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

father speaking to him, or a devil that has assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into sinful acts. Furthermore, th...

to speak out. Of course, Oedipus is infuriated by such statements and knows that they must have been instigated by one of his enem...

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

at odds with the reality that one human being can never know for certain the inner most thoughts and desires of another (Vanita, 1...

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...

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...

really betrayed Othello. Iago is determined to manipulate Othello to his own desires, which are many. Throughout the play the re...

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

but in actuality, its how to preserve beauty, which is still another favorite of his. The Poet is actually saying that comparing h...

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...

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...

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

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

we see Roderigo and Iago discussing the fact that this Moor, Othello, exists and is now in a position of power within the masters ...

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...

he would have no one to do this task for him. And, Iago could not have well done all the spying himself for that would have looked...

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...

now he is praying; And now Ill dot. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged" (Hamlet III iii). He stops, however, and truly...

involve whether or not his new step father was responsible for killing his father, but doubts about how vengeance was best played ...

poisoned herself at the end is of little consequence to Claudius. But of notable significance is the continued interaction b...

sent from God, and in return, the monarch was expected to keep their best interests at heart and to protect them. Not only h...

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

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...

thou noble youth, / The serpent that did sting thy fathers life / Now wears his crown." Ham. "O my prophetic soul! My uncle?" (I, ...