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William Shakespeare’s play Othello deals with a black moor general named Othello who eloped with Desdemona, the daughter of a wealthy Venetian senator, and is quickly sent into battle against the Turks after their wedding. Following the deployment of Othello and his soldiers, the antagonist Iago plots and puts into action his quest for revenge against Othello. The tragedy of Othello when analyzed from a post-colonial perspective can be identified by the ambivalence, exoticism, and magical…

Shakespeare 's Othello takes place in Cyprus and Venice, Italy in the early 1600 's and involves a variety of characters with vibrant personalities and motives. The main characters of focus within this tragedy are Othello, a Moor that is a part of the military; Desdemona, Othello 's wife; and Iago, Othello 's ensign that holds great jealously and hatred towards Othello and plans to bring him to his downfall. Before the introduced plot of the play, Othello and Desdemona got married, and their…

The Tragedy of Othello, the moor of Venice, otherwise known as Othello, is a Shakespearean tragedy believed to be written in 1603. The quarto edition of the play first appeared in 1622; the version printed in the 1623 Folio edition is around 160 lines longer than the quarto and has over a thousand words differences in the writing. Othello revolves around the four central characters: the titular character Othello, his wife Desdemona, the main antagonist Iago and his lieutenant Cassio. Due to the…

In Othello Act 4 Scene 1, Iago further convinces Othello of Desdemona’s supposed unfaithfulness and Othello finally acts on his suspicions, striking Desdemona. This scene marks Othello’s tipping point between trusting and loving Desdemona and fully succumbing to Iago’s manipulation. In prior scenes, Othello is characterized as calm and in control, while in Act 4 Scene 1, he is overcome with emotion, falling into an epileptic fit, and brash. His stark difference in character led to part of my…

In the play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare, military General Othello is dispatched to the Island of Cyprus on a mission appointed by the Duke of Venice. Arriving as a newlywed husband, Othello is accompanied with his wife Desdemona along with his Lieutenant Cassio and Officer Iago. While Othello is on Cyprus to fight against the invading Turkish fleet, he is oblivious to the enemy in his own trusted vicinity. Othello's close friend Iago is gravely conflicted…

adjacent to the Upper Underworld and went on to be the goddess of darkness, hate, and patron of all monsters. But one day, long after the sisters split, something peculiar happened on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea. The island was named Cyprus and it was ruled by the King Lucifer and Queen Cassiopeia who was vain beyond all belief. Yet they were both loved and feared by their people. They were described as a match made in heaven… or hell. They had one son, Kaito, who was spoiled…

“I have no great devotion to the deed/ And yet he hath given me satisfying reasons/’Tis but a man gone. Forth my sword! He dies!” (5.1. 8-10). Roderigo stands on the quiet street of Cyprus awaiting the moment where he finally gets to obtain his trophy, Desdemona. This minute alludes to the night in Venice where Roderigo stood beneath Brabantio’s balcony in hopes of conquering his only obstacle, Othello. However, it is now Cassio who has Desdemona locked away far from the hands of Roderigo. In…

“You cannot believe a liar even when he tells the truth”(Aesop’s Fables) is a powerful quote since liar’s tend to be able to tell the truth yet still be able to twist it enough to their advantage. In the play Othello, we encounter a fellow named Iago who spins a web of lies that hurts everyone in the process. While able to manipulate multiple people at a time, Iago will end up taking what makes these three characters so noble into their downfall is inevitable. Husband turned against wife,…

The Tragedy of Isolation in Shakespeare 's Othello It can be a tool to preserve oneself, or done by one to impact another. It harbours infinite uses; interrogation, treatment of disease, abuse, etc. It is simply one of the worst feelings to be felt. It is Isolation. Northrop Frye stated that "tragedy individualizes the audience nowhere more intensely than in the tragedy of isolation...the end of a tragedy leaves him alone in a waste and void chaos of experience with a world to remake out of it..…

Introduction The Persian Wars were a series of conflicts involving the Persian Empire and many Greek city-states spanning from c.499-449 BCE. The conflict began around 499 BCE when Greek city-states in Anatolia, client states of the Persian Empire, rose in open rebellion against the Empire. Following the Persian Empire defeating the rebellion in 493 BCE, numerous conflicts would be fought between Persia and the Greek city-states until 449 BCE. The Greeks ―utilizing superior training, tactics,…