Salinger's Catcher in the Rye and Shakespeare's Othello are very similar in many ways, in that they both use akin aspects of characters to reveal how they are alike. ... In Shakespeare's Othello, it was said that the handkerchief, a key symbol in this play, represented love, but if it was lost, loathe. ... As Holden was drunk and had no place to go, he decided to go to Central Park in search of the ducks: Then, finally, I found it. ... Salinger and Shakespeare both utilized nave characters to prove that illusions only cause anguish and distress. ... Like Franklin Delano Rooselv...

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Although Shakespeare's plays were written several hundred years ago, they are still able to captivate a contemporary audience. ... The themes in Shakespeare's plays are of relevancy even today and are explored through a variety of dramatic techniques. ... Through these themes and dramatic techniques, Shakespeare's plays are made popular even to audiences of today. ... He was made to look as if he had no control over his female child when Desdemona defied him. ... Desdemona's reputation was also impugned by Iago when he says "she did deceive her father, marrying you, and w...

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To convey the overflow of Iago's thoughts, Shakespeare makes use of soliloquies and asides. ... I know if't be true, But I, for mere suspicion in that kind, Will do as if for surety (1.3.375-9) Someone who is jealous has no rational motive for doing something relating to their jealousy. ... Later on in the play, Iago says: "(For I fear Cassio with my nightcap too)," (2.2.298). ... Shakespeare's use of soliloquies and asides proves crucial in revealing Iago's intimate thoughts. ... This is how her innocence came to be, and Shakespeare incorporates this into her l...

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The following will reveal oppression as depicted in Hemingway's Hills like White Elephants, Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Othello and Chopin's The Story of an Hour and the ramification of manipulation, envy, and freedom. ... Being deceptive with good intention is not easily grasped by others because the way manipulation and deception is perceived; no one associates deception with good, but when manipulation is used viciously for the gain of your satisfaction and for the despair of another there is an inevitable brutal voyage in which there is no redemption. ... Jig never says &q...

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Of all the characters in Shakespeare's Othello, none is more complex and unknown to the audience than Iago. ... He does this by penetrating their deepest fears and concerns, using that to "make the net that shall emesh them all" into a jealous web of hatred [II. iii. 356]. ... "I know my price, I am worth no worse a place" [I. i. 12]. That fear of remaining in a job for the rest of his life that he felt was for the less experienced, struck and scared him into an overwhelming feeling that he was running out of time. ... However, Iago has no evidence of this theory and never mentions it as ...

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Iago is the ultimate bad-guy and a good contrast with Desdemona for it is obvious that Iago thinks of no one else's emotions but his own. ... Othello knows no other than his life as a soldier, all that takes place out of the military, must some way be related to that lifestyle or he is lost. ... There are many themes and representation throughout this play, as with any play "especially Shakespeare, like the color of Othello's skin (a visual separation that amplifies Othello's mental separation from the other characters). ... Iago is able to fake an affair with Desdemona and...

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