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In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at "Othello" and the concept of evil. The motivations for Iago's evil are examined in d...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

really betrayed Othello. Iago is determined to manipulate Othello to his own desires, which are many. Throughout the play the re...

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

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

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

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...

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 ...

man is that he truly loves his wife and he is a noble and sensitive man. Unfortunately he has a weakness and that is his love of h...

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...

that Iago always harbored a "primal envy" against Othello (Bloom 2). After all, he was a native of Venice, and therefore felt he ...

"What, will you not suffer me? Nay, now I see / She is your treasure, she must have a husband; / I must dance bare-foot on her we...

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...

and expression than film where the camera is able to capture the most subtle suggestions of emotion through the use of a close -up...

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...

in the audience, because the audience members can see themselves as part of this chain of cause-and-effect (McManus). Lets very b...

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

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 ...

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