The killings of himself and his wife are out of honour and he redeems himself in the end, as shown in the final scene. ... For example, a senator remarks here comes Brabantio and the valiant Moor' (I, iii, 47) upon his entrance. ... In addition to this, characters such as Brabantio display racial hostility towards Othello by openly referring to him as the Moor'. ... Othello himself claims this in his final soliloquy, in saying he is a man not easily jealous, but being wrought, perplexed to the extreme' (V, ii, 345). ... This is evident in his final soliloquy when he says ...

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Whereupon he fired his gun and broke an arm of the actor who was playing the Moor."" ... The term "the Moor- is used to refer to him on countless occasions: "To the gross clasps of a lascivious Moor- [1.1.125] and "With the Moor, says'st thou?... This is a racist comment in that Brabantio accuses the Moor of resorting to spells as his cultural heritage allows, for personal gain and thievery. ... As a Moor, Othello has married above his rank -Desdemona's marriage to him endangers her status. ... As Roderigo and Iago alerts Brabantio that his "daughter and...

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The Moor already changes with my poisons, Which at the first are scarce found to distaste, But, with a little, act upon blood, Burn like the mines of sulfur. ... Kernan stated, "The murder of Desdemona acts out the final destruction in Othello himself of all the ordering powers of love, of trust, of the bond between human beings."" ... He is the General of the Army and a well-respected man in the city, especially for a Moor. ...

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It cannot be long that Desdemona should continue her love to the Moor. ... These Moors are changeable in their wills-fill thy purse with money. ... 'The moor may unfold me to him- there stand I in much peril'. ... "If I shall stay [with Roderigo] I shall- against the Moor." ... The success of Iago's deceptive honesty is most clearly seen in the final scene of the play in which the truth of his dishonesty is revealed. ...

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Earlier in the evening, she had eloped with Othello, a Moor who is a respected General in the Venetian army. ... It is based on Othello's trusting personality, for "the Moor is of a free and open nature" and can be easily deceived. ...

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This man manipulates everyone that surrounds him, including Cassio, Roderigo, and the Moor, Othello. ... Iago is still alive when the curtain comes down on the final scene, giving us the message that in reality, evil can never be defeated, only hindered....

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You are the lord of duty,/ I am hitherto your daughter/ But here's my husband,/ And so much duty as my mother showed/ To you, preferring you before her father,/ So much I challenge that I may profess/ Due to the Moor my lord. ... One of Desdemona's most powerful speeches occurred in her final moments before Othello smothered her where she recited a song that she learned from one of her mother's maids, Barbary, "She was in love; and he proved mad And did forsake her. ...

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Every time a character calls Othello "the Moor" a sense of derision and superiority is conveyed and all the other feelings of distance inherent in Venetians.[4] Iago says that Desdemona is a "supersubtle Venetian"[5] as if the calculatedness of her thoughts and deeds were not too a feature of himself, which they certainly are. ... FINAL COMMENT This is the type of essay question which seems straightforward but needs careful handling. ...

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In literature, one of the most commonly identified roles is the tragic hero. Whether it is in classic Elizabethan works or in modern twentieth century works, the traits of the tragic hero abound. How did this role become a force in literature? The credit goes to none other than Shakespeare and h...

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These include "the Moor" (I.i.57), "the thick-lips" (I.i.66), "an old black ram" (I.i.88), and "a Barbary horse" (I.i.113). ... In the final moments of the play, Othello regains his composure and, once again, seduces both his onstage and offstage audiences with his words. ... As entertained spectators, we find ourselves on Iago's side when he is with Roderigo, but the interactions between the two also reveal a streak of cowardice in Iago - a cowardice that becomes manifest in the final scene, when Iago kills his own wife (V.ii.231–242). ...

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