Referred to as "The Moor- due to his diverse race and is also the general of the armies of Venice, Othello sometimes presents himself as an outsider as well as a respectable and essential part of Venetian society. ... In his final speech, he reaffirms his position as a figure who is both an outsider and a part of Venetian society. ... At the same time, however, by killing himself, he is acknowledging in the most powerful and dreadful way the fact that he is and will always be very much an outsider. ...

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Venice treats outsiders as well as women with a degree of disrespect. ... Her marriage to Othello is extremely courageous due to the fact that he is Moorish and seen as an outsider by most other Venetians. ...

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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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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...

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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. ...

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He is an outsider to Venice and therefore an outsider to the customs and society of Venice. ... This casts her in utter contrast to Othello and serves to highlight how much of an outsider Othello is. ... Iago and Othello are both outsiders in their own ways, but Iago can turn the manners of Venice against Othello more effectively than any Venetian could. ... Iago is certainly an outsider, but this bitterness stems from so many sources - the essay needed to pinpoint how he disrupts the social fibre - perhaps quote racial sexual language in Act 1. 8. ...

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Othello's character in "Othello" is viewed in many different ways. Each character has a different personal view of the Moor. Before anybody finds out about his marriage to Desdemona he is seen to most as a great warrior although he is considered an outsider to the Venetian society. He is a trusted s...

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Othello's status as an outsider may be the reason he is such easy prey for Iago. Although Othello is a cultural and racial outsider in Venice, his skill as a soldier and leader is nevertheless valuable and necessary to the state, and he is an integral part of Venetian civic society. ... Othello sometimes makes a point of presenting himself as an outsider, whether because he recognizes his exotic appeal or because he is self-conscious of and defensive about his difference from other Venetians. ...

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The ideas of identity are explored in Othello. 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,...

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Question 1. Othello is an "outsider" in a very sophisticated society. What elements of class and race appear in the play? How confident is Othello that he can be accepted by this elitist society? Does he truly believe that he is "worthy" of Desdemona's love? Could a lack of self-confidence contribu...

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Othello's apparently noble and loving nature is transformed into a destructive and vengeful force by the end of the play. Discuss which elements of his character and circumstances lead to his downfall. In the beginning of William Shakespeare's tragedy, Othello, the main character, Othello is a kind,...

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Othello Essay In the play Othello by William Shakespeare, Othello is not a monster, but a tragic hero. This is a noble person of importance with a flaw in their character that leads to their downfall. Othello's flaws include racial insecurity, an over trusting nature and sexual jealousy caused ...

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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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"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...

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In Shakespeare's play Othello, Iago is the antagonist. That is, he is the villain in the play Othello. He is the person who causes an action to occur which affects the other characters in the play. This action may not necessarily be a good thing. Iago is the catalyst for Othello's change. He is the ...

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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...

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In Shakespeare's play Othello, Iago is the antagonist. That is, he is the villain in the play Othello. He is the person who causes an action to occur which affects the other characters in the play. This action may not necessarily be a good thing. Iago is the catalyst for Othello's change. He is the ...

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A Marxist will state that the lower classes will always and continually strive to achieve a higher position in the social hierarchy, and thus Othello can be regarded as a struggling, black outsider trying to fit into a Venetian society. ...

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• Grade Level: High School