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This essay pertains to the portrayal of women in "Othello," focusing on Desdemona, and in The Canterbury Tales, focusing on the Wi...

the social acceptance that has been denied him because of his skin color. When Othello selects the relatively inexperienced Micha...

first and foremost, a story of love lost and opportunity wasted. There are many different themes in the play; this paper considers...

well as a "Barbary horse" (I.i.111). As this indicates, the two men are particularly repulsed at the thought of Othello and Desd...

at war with the Turks, that not all of Othellos men are loyal to him, and that there remains a great deal of cultural suspicion ab...

the way the authors developed the theme of appearance vs. reality in their plays, I was trying to show the distinct difference in ...

claiming that not only is Othello an outsider but akin to the devil, or an animal. It is not that he is just from a different coun...

describe the way in which society considers those who are different. The psychological construct of the Other is applied to the pe...

one of his most vexing. This paper discusses him in detail. Discussion Iago is a fascinating study in evil; he sets out to destro...

he is black, Othello is often referred to in derogatory terms such as "the thick-lips" (I.i.66); an "old black ram" (I.i.88); and ...

is in seeing pompous buffoons made fools of, and lovers brought together. However, Aphra Behns play, though a comedy, also deals...

character, Iago is also difficult to grasp, because he has no motivation that we can find to do what he does. It appears that he s...

of love" (Shakespeare I i). He sets the premise for keeping secrets when he informs the audience or reader that he hates Othello b...

to be successful. Iago does seem to make an impact on Roderigo at one point, however, when Roderigo claims imagines Desdemona and ...

of Cassio. Cassio was given the position, by Othello, that Iago wanted and so Iago employs the usefulness of Cassio, pretending to...

woman who was now a widow, he fell in love and married her-his mother (Sophocles). Apollo curses Thebes and says that the city wil...

bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...

immediately to fetch the handkerchief. Emilia, Desdemonas maid and Iagos wife, comments: 4. "Is not this man jealous?" (III.4.99)....

as falsely inferred, would have good reason in the end to become distrustful of all thinking" (Nietzsche 821). Those who wished a...

"cannibals" and the "Anthropophagi." Captured by enemies, he endured slavery, it is clear that Othello suffered and accomplished ...

Moor, Othello, exists and is now in a position of power within the masters house. In this scene, prior to Roderigo and Iagos disru...

idle pleasures of these days. / Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous" (Shakespeare I i). In Othello Iago tells us, "And whats h...

a manner that Cleopatra bears his children. At one point Antonys wife dies and for the audience this would offer the option of ...

discern what his true motivation really is. He is vengeful and wants a particular job he did not get. He feels dispossessed and ev...

do not assume that he would be a man who was easily swayed against this woman he loves. But, as the play progresses we see his wea...

inexperienced actors in the lead roles (Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). The play opens with the servants, Samson and Gregory,...

really be proven wrong, and the only thing that Othello has to go on is really the word of his wife who he ultimately disbelieves....

black people were considered to be outsiders in the most profound sense of this word as they were associated in the public mind wi...

In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...

readily recognized as nothing more than lies. In the story Measure for Measure, Shakespeare employs the use of spying/eav...