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an extremely abbreviated version of the play. Well over half the dialogue of the original play has been condensed or eliminated i...
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...
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...
interracial marriage in this work is one that highlights societal notions of race and marriage, accentuating norms and uncovering ...
since he was seven. All he knows is "broils and battles," but he has traveled extensively in mysterious regions, met with "cannib...
of all, it establishes his character as a nobility in his own right, as he is descended from royalty. Furthermore, Othellos simple...
soldier, eight-and-twenty years of age, who had seen a good deal of service and had a high reputation for courage. Of his origin w...
for himself - with a kiss. Her husband retorts, "Sir, would she give you so much of her lips / As of her tongue she oft bestows o...
differently in different periods of time, but the man as a writer stays very much the same. The homogeneity of his works is remark...
no worse a place. / But he, as loving his own pride and purposes, / Evades them, with a bumbast circumstance / Horribly stuffd wit...
or weak, good or evil, redeemed or condemned, honorable or chicken-hearted? The climate of the human condition is what spurs on m...
In each, their gestures of submission paradoxically enable the expression of desire. This shows female characters that inhabit th...
In three pages this essay compares these two Shakespearean villains in terms of their similarities and the lack of sympathy each e...
This paper consists of five pages and provides an analysis of the manipulative Iago's character and examination of his behavior an...
II, scene 1, lines 83-181, Shakespeare pictures an interlude in which Desdemona "beguile(s)" the time before Othellos arrival at C...
romantic experience and worldly sophistication, he easily falls victim to his insecurities. He is a proud man and anything that t...
The play is divided into two acts, containing three scenes in the first and two scenes in the second. It centers...
(Cather 68). It became readily apparent that these local men were there more out of a sense of civic duty than out of any love fo...
writer create something unless it comes at least partly from within? Trying to provider a brief synopsis of the play is impossibl...
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...
Bards most impressive works, and for many, the archetypal ideal of a narrative "tragedy". The reason behind Othellos reputation is...
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...
him completely off-guard, Othello is completely unprepared for the "depth and intensity" (Vanita 341) of his love. Just as his pu...
with the civilized manner of a Venetian court, he is clearly out of his element. "If stirred to indignation, as "in Aleppo once"...
In six pages this research paper on Othello by William Shakespeare focuses upon the protagonist's spiritual disintegration. Five ...
a thumbnail description of the rise of modern science beginning in the sixteenth century. This discussion offers insight into this...
show the director she can be seductive. When he kisses her, she bites him. His anticipation for further sexual intimacy is never r...
she goes about her work and the family talks around her. As one author notes, "None of the sons address the sister as they do each...
an affair. The whole family was corrupt and unforgiving, but most importantly their downfall came at their very own hands because...
less intelligent, intuitive and passionate than Emma, and yet he "receives an education as a health officer which equips him for a...