Othello Coursework Question 1: 'I took you for that cunning whore of Venice/ that married with Othello'. Looking again at Act 4 Scene 2 and Act 5 Scene 2 consider to what extent the presentation of Desdemona is that of a sufficiently convincing tragic heroine? William Shakespeare's ''Othello'' is a complex tragedy, with many conflicting desires, jealousy and memorable characters. As the audience, we are able to see the changes the characters face throughout the play. These differences can
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A. Iago rebels against society in a negative manner through deviant behavior such as being deceitful and manipulative as well as abusing the trust of others. Therefore, he violates society’s moral standards. B. Iago was Othello’s lieutenant and was up for a promotion. Iago believed that he deserved the promotion, but Othello promoted Cassio instead. C. This lead to Iago feeling that he had not received justice by not being promoted. Iago felt compelled to get revenge on Othello for not giving him
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has their kryptonite. Othello was punctual, knew just the right words to say at the precise moment – he was a romantic warrior, and intellectually sound. Nevertheless, as the story unfolds, Othello’s confidence is slowly transformed by his betrayer, Iago, to reveal Othello’s deep insecurities, lack of ability to manage relational uncertainty
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Othello has known Iago longer then Desdemona, in which it can be assumed that Othello has a great trust in Iago over his wife. This trust could be the devastation of Othello believing Iago word over his wife Desdemona when accused of being unfaithful with Cassio. Iago always shows Othello his trust by making Othello believe that he is there for him. Iago does not only play with Othello’s mind by talking to him and lying to him, but Iago also play’s with other’s characters minds too. Iago is always trying
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elements which Iago is the main tragic element. He is an antagonist and involute character that plans to ruin Othello and the downfall of a great hero due his tragic imperfection. The play has plenty of deaths that happen through the story. In the play Othello, Desdemona, Othello, Roderigo and Emilia have horrible and tragic endings. Iago who is the person who is the cause of this tragedy committed all this for revenge on Othello. In Act V scene II Lodovico expresses this to Iago “ O Spartan dog
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> Compare the way writers present the forces of destructive love in Othello, Tess of the d’Urbervilles and A View from the Bridge. > > Shakespeare, Hardy and Miller present the forces destructive love in a variety of different ways, key ways include; through the use of literary terminology, representation of characters and symbolic themes of culture/society at the time. It is often portrayed within a mixture of other categories of love; patriarchal, romantic and unrequited intertwined with the
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I agree with the statement as his intention are sinister and pure evil. Iago reason with the audience saying he only doing this because Othello slept with his wife even though it is not confirmed, ‘I know not if’t be true’. This shows that he have little faith in his wife or using this as an excuse to hate Othello. He uses Desdemona kindness and innocent to create a trap for the other characters to fall into. Iago is using jealousy and anger as excuses to perpetrate evil. He is almost searching for
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women play a vital role in this. Only one of the women in this play survives. All the women have no separate identity within the play; all three are married or associated with a male character. Bianca is the mistress of Cassio, Emilia is married to Iago and Desdemona is married with Othello. According to the time that the play was written in and the general hierarchy within Venetian society men hold all the power and women are considered to be of low intellect. Yet it is the women that speak the most
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challenge. The characters in Shakespeare's play, Othello, not only have trouble understanding themselves but also the people around them. Iago, the antagonist of the play, manipulates all the other characters easily because of their lack of understanding themselves. Othello himself falls easily into Iago's plans, along with Roderigo who is so in love that he does whatever Iago says without really questioning him. Othello is a tragedy in which the characters do not begin to understand one another and even
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lieutenant. After a private ceremony, her marriage to Othello has begun and their secret union becomes known to Roderigo, played by Micheal Maloney, a suitor in love with Desdemona, and Iago, played by Kenneth Branagh, a soldier in the Venetian army. This development has angered Roderigo as he complains to Iago, who convinces him to inform Brabantio, a senator and father of Desdemona. In shock and disbelief, Brabantio and his men search for his daughter and the Moore. Meanwhile, the army must prepare
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