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of his own standing among his peers would have ignored or challenged Iago. But Othello fully agrees with Iagos voiced concern that...

II, scene 1, lines 83-181, Shakespeare pictures an interlude in which Desdemona "beguile(s)" the time before Othellos arrival at C...

In five pages this report discusses the significance of the handkerchief in this tragedy by William Shakespeare. Three sources ar...

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 ...

In five pages these two wives victimized by their spouses are examined in a similarities and differences comparison and contrast. ...

Moor, and his looks and primitive demeanor are woefully out of place in civilized Venice. He may have married the esteemed Senato...

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...

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...

no worse a place. / But he, as loving his own pride and purposes, / Evades them, with a bumbast circumstance / Horribly stuffd wit...

the only thing they share: "Othello reveals a more detailed acknowledgment of Desdemonas sexual appeal. As he discusses her death ...

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 ...

connection between Iagos perception of race and the cultural perception that "black" equates with "evil." This perception of race ...

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...

actions, in terms of black and white, good and bad. It is axiomatic that people wish to see those they regard as "good" as incapab...

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...

box office. Welles was a product of his time and though he had tremendous creativity when it came to camera angles and budgets,...

onto that of an innocent man. This cleverly conceived plot is Iagos manner of psychologically fooling the one he is also deceivin...

In three pages this essay analyzes Othello in a consideration of jealousy's featured role in the characterizations of the protagon...

romantic experience and worldly sophistication, he easily falls victim to his insecurities. He is a proud man and anything that t...

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...

position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...

Iago and others are not around, we know that Iago is a liar. Our first true indication of how Iago plans to use Othellos love a...

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....

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...

line indicates how Iago begins to chip away Othellos confidence in his lieutenant and his wife, as Iago insinuates there is someth...

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...

leave his new bride to wage war in Cyprus. The departure, though bittersweet, returns Othello to familiar territory that renews h...

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