Byrd Graham
Period 6
Mr. Zetzer
Shakespearean Literature
Annotated Bibliography
Shakespeare, William, and Norman Sanders. Othello. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1984. Print.
A. Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see. She has deceived her father, and may thee. (I.iii.333-334) Con [Untrustworthy]
B. When Desdemona says "I am obedient" (III.iii.89) [women as submissive] Con C. Emilia Objecting her husband Iago (IV.iii.92-95) [Women as fearless] Pro D. Emilia implies that men are mentally weaker and that men are brutish and simplistic, unable to control their desires with logical thought
Just about every male character in the play Othello by William Shakespeare assumes that women are sneaky and disloyal. In Othello, women …show more content…
In the article, the interviewer interviewed several transgender men (from female to male) and she found some shocking answers. The transgender men noticed that women are oppressed in the workplace and in every day life. The view of transgenders today are easily comparable to the stereotypical Venetian woman in many ways. During the venetian times, woman were looked at like they were slight circus attractions or in other words they were just normal to stare at, just as transgenders are looked at today. In Othello Desdemona would be comparable to the transgender people of today. Iago portrays Desdemona as a "white ewe" in order to make her father angry so that he'd pick a fight with Othello. In Christianity, a white "ewe" or sheep was considered a symbol of purity and …show more content…
During the early stages of our lives the person in the world whom we love most was our mothers, and we carried from that relationship the expectation that women would be just like our mothers. B. "By implication, a woman’s brain is all about intuition, empathy, and picking up on social cues, what was once known as sugar and spice and everything nice, and is sometimes marked as coming from Venus." C. "When I am away from female company for a while, I miss the woman’s touch, and eye, and self. At a younger time, when my sexual relationships were more transient than I would have liked, my friendships with women were winningly permanent." D. Women taught him how to be gentile and kind.
A mother in today's society has to be strong willed and have endless determination and kindness for her children. The way that a mother, or parent raises their child effects their perception of life completely. If a mother raises her daughter to no be rebellious, but to not be oppressed, then her daughter would be like Emilia. Emilia is one of the few strong females in Shakespeare's plays. She refuses to be belittled or seen as unequal to men. In fact, in one scene, she seems to talk about having an affair like a man would. Emilia describes that she is better than men because she doesn't have the appetite that men have. We know not of Emilia's background but it is understood that she either comes from a modernized family or she had an influence of which gave her the bold nature that she
Period 6
Mr. Zetzer
Shakespearean Literature
Annotated Bibliography
Shakespeare, William, and Norman Sanders. Othello. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1984. Print.
A. Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see. She has deceived her father, and may thee. (I.iii.333-334) Con [Untrustworthy]
B. When Desdemona says "I am obedient" (III.iii.89) [women as submissive] Con C. Emilia Objecting her husband Iago (IV.iii.92-95) [Women as fearless] Pro D. Emilia implies that men are mentally weaker and that men are brutish and simplistic, unable to control their desires with logical thought
Just about every male character in the play Othello by William Shakespeare assumes that women are sneaky and disloyal. In Othello, women …show more content…
In the article, the interviewer interviewed several transgender men (from female to male) and she found some shocking answers. The transgender men noticed that women are oppressed in the workplace and in every day life. The view of transgenders today are easily comparable to the stereotypical Venetian woman in many ways. During the venetian times, woman were looked at like they were slight circus attractions or in other words they were just normal to stare at, just as transgenders are looked at today. In Othello Desdemona would be comparable to the transgender people of today. Iago portrays Desdemona as a "white ewe" in order to make her father angry so that he'd pick a fight with Othello. In Christianity, a white "ewe" or sheep was considered a symbol of purity and …show more content…
During the early stages of our lives the person in the world whom we love most was our mothers, and we carried from that relationship the expectation that women would be just like our mothers. B. "By implication, a woman’s brain is all about intuition, empathy, and picking up on social cues, what was once known as sugar and spice and everything nice, and is sometimes marked as coming from Venus." C. "When I am away from female company for a while, I miss the woman’s touch, and eye, and self. At a younger time, when my sexual relationships were more transient than I would have liked, my friendships with women were winningly permanent." D. Women taught him how to be gentile and kind.
A mother in today's society has to be strong willed and have endless determination and kindness for her children. The way that a mother, or parent raises their child effects their perception of life completely. If a mother raises her daughter to no be rebellious, but to not be oppressed, then her daughter would be like Emilia. Emilia is one of the few strong females in Shakespeare's plays. She refuses to be belittled or seen as unequal to men. In fact, in one scene, she seems to talk about having an affair like a man would. Emilia describes that she is better than men because she doesn't have the appetite that men have. We know not of Emilia's background but it is understood that she either comes from a modernized family or she had an influence of which gave her the bold nature that she