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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...

since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...

her own backbone and eventually would have left Torvald. Krogstad does not purposely cause the marital strife, some would argue, b...

Moor, Othello, exists and is now in a position of power within the masters house. In this scene, prior to Roderigo and Iagos disru...

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

to share Iagos disgust and refers to Desdemonas acceptance of Othello as her "gross revolt" (I.i.134) and Roderigo shows his dista...

possibility that Desdemona is cheating on him, and in domino fashion this suspicion turns to jealousy, hurt, anger, rage, and even...

forthright and courageous. Coupled with these admirable characteristics, Desdemona also harbors a significant moral sensitivity a...

to Todorov, the Spaniards could not conceive of the Native Americans as "equally human but culturally different" (Berry 315). The...

also clear that Shakespeare is not writing the play from the perspective that it is about the problems of interracial marriage. I...

(Shakespeare I i). In this we see a subtle indication that he has ended his anger and is now humble, doing what he must in followi...

he should rank higher than he does and he also feels that he should have Desdemona. In these regards we see a man who is clearly f...

na?ve Desdemona, he marries her without hesitation or reservation because he believes he has finally found someone with whom he ca...

an extremely abbreviated version of the play. Well over half the dialogue of the original play has been condensed or eliminated i...

Othellos stories that she would fall in love with this dark soldier. Furthermore, Desdemona has always been a meek and gentle daug...

and situations in black and white terms. Therefore, he is less tolerant of sin and more judgmental then his Danish counterpart. Wh...

jealousy. His inherent nature does not want him to believe such lies. We see this throughout the story as he is constantly confuse...

preferred method of service is that he cannot be trusted. He admits to being deceitful, purely for his own purposes," and we know...

to why Iago hates Othello to such a degree. Presumably, Iago is angry over being passed over for promotion in favor of Cassio. The...

and deceitful individual (Anonymous Iago the Liar Othello.html). We have only to watch and see who he deceives and how. Intere...

since he was seven. All he knows is "broils and battles," but he has traveled extensively in mysterious regions, met with "cannib...

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...

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...

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

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...

directors. Because of the intimacy between stage performers and the audience, Shakespeares prose is able to serve as a feature pe...

and leave her father, or suffer through this madness with Hamlet. While she is still deciding, her father is killed and she is sur...

the perspective of the other characters, they are acting as men, not women. This scenario is intriguing for its points out, within...

out with flowers and shod with dainty little slippers? (Aristophanes). As this indicates, women, at least the upper class women,...

In three pages this paper discusses contemporary women in comparison to how women were presented in the plays of William Shakespea...