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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 Venice is highly revealing of his character. This characterization is vital to the internal logic of the play because the trag...

black people were considered to be outsiders in the most profound sense of this word as they were associated in the public mind wi...

is in seeing pompous buffoons made fools of, and lovers brought together. However, Aphra Behns play, though a comedy, also deals...

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...

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

over his military service. Shortly after the wedding, he was dispatched to Famagosta, the capital of Cyprus, to battle Turkish fo...

interracial marriage in this work is one that highlights societal notions of race and marriage, accentuating norms and uncovering ...

him completely off-guard, Othello is completely unprepared for the "depth and intensity" (Vanita 341) of his love. Just as his pu...

from the beginning of the play, leaving no doubt that Iago is a conniving and deceitful individual (Anonymous Iago the Liar Othell...

In five pages this paper examines how irony heightens the tragedy in William Shakespeare's Othello. There are no other sources li...

In six pages this research paper on Othello by William Shakespeare focuses upon the protagonist's spiritual disintegration. Five ...

In three pages this essay compares these two Shakespearean villains in terms of their similarities and the lack of sympathy each e...

A critical analysis of Othello's climactic speech is featured in this paper of two pages....

an outsider, a theme which is emphasized in most critical analyses of the play, Othellos identity as the Moor in Venice was "not a...

a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by ththroat the circumcis?d do And smote him thus" (Act V. ii. 334 - 352)...

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...

with the civilized manner of a Venetian court, he is clearly out of his element. "If stirred to indignation, as "in Aleppo once"...

heart. His insecurities are compounded by the dark color of his skin, which makes him a social outsider. Therefore, when he meet...

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...

fall upon my life" (Shakespeare I iii). In this he is leaving it all up to his wife and her father, nobly demonstrating that he do...

discern what his true motivation really is. He is vengeful and wants a particular job he did not get. He feels dispossessed and ev...

Bards most impressive works, and for many, the archetypal ideal of a narrative "tragedy". The reason behind Othellos reputation is...

gone to her and asked for the truth of the matter, trusting that she would tell him. Or he would have laughed at Iago and dismisse...

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...

thunders crack or lightning flash; Advanced above pale envys threatening reach...Then, Aaron, arm thy heart, and fit thy thoughts....

tells Desdemonas father that he must act quickly else "youll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse" (I.1.112-113). As p...

good man, whom he has treated unjustly. Desdemona has, of course, been persuaded by Iago to defend Cassio, as he knows that this w...

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

her innocence and lack of understanding in her words as she dies, words that do not even point to Othellos guilt as Emilia asks he...