When looking back at one's life, it seems as though everyone always looks to the points in life where things went wrong, for example, cheating on a girlfriend, failing a test, getting in a huge fight with family. ... It is important to note, however, that Othello is one of the first characters in a major play to be of color. ... An important question to ask for this section of the play is, how could the good-hearted, brave Othello automatically assume his loving wife is cheating? ...

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Jealousy and Racism The Shakespearean tragedy Othello addresses jealousy and racism during the Shakespearean Era. We as a modern day American society continue to struggle with these same issues. Othello was supposedly written during the early seventeenth century. Speculations have been dra...

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• Has Bibliography

As literary critic Morris White notes, His government works smoothly. ... Rather, he uses Desdemona's sweetness to convince Othello that she is cheating on him with Cassio, whom Iago sent to speak to her. ...

• Word Count: 1814
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• Grade Level: High School

*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). ... How could she cheat on me with another man? ...

• Word Count: 1693
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• Grade Level: High School

William Shakespeare's Othello is a tragic play regarding jealousy and its decomposing effects on the human psychology. The title character is a noble, highly ranked idealistic general. Due to jealousy, Othello transforms into a raging, uncontrollable murderer, in the desperate search for revenge. In...

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• Grade Level: High School

Othello's illusion that Cassio was cheating proved extremely costly as he lost a loyal wife that never committed a crime. ... 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. ...

• Word Count: 1633
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School