He doesn't feel as though he completely fits in to the Venetian society and this leads to feelings of insecurity where he sees himself as an outsider. ... A great deal of Othello's flaws come from his self view as being an outsider, which in turn made a great contribution to his downfall. ... Many of these weaknesses resulted from his feeling of being an "outsider", which was result of his different background and upbringing. ...

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He doesn't feel as though he completely fits in to the Venetian society and this leads to feelings of insecurity where he sees himself as an outsider. ... A great deal of Othello's flaws come from his self view as being an outsider, which in turn made a great contribution to his downfall. ... Many of these weaknesses resulted from his feeling of being an "outsider", which was result of his different background and upbringing. ...

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Because of his race, Othello is both in an insider and an outsider in the Venetian community. ... Othello's dangerous sense of perfectionism could have come from his outsider status in the Venetian world because of his race. ...

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In the play "Othello", just by reading Act 1, scenes 1&2 we already have very mixed opinions of the character Othello. As an audience or just a reader of the play, the contrasting impressions of Othello are vast. The description of Othello by the manipulative and deceitful Iago, by the betrayed Rode...

• Word Count: 1432
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• Grade Level: High School

Indeed, Othello's status as an outsider may be the reason he is such easy prey for Iago. Whilst it is not clear whether Shakespeare intended Othello to be a dark or olive skinned Moor, it was his intention to convey him as an outsider. ...

• Word Count: 1483
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In an article concerning the modern performance of Shakespeare, W.B. Worthen describes, "The modern stage becomes a site of interpretation, rather than a place of production, a place where meanings are found."" Regarding the character of Iago in Shakespeare's "Othello," critics, performers, and read...

• Word Count: 1268
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• Grade Level: High School

Heroic Men and Women in Othello In Shakespeare's Othello many terrible situations befall on the characters contained in the play. Our main and title character, Othello, is especially ravished by evil deeds. He looses his mind, his wife and his own life all within the span of about two acts. ...

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As partly I find it your fair daughter, at this odd-even and dull watch o" th" night transported with no better or worse guard but with a knave of common hire, a gondolier, to the gross clasps of a lascivious [lustful] Moor...Your daughter, if you have not given her leave, I say again hath made a gross revolt, tying her duty, beauty, wit, and fortunes in an extravagant [wandering] and wheeling stranger [outsider] of here and everywhere... (2118, lines 120-140)" Othello is unaware of this situation and also of the fact he has angered Roderigo. ...

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"The concept of evil has not been elsewhere been portrayed in great mastery as we see in Shakespeare's character Iago" (Bradley, 206). By analyzing and reading Shakespeare's play Othello, we can indeed say that Iago is Shakespeare's most notorious and evil character. Iago is the triumphant villain i...

• Word Count: 1487
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• Grade Level: High School

Introduction to Othello Out of the four of Shakespeare's great tragedies, Othello remains the most powerful and forceful not only on the stage but also for study as a critical text. This power is created by the speed and pace set, as compared to the other plays. Instead of a time frame of a few m...

• Word Count: 1957
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Shakespeare's Othello holds a most exotic, complex and interesting villain of his tragedies. One could say that Iago's vision of the world is distorted and false and is therefore misleading to his fellow characters. Unequivocally, Iago plays an important and major function in the tragedy. It is p...

• Word Count: 2496
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• Grade Level: High School