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Everyone sees the play Hamlet as this great tragedy and a quest for revenge, and it is one, but it’s also filled with so much deception. The characters lie to each other, they spy and create plans to find out information. Their use of hidden yet obvious deception just goes to show how rotton human beings can be with each other and how easily they can turn on one another to further themselves to get what they want. It eventually shows that by using all your energy towards a plan of revenge, can…

William Shakespeare’s plays have survived and celebrated through the ages for their extreme drama and attention-grabbing plot. “Othello”, one of his widest know works, is no exception. Othello, an African American man who is married to his love Desdemona, serves as a General and creates conflict with Iago when he passes him up for a promotion to the Lieutenant position and instead promotes an inexperienced soldier, Michael Cassio. Iago turns for revenge from Othello and decides to strike him…

The concept of “Race” plays a very significant and critical role on Othello, the play in which Shakespeare tells the story of the “dark Moor” who eventually finds himself struggling against his jealousy in the midst of white society. The very beginning of the play may be considered illusory for a reader who is unfamiliar with Othello's character: in fact, many derogatory terms are used, especially by the villain Iago and his confederate Rodorigo, to define Othello. This would certainly lead the…

tell anyone but Roderigo, who he eventually kills regardless. Even Iago’s wife Emilia did not expect her husband to be responsible for the direct and indirect deaths of five people – not including himself. Emilia knew he was hiding something from her, but his behaviour kept her at a distance. When Othello first discovers that Iago led him astray, he chases after him. In this moment, the power dynamic shifts, because Emilia, before Iago so brutally murdered her, revealed Iago’s plot with the…

The success of every hero movie undoubtedly relies on the effectiveness of the villain. The character that has corrupt motives and performs malicious actions consistently throughout the entire plot of the film – the Joker. This prevalent character, the Joker, reveals an objection to the Socratic view on virtue. In Plato’s Laches, two fathers seek advice from Laches, Nicias, and Socrates on how to raise honorable men. Socrates confirms an honorable man does not result from teaching…

Iago’s honor is essentially nonexistent, as he works throughout the entire play to manipulate, lie, and cause general havoc amongst Othello, and other characters in the play. He appears to be a well rounded, well respected, and honest individual, but in the end he was the rope to many characters noose throughout the play. Setting up the seeds for Othello’s jealousy, and the wrath and the horrors that Desdemona, and other characters had to face at the end. He appeared to be a great guy to those…

What makes William Shakespeare such a famous playwright, poet, and writer? Is it his thirty-seven plays, hundred and fifty-four sonnets, or five long narrative poems? There is always a debate of what makes Shakespeare notable, but it can be argued that he is best well known for his tragic plays. One of his tragedies, Othello, was written around 1603 and includes themes of romance, betrayal, revenge, and jealousy. The play’s plot is centered on the jealousy and revenge of Othello’s loyal ensign,…

One of the villains in King Lear is Edmund due to his evil intentions, the damage he inflicted on other characters of the play, and his fate ultimately. Throughout the duration of the play, Shakespeare made it evident that Edmund is the most complex and vilest character. A Machiavellian character who is a master of manipulating emotions and beliefs. Edmund’s mind, body and soul are consumed by anger. He objects how the society portrays bastards “Why “bastard” ? Wherefore “base”, When my…

Othello by William Shakespeare is a play that has many different variety of themes such as love and marriage, good and evil, religion, racial prejudice, gender conflict, and sexuality. The main character, Othello faces many tragic incidents throughout the play, he faces tremendous consequence that leads to harsh manipulation and deception. I would like to talk about “Why did Othello became a tragic character?”. The play started as Othello as a general in Venetian army, Othello was given the…

Antigone Revised Essay Imagine having two forces wreaking havoc in your head. Antigone had this same havoc between two forces whenever she wanted to bury her brother, Polyneices. In Antigone, Sophocles uses the forces of appeasing authority and following one’s desires to illuminate the power of fate. Due to Antigone being torn on appeasing authority, the power of fate is illuminated. When Antigone hears the news about Polyneices, the thought of obeying crosses her mind. Antigone, at first, is…