas, I found it, And i did give’t my husband” (5.2.267-275). Because Othello gave it to Desdemona as a first gift, the handkerchief functions as a token of his love. In other hand, there is an antique scarf, which Odin gives to Desdemona and which seems to become evidence of the cheating (O). In both points of view, a valuable gift was given, which is ‘the proof that Desdemona deceives Othello’, in the play the valuable gift was a handkerchief, while in the film it was given a scarf as the valuable gift.
Ultimately, “O” challenge our understanding of Shakespeare’s Othello by the resolution. When Othello was mentioning Desdemona that he is going to kill her “But why I say one prayer! It is too late. {He smothers her}…{He stabs himself}…I kissed thee ere I kill thee. No way but this, killing myself, to die upon a kiss. {He dies}(5.2.104-106-421). Othello suffocates his wife to death because he believes that she has deceived him. This shows how jealousy can lead people to make tragic decisions while they have the thought that it is right. In other hand, When Oding told Desi that he could not forget what had happened he started to choke her until he killed her and then when he realized that everything was false he shoot himself. It is different the way the movie ‘O’ Othello takes his life. Or challenge our understanding of Shakespeare’s Othello using a different form of the death of the characters.
In the final analysis of the Shakespeare Othello and “O” we see how “O” challenge our understanding of the play. Over the film it is demonstrate how the exposition is challenge by using different setting of characters and place. It is also challenge the valuable gifts and the resolution of the story. In literature as in life, characters that let jealousy control them and make decisions that are their downfalls. We have a peculiar inability to understand the contexts of things. We interpret annoying works in the most literal and simple way.
