Is this true with Shakespeare's "Othello?" ... Thus in examining these different interpretations, the varying portrayals that mirror the composer's context reinforce why Shakespeare's "Othello" is such a great text. Shakespeare's "Othello" depicts the Elizabethan culture, illustrating how women were oppressed during those times and marginalised in society. ... When the aspects of homosexuality as presented in Shakespeare's version of Othello is contrasted to Oliver Parker's representation, a more distinct sense of Iago's relationship with men can be observed...

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Both William Shakespeare's original play and the cinematic adaptation by Oliver Parker explore ideas of otherness and the patriarchy. William Shakespeare represents multiple ideas in his play Othello. Oliver Parker further resonates Shakespeare's ideas, using different cinematic techniques. ... Both William Shakespeare and Oliver Parker show how that idea, when entwined with fears and misunderstandings of otherness can lead to catastrophic incidents. ... Both William Shakespeare's play and Oliver Parkers cinematic adaptation, thoroughly explore the ideas of identity, otherness ...

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What are the Causes of Othello's Downfall and how has Shakespeare Portrayed Them? ... The most prominent cause behind Othello's downfall portrayed by Shakespeare is Iago, as he deliberately plots and is the direct instigator of the downfall of Othello. ... Shakespeare successfully juxtaposes Othello's fluctuation between trust and mistrust in Desdemona. Shakespeare effectively uses his stage directions to portray Iago as a cause of Othello's downfall. ... Therefore, through Shakespeare's many dramatic techniques, the author has been able to create many complex c...

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William Shakespeare has come to be known as arguably the finest sculptor of language through his plays and poems. ... Shakespeare's tragedies are notorious for starting with one or more noble figures that go against the dominant social meaning systems only to have them eventually fall into submission to these ideals and beliefs. ... Interestingly, Othello does not make an appearance until Act I scene ii, where Shakespeare uses his first appearance to contradict the audience's expectations that were developed in scene one. ... When Othello is "straight employed- (I,iii) to Venice,...

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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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Strong Women of Othello William Shakespeare often described the women in his plays as being strong, confident individuals, much different from the stereotypical roles of the time period in which he lived. ... Like many of Shakespeare's other female characters, Desdemona does not embody the stereotypical role of sixteenth century women. When Shakespeare wrote Othello, women had few rights and little power in society. ... Othello becomes enraged cursing Desdemona as a whore. ... Emilia and her husband Iago have a much different relationship than Desdemona and Othello (at least un...

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In Othello, jealousy is presented to the audience by Shakespeare as a disturbing predator, which takes control and attempts to destroy constancy in love. The jealousy portrayed by Shakespeare is based on pure evil, hatred and the joy for destruction as well as swayed, insecure jealousy. ... Shakespeare is able to manipulate the vulnerable flaw of Othello, "the green-eyed monster", that is jealousy. ... Shakespeare is able to present the image of swayed, insecure jealousy to the audience through Othello's dissention into savagery, which is fuelled by Iago's contagious envy. ...

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The device of utilizing a binary is inherent to Shakespeare's plays and particularly exemplified in "Othello", as he divulges upon the social niches of women as being either angels or whores. ... In Othello the female characters of Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca are each assigned these roles. ... Othello's control over Desdemona emphasizes her role as an angel in the play. ... Emilia's nonconformist acts are a sign of true feminism in Shakespeare. ... William Shakespeare examines the depiction of women as angels or whores in the play "Othello". ...

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In "Othello," there are enough stupid, merciless, and backstabbing people to make you truly question Shakespeare's sanity, not that most of us haven't, but it does give you the feeling that Shakespeare is really just a highly delusional, paranoid, psychopath, you know kind of like Stalin just without the power and constant purges of society. ... First of all the first act of betrayal comes in the beginning when the classically blonde character of Desdemona betrays her father to marry Othello, after all "if thou hast eyes to see. She deceived her father." 1.3, 95 This is one of those...

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In this version of Othello, Odin James (Othello) is an all-star high school basketball player. ... The nuances of Shakespeare's lines, such as Othello's gradual disuse of blank verse as he grows jealous (lecture), are lost as iambic pentameter has been replaced with contemporary slang. ... The use of music from Verdi's Otello is a playful twist on the producer's part, referencing another interpretation of Shakespeare's work. ... Unfortunately, I would have to conclude that in this case, at least the essence of Shakespeare's Othello has been lost, and all that real...

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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...

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William Shakespeare often described the women in his plays as being strong, confident individuals, much different from the stereotypical roles of the time period in which he lived. ... Like many of Shakespeare's other female characters, Desdemona does not embody the stereotypical role of sixteenth century women. When Shakespeare wrote Othello, women had few rights and little power in society. ... Othello becomes enraged cursing Desdemona as a whore. ... Emilia and her husband Iago have a much different relationship than Desdemona and Othello (at least until Othello becomes suspicious of D...

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Shakespeare authored King Lear around 1605, between Othello and Macbeth, and it is usually ranked with Hamlet as one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. The setting of King Lear is as far removed from Shakespeare's time as the setting of any of his other plays, dramatizing events from the eighth century b.c. ... Shakespeare authored King Lear around 1605, between Othello and Macbeth, and it is usually ranked with Hamlet as one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. ... Shakespeare authored King Lear around 1605, between Othello and Macbeth, and it is usually ranked with Hamlet as one of ...

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Shakespeare intended that Iago be a static character, but he is in no way described as a simple man. ... In Othello, Shakespeare utilized the theme of jealousy so that the audience feels powerless to help the circumstances within the play. ... The humble companion and friend he is to Othello, is not the man who the audience interpret him to be. ... Just as Satan cursed humanity to sin, so did Iago plant the seed of jealousy in Othello so that he may in turn destroy his own life. ... " Iago reveals that jealousy will conquer all other emotions in Othello, therefore accomplishing his goal...

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Aldous Huxley chooses to include references to the literary works of Shakespeare many places in his novel Brave New World. ... Shakespeare's The Tempest is the play from which the phrase originates. ... John, in response to Lenina, calls upon memories of Romeo and Juliet as well as other plays by Shakespeare. ... Then, gaining the courage from Shakespeare's Othello, "When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage, or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed - (133) John first stands up to Popé and is considered a man. ... Shakespeare and his works point out many specific aspects of thi...

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Iago With the character of Iago, Othello presents the reader/viewer with an image of absolute malice. ... Passion, in Shakespeare's plays, is perfectly easy to recognise. ... He is the main driving force in this play, pushing Othello and everyone else towards their tragic end. ... When trying to work Othello to his purpose, he is proportionally guarded, insidious, dark, and deliberate. ... Iago's mode of temptation, then, is to persuade Othello to regard himself with the eyes of Venice. ...

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The continued relevance and influence of William Shakespeare is unquestionable; the very name "Shakespeare" is a known and respected around the world. ... The Indian film industry has drawn heavily on Shakespeare as seen in movies like Angoor, where the plot is drawn almost entirely from "A Comedy of Errors" and Omkara, an adaptation of Othello. ... Pope, in the preface to his six-folio edition of the works of Shakespeare also says, "Shakespeare is not so much an imitator, as an instrument of nature"." ... Shakespeare's approach to writing plays revolutionized Elizabethan theatre. ... T...

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