Othello starts the play on top of the world. ... It is important to note, however, that Othello is one of the first characters in a major play to be of color. ... Othello is proved to be an extremely gullible person, as Iago never offers Othello legitimate proof of the affair. ... In the last few acts of Othello, the evil side of Othello's character is finally unleashed. ... Or was Othello really just good on the outside? ...
This reveals Iago's intention to serve under Othello to take advantage of him for his own use. ... Act 1, Scene 2 Line 18-19 - Why Othello Will Not be Heavily Punished Iago tells Othello that Brabantio who is at a status almost as powerful as the Duke, knows that he and Desdemona have married and because he is furious he will try to annul the marriage and inflict laws punishment on Othello; however Othello is calm in this situation knowing that he has some influential power says "My services which I have done to the signiory shall out-tongue his complaint. " Notifying that the amount of s...
She is loving toward Othello but coarse towards Iago. 7. ... Iago tempts Othello by convincing him that Desdemona and Cassio are having an affair. ... These strategies reveal Othello's insecurities due to his race in relation to the venetians. ... During the murder scene, Othello's behavior is rash and outraged. ... Othello's last words are full of regret, highlighting his conscious. 15. ...
During this scene, Emilia is truly concerned for Desdemona and her problems with Othello. ... Even Othello, the one character who truly loves his wife, mistreats Desdemona. ... At the beginning of the play, Othello and Desdemona are completely in love and it is impossible to believe Othello capable of hurting her in any way. By the end of the play however, Othello is determined to kill Desdemona. ... Shakespeare's Othello has been studied exhaustively, yet most character analyses focus on the two male figures, Othello and Iago. ...
SCENE SUMMARIES AND NOTES Act I, Scene 1 The play opens late at night on a street in Venice. ... Notes In this second scene, Othello is introduced in person for the first time. ... Othello is not shaken by the news. ... But she chooses Othello, her husband. ... Othello is to go at once to Cyprus. ...
-Othello's nature is all of one piece. ... Othello's insecurity is the prey on which Iago, Othello's backstabbing servant, plays the host. ... Othello lived for Desdemona's love. ... "William Shakespeare's Othello,"" Blooms Notes. ... Characterization of Othello A. ...
It is also interesting to note the camera use and angles on Iago, of which there is a close up to show his true feelings and a low angle camera to show his power. ... Othello wrongfully believes they are talking about his wife and when Iago confronts him Othello immediately plans to kill both Cassio and Desdemona. ... In the film this takes place in a dark dungeon and Othello is shown behind bars or imprisoned, presenting Iago as now being at a higher level than Othello. ... A quite noticeable change is after Iago and Othello have a long talk about Desdemona and Cassio, where Iago manipulate...
- Othello: "He did from first to last. ... Othello: "Why of thy thought Iago? ... Although Iago protests that he loves Othello here, he in fact does not love Othello at all, but is trying to ruin him. ... It is interesting to note that at certain points in the play Iago's statements contradict who he really is. ... Othello says to Iago, "Nay, stay. ...
- Othello: "He did from first to last. ... Othello: "Why of thy thought Iago? ... Although Iago protests that he loves Othello here, he in fact does not love Othello at all, but is trying to ruin him. ... It is interesting to note that at certain points in the play Iago's statements contradict who he really is. ... Othello says to Iago, "Nay, stay. ...
- Othello: "He did from first to last. ... Othello: "Why of thy thought Iago? ... Although Iago protests that he loves Othello here, he in fact does not love Othello at all, but is trying to ruin him. ... It is interesting to note that at certain points in the play Iago's statements contradict who he really is. ... Othello says to Iago, "Nay, stay. ...
Othello was supposedly written during the early seventeenth century. ... The tragedy of Othello begins with Iago plotting against Othello's secret wedding. ... Iago refers to Othello several times in the play as "black Othello-. ... Many teachers claim that it quickly notes the racial fault lines in the class and in the United States. ... Othello has something of the structure of a morality play. ...
"Valiant Othello, We must straight employ you..." ... But As Iago began putting ideas in Othello's head about Cassio and Desdemona's rendezvous' together, another side of Othello's personality started to surface. ... She had loved Othello and had shown so on countless occasions. She had also tried to help Cassio, a dear friend and partner of Othello's before Iago set his devices upon him, and in doing so only roused the suspicions of an influenced Othello. To note Iago's quick wit upon manipulating conversation with both Othello and Cassio to give certain expressi...
Othello's Jealousy "Othello- is the most romantic figure among Shakespeare's heroes due to the strange life of war and adventure he has lived from childhood (Rosenburg, 189). ... He doubts himself in the beginning, Desdimona in the middle, and both himself and Desdimona in the end (http://web.signet.com.sg/~yisheng/notes/shakespeare/othello_b.htm). ... As a rule, Iago tells Othello some juicy little tidbit. Othello then becomes unimaginably stressed and vents his rage. ... This is a very selfish action on Othello's behalf. ...
