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We know that Iago is considered one of Shakespeares worst villains and, John is a pale version by comparison; but perhaps we are s...
In six pages this essay considers how heroines love in each of these works which also discusses the social reflections of their ap...
no worse a place. / But he, as loving his own pride and purposes, / Evades them, with a bumbast circumstance / Horribly stuffd wit...
differently in different periods of time, but the man as a writer stays very much the same. The homogeneity of his works is remark...
that is perverted by the subterfuge and overt evil of Iago. Examining the character of Iago is enlightening to anyone who has ever...
my cold blood, I am of your humour for that. I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me" (Much Ado About...
In five pages these two wives victimized by their spouses are examined in a similarities and differences comparison and contrast. ...
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 ...
of his own standing among his peers would have ignored or challenged Iago. But Othello fully agrees with Iagos voiced concern that...
of Hamlets famous soliloquies, except for the ones which heightened dramatic impact, such as "To Be or Not to Be." He shrewdly ch...
and situations in black and white terms. Therefore, he is less tolerant of sin and more judgmental then his Danish counterpart. Wh...
or weak, good or evil, redeemed or condemned, honorable or chicken-hearted? The climate of the human condition is what spurs on m...
for the Moor, and he does so with artful and apparent reluctance. He plants the seed of doubt for Othello without ever maki...
romantic experience and worldly sophistication, he easily falls victim to his insecurities. He is a proud man and anything that t...
onto that of an innocent man. This cleverly conceived plot is Iagos manner of psychologically fooling the one he is also deceivin...
old black ram is tupping your white ewe"(Shakespeare, Act I, sc I, li 88-89). Brabantio is Desdemonas father and as such would hav...
classic confrontation between the forces of good and evil in the Christian biblical tradition. The society of ancient Greece was ...
a larger than life figure. He is perfect. He is a leader as well as a handsome and delightful mate for Desdemona. Because Othello ...
the only thing they share: "Othello reveals a more detailed acknowledgment of Desdemonas sexual appeal. As he discusses her death ...
end. The tragic nature of the story does rely on the supposition that Othello is indeed propelled to do something because he is ...
a black man was not suitable to be a ruler. In clever fashion, he sets about to accomplish his goal. In fact, when Iago and Roder...
forthright and courageous. Coupled with these admirable characteristics, Desdemona also harbors a significant moral sensitivity a...
shall my purpose work on him" (Shakespeare I iii). From there on out we begin to realize that we, as the audience, are the only on...
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...
also clear that Shakespeare is not writing the play from the perspective that it is about the problems of interracial marriage. I...
and Othellos skin color. Othello is a Moor and is dark skinned while Iago is an ordinary Venetian. This is something that comes up...
flies. Though that his joy be joy, / Yet throw such changes of vexation ont / As it may lose some color" (I.i.69-75). When Senato...
line indicates how Iago begins to chip away Othellos confidence in his lieutenant and his wife, as Iago insinuates there is someth...
lines of the opening curtain, Roderigo says "Thou toldst me thou didst hold him in thy hate" (I, i, 7), to which Iago replies, "De...
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...