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be the corrupt individual that he is. That said we move on with a discussion of Othellos jealousy. Othello is convinced, through...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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 ...

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

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

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...

my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe. Cen...

the others are Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear and all of them display a writer at the height of his powers. They have been popular ...

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

heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...

But outwardly, he projects himself as a man of total self-assurance (Macaulay 259). He states almost majestically, "My parts, my ...

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

fact that her opposition to her father by eloping with the much-older Othello reveals her internal strength, which is comparable t...

remarried-his fathers brother, no less. Then, to his horror, he finds out that his fathers death was no accident, but fratricide: ...

Therefore, the conclusion is that he is not the devil, but a man who behaves in a manner that we would call devilish or satanic. H...

a noble falls, he takes a lot of people with him. Thats true here, where Othellos suspicion results in his destruction, as well as...

he doubts her, believing the words of others, one can see that he is a very insecure man where his love is concerned. In the cas...

esteemed Senator Brabantio. She has maintained a childish naivet? about the world, because she has not seen much of it, beyond th...