Shakespeare used many different character traits to compose full-bodied characters that we can still relate to today. ... We learn that Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him woo Desdemona and direct her away from Othello but Iago tells Roderigo that it is too late and Othello has married Desdemona. ... Shakespeare uses the exact same personality traits for Iago as he did for King Richard in Richard III and from experience with that play I believe Iago to be the exact same wicked character. ... We know already that she has given her loyalty to Othello and backed away from her own fath...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Shakespeare's protagonist Othello is an isolated black male playing an active role in Venetian society. ... The reader's first encounter with Othello is in act one scene two where Iago informs Othello that Roderigo has been spreading foul reports of Othello's behaviour. ... There is no doubt Othello has the respect of some important personnel such as the Duke as Othello is welcomed as "valiant Othello" which shows a mark of respect alone as he is called "valiant" and called by the name "Othello" not "Moor". ... However in this case the respect between Brabantio and Othello is no...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Nelson's modern appropriation of William Shakespeare's Othello transcends the Shakespearean concepts through time and culture, but also integrates 21st century values through the modification of characters. ... Shakespeare's Othello outlines the protagonist with barbarity as seen in his characterisation of "thick lips" and the recurring use of animal imagery such as "an old black ram". ... The little of her remaining sense of identity continues to quaver as Shakespeare makes no reference to her name in Othello's and Brabantio's speeches, depicting h...

• Word Count: 1401
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate