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a squadron in the field" (I.i.9-22). According to Iago, Othello has passed him over for the position of lieutenant (or second in ...
In seven pages this paper answers questions regarding characters Iago, Othello, and Desdemona featured in William Shakespeare's Ot...
A critical analysis of Othello's climactic speech is featured in this paper of two pages....
In five pages this paper examines how irony heightens the tragedy in William Shakespeare's Othello. There are no other sources li...
In six pages this research paper on Othello by William Shakespeare focuses upon the protagonist's spiritual disintegration. Five ...
In three pages this essay compares these two Shakespearean villains in terms of their similarities and the lack of sympathy each e...
over his military service. Shortly after the wedding, he was dispatched to Famagosta, the capital of Cyprus, to battle Turkish fo...
interracial marriage in this work is one that highlights societal notions of race and marriage, accentuating norms and uncovering ...
him completely off-guard, Othello is completely unprepared for the "depth and intensity" (Vanita 341) of his love. Just as his pu...
from the beginning of the play, leaving no doubt that Iago is a conniving and deceitful individual (Anonymous Iago the Liar Othell...
an outsider, a theme which is emphasized in most critical analyses of the play, Othellos identity as the Moor in Venice was "not a...
a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by ththroat the circumcis?d do And smote him thus" (Act V. ii. 334 - 352)...
this and continues throughout the play to attempt to prove that he is worthy of his new positions. At the onset of the play Othe...
with the civilized manner of a Venetian court, he is clearly out of his element. "If stirred to indignation, as "in Aleppo once"...
heart. His insecurities are compounded by the dark color of his skin, which makes him a social outsider. Therefore, when he meet...
In short, then, Othello has it all, and in Iagos eyes, he has nothing. It is apparent that Iago has worked for many years in the s...
fall upon my life" (Shakespeare I iii). In this he is leaving it all up to his wife and her father, nobly demonstrating that he do...
discern what his true motivation really is. He is vengeful and wants a particular job he did not get. He feels dispossessed and ev...
thunders crack or lightning flash; Advanced above pale envys threatening reach...Then, Aaron, arm thy heart, and fit thy thoughts....
gone to her and asked for the truth of the matter, trusting that she would tell him. Or he would have laughed at Iago and dismisse...
does, then asks Lodovico why he wants her to return; then he has a speech in which he addresses his lines first to Lodovico then t...
Bards most impressive works, and for many, the archetypal ideal of a narrative "tragedy". The reason behind Othellos reputation is...
tells Desdemonas father that he must act quickly else "youll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse" (I.1.112-113). As p...
good man, whom he has treated unjustly. Desdemona has, of course, been persuaded by Iago to defend Cassio, as he knows that this w...
directors. Because of the intimacy between stage performers and the audience, Shakespeares prose is able to serve as a feature pe...
seem that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio, the man that Othello favored for promotion over Iago. Convinced that Desdemon...
This essay pertains to Shakespeare's "Othello" and Rudyard Kipling's poem "If-," which lists various qualities that are required t...
at odds with the reality that one human being can never know for certain the inner most thoughts and desires of another (Vanita, 1...
the idea of honor is clearly that of Othello for his focus in the entire play has been on his own honor, which is why he killed hi...
her innocence and lack of understanding in her words as she dies, words that do not even point to Othellos guilt as Emilia asks he...