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fact that her opposition to her father by eloping with the much-older Othello reveals her internal strength, which is comparable t...
a noble falls, he takes a lot of people with him. Thats true here, where Othellos suspicion results in his destruction, as well as...
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...
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...
is in seeing pompous buffoons made fools of, and lovers brought together. However, Aphra Behns play, though a comedy, also deals...
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 ...
in the audience, because the audience members can see themselves as part of this chain of cause-and-effect (McManus). Lets very b...
heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...
But outwardly, he projects himself as a man of total self-assurance (Macaulay 259). He states almost majestically, "My parts, my ...
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....
black people were considered to be outsiders in the most profound sense of this word as they were associated in the public mind wi...
do not assume that he would be a man who was easily swayed against this woman he loves. But, as the play progresses we see his wea...
inexperienced actors in the lead roles (Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). The play opens with the servants, Samson and Gregory,...
discern what his true motivation really is. He is vengeful and wants a particular job he did not get. He feels dispossessed and ev...
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 will toward vengeance and little desire for stability. Her personal account illustrates how she wholly embraced the life she fo...