Othello and The Great Gatsby display the downfall of two men who loved excessively but "loved not wisely-. ... Shakespeare stresses Othello's alienation in a way that he does not do earlier in the play, comparing Othello to a "base Indian- who cast away a pearl worth more than all of his tribe. ... Resembling Othello, Gatsby is a romantic figure whose sense of time is not reflected on any clock face. ... It is important to note how Gatsby sees himself, how the audience views the tragic figure, and also how Nick perceives Gatsby at this present moment. ... Othello's naivety is sho...
Minutes before Desdemona's appalling death, she asked Othello to get Cassio to confess that they had an affair, Othello responded by saying, "He hath confessed- (V, ii, 85). ... When Holden was at Phoebe's school to deliver a note, he noticed a shocking profanity on the wall, and angrily thought: It drove me damn near crazy I kept wanting to kill whoever'd written it. ... Holden Caulfield and Othello both suffer greatly from the words of two unlawful characters. ... Likewise, Othello also suffers from a character whose words torment his mind. ... Othello's occupation &#x...
In scene three of act three, a confrontation occurs between Othello and Iago concerning the promiscuity of Othello's wife, Desdemona. ... As Iago digs deeper into the erotic dream, providing Othello with more explicit detail, Othello seizes on the opportunity of pouring into his mind a suspicion. ... *Note: for the sake of saving space, O=Othello, C=Cassio (The scene takes place in a poorly light room made out of cold, grey stone with a slightly raised window to the left of the stage). ... OTHELLO: O monstrous! ... OTHELLO: I"ll tear her all to pieces! ...
Othello is a fundamentally different character to all others in the play [1]. ... This casts her in utter contrast to Othello and serves to highlight how much of an outsider Othello is. ... On a comparatively minor note, always avoid phrases like "It could be argued". ... What does Venice mean in Othello? ... The Hidden Meaning of Othello The play Othello is a tale of jealousy, revenge, and deception. ...
Iago is the whole reason there is any conflict in the play "Othello" . ... He is directly or indirectly responsible for the deaths of: Othello, Desdemona, Emilia, and Roderigo. ... Iago tricks Othello into believing that his own wife is having an affair, without any concrete proof. ... He notes how, "[Cassio] takes her by the palm," and how he "[smiles] upon her" (II.i.166-168). ... He certainly seems to take great pleasure in preventing Othello from enjoying marital happiness, and he expresses his love for Othello frequently and effusively. ...
Through examination of Richard II, Hamlet and Othello, the development of the garden transforms from a political allegory to a metaphor for the human body. ... Janet Adelman notes another definition for the word "mixture- is "sexual intercourse- which directly refers to Gertrude's "rank sexuality."" ... Not only does Spurgeon note the force of overgrowing weeds, but also she associates the image with human beings. The need to control these weeds, or "faults in human character- becomes clear in Othello when Othello believes he has to control his wife's desires and prevent her from be...
The fact that Iago refers to Othello as a Moor' and his Moorship' goes further in showing us how Iago dislikes Othello (as opposed to addressing him as Othello). ... We also discover that Roderigo hates Othello to with By heaven, I rather would have been his hangman' (when Roderigo says his' he is referring to Othello) Iago is biding his time in the demise of Othello as can be obtained from I follow him to serve my turn upon him' telling us that Iago is patient in his waiting for revenge. ... Roderigo immediately throws a deliberate offensive comment regarding Ot...
Iago also feels jealous that Othello and Cassio are leading a better life than he is. ... Iago first says his motive for hurting Othello is that he promoted Cassio over him. ... Iago also suspects Othello and Cassio of being sexually involved with his own wife. ... Othello already had a pinch of jealousy and evilness which Iago merely enflamed. ... Had Othello not been the least bit jealous before Iago's prompting, Othello would not have jumped to conclusions based on a hint and a handkerchief to kill the women he loved. ...
One such example is when Iago describes Cassio's fight with Roderigo to his commander, Othello. ... As literary critic Morris White notes, His government works smoothly. ... Implanting the suspicion of Desdemona's infidelity into Othello's mind is especially easy, considering the fact that Othello and Desdemona were newlyweds and Othello had already begun to have doubts as to how she could love an uncultured Moor as himself. Iago uses Othello's insecurities as well as his trust and confidence in Iago to turn Othello into a pawn in his reputation damaging game. ... By c...
In looking at only two of Shakespeare's works, Hamlet and Othello, one can note how elements of the governmental structure are presented in demonstrations of obedience. ... In Othello, Othello commits the sin of murder. ... After killing his wife, Othello's whole world was taken from him. ... It can be argued that God was punishing Othello for his evil ways. ... Emilia, as she begins to realize what has led Othello to murder his wife, exclaims, "O God! ...
Supporting Characters: The Meat and Potatoes of a Good Play In every play, story, book, and movie, you've always got a few main things that are always the same. One is that you always have some sort of flowing story involved that tells the reader, watcher, etc. something. The second is that y...
The precise date of William's birth is not known because the Stratford records note baptisms, not births, and funerals, not deaths (Kay 13). ... He wrote many plays, which include several that were and now are well known, such as Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, Othello, and Macbeth (Grose 13). ...
