Desdemona

In Shakespeare’s Othello, Emilia serves as a foil for both Desdemona and Iago. Her meekness in these close relationships allows Iago to play her to gain access to Desdemona. Accordingly, Emilia steals the handkerchief to gratify Iago which fuels the tragic turning point of the play. Emilia is Desdemona’s foil. Her worldly perceptiveness, experience and dark cynicism contrast Desdemona’s innocence and purity. When Desdemona asks, “Dost thou in conscience think, tell me, Emilia, / That there be…

He was inspired by the Piazza Fontana and the death of Pino Pinelli to write this play. However, the Maniac is the only character who is not derived from one of the people involved in the actual incident. Fo, in an interview, said, "The fool plays the part of the judge, carrying the logic of the authorities to absurd extremes, and discovering that there are inconsistencies." He appears to have created the character of the Maniac to unravel the truth. To facilitate this, he makes the Maniac…

Language played a large role in the novel Brave New World, as language is what really separates the people of the World State and John the Savage. On top of this, John really distinguished himself from the World State citizens just by the language he uses. John’s use of Shakespeare is what makes him seem more real than the people around him, as the language of Shakespeare allows John to have emotion. All the other people of the World State have been conditioned since birth to not have real…

The story of Elliot Rodger is a powerful cautionary tale, that is applicable to more people than one would like to think. Elliot’s story shows how a seemingly normal boy going through normal situations can be driven to commit heinous acts. It shows the extreme results that can happen when anger is allowed to slowly fester without release. It is important to analyze Elliot’s story, and try to decipher his motives in order to recognize at-risk individuals and give them help before a disaster…

SUMMARY In Scott B. Kaufman’s article, “Peacock Paradox”, he explores the deceptive and fickle charm of narcissists, their lust after admiration as well as how an individual develops these extreme self-oriented traits. A common theme within the article is how a narcissist demands control in any situation and will become hostile if hijacked from power. The unstable foundation of a narcissist relies on toxic amounts of self-esteem, grandiosity, self-importance, and self-focus. As these traits…

In the poem Hide and Seek, the poet explores the power of the child’s arrogance, as he believes he is clever and therefore powerful. For instance, when he says the people searching for him must ‘think’ he is ‘very clever’, as well as describing them as ‘puzzled’. The word ‘clever’ demonstrates his self-confidence in his intelligence and he thinks he is one step ahead of them, which leads him to believe he has obtained power over them. However, this is thus contradicted later on, as he is then…

“Better to be dead, to be nothing, than to base one’s joy upon destruction” (Frame, 48); In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, the audience is engaged in a grueling tale of the bloodshed against evil. From a murderous man and his wife, to the victims of the play, evil deceives and curses every one. Not only does Shakespeare use the major characters in the play as cardinal illustrations of how the enticement of sin brings destruction, but also the minor characters who are inclined to give…

The play Macbeth is similar to any cliche action movie when the main character wants total power and will do anything to get it with just a little convincing. “At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a perfectionistic person whose solution has been highly successful. He precipitates his own psychological crisis by violating his dominant set of shoulds in order to act out the arrogant-vindictive trends which are reinforced by his wife” which is why he slips into evil ways (Gale, Cengage…

English Essay- Macbeth Rose Hillard 10A, Mr Zitser Universal themes are communicated to the audience in William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth through the use of varying literary techniques and dramatic effects. This essay will look at the timeless nature of themes such as ambition and appearance versus reality in Macbeth, and how their transcendence of human nature contributes to the play’s relevance today. In Macbeth, ambition is one of the dominant themes. People who are motivated by their…

Authors use motifs to deliver the theme to the authors more effectively. In this story Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare used haste, time, and light and dark imagery as a motif to prove the theme of individual versus society. First, Shakespeare used haste as a motif to prove the theme of individual versus society. For example, Romeo and Juliet both committed suicide because Romeo didn’t got the message from friar Balthasar because of his hasty departure (Shakespeare, 5.1). This shows that after…