Shakespeare's depiction of each simultaneously establishes cultural ideals of women and challenges the justice of them. ... Shakespeare uses Emilia to show that women cannot be classified as just good wives or strumpets. 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". ... However, in contrast to both the angel and whore, Shakespeare uses Emilia to show a non binary woman. ...

• Word Count: 616
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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 ...

• Word Count: 944
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ... In contrast, Shakespeare presents pure, "gentle", committed and inspiring constancy in love through the character of Desdemona. ... In conclusion, William Shakespeare is able...

• Word Count: 723
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 655
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 645
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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,...

• Word Count: 1558
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When analyzing the character of Emilia in Shakespeare's "Othello," one must take into account her conjugal relationship with Iago; an unconventional type of love that Emilia falls deeply into and eventually leads her to the edge of villainy. ...

• Word Count: 1207
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• 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 value of woman in the Elizabethan and 21st society is elucidated through comparing Shakespeare's and Nelson's representation of Desi and Desdemona. ... In Sha...

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