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    Othello's Manipulation

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    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…

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    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…

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    While Iago is discussing the relevance of reputation with Cassio, Iago explains how it has no value, although Iago contradicts this statement with the action of setting up a plot with the intent of reviving his reputation. When Iago and Cassio are talking after Cassio is demoted from lieutenant, Cassio is weeping and saying that his reputation is all lost. Iago comforts him by stating that “[r]eputation is an idle and most false imposition” (2.3.251), and is something that makes you live up to…

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    During the Elizabethan England, the country was seeking to establish colonization in the New World (North and South America). Throughout Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest”, certain scenes suggest Caliban doesn’t seems to support colonialism through the implications of economic exploitation, slavery, and language in particular. In Act II, Scene II, Stephano explains, “If I can recover him and keep him tame and get to Naples with him, he’s a present for any emperor that ever trod on neat’s…

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    it. Iago wanted Cassio killed. Cassio had the lieutenant position and in spite of Iago wanting this position he plays with Othello insecurities by accusing Desdemona and Cassio of having a affair. Iago’s wife name was Emilia she was really good friends with Desdemona. Iago made Emilia betray Desdemona in ways she didn't even know about. Desdemona was accused…

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    to plan and deliver almost every action but the two most important he missed were Cassio’s death and Emilia’s reaction. If Cassio had died, Iago would 've been the one to go tell Othello since he was a soldier and closer. Even if Cassio had died, Emilia staying and exposing Iago devilish nature lead to the big break in Iago’s…

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    From start to finish Iago moves the characters of Othello as though they were chessmen. He utilizes their individual goals and interests to spur them to whatever insidious arrangement he wants. His dexterous control of those characters go from persuading Roderigo to serve Cassio another glass of wine, to driving Othello to the conclusion that lone by slaughtering Desdemona might he be able to spare himself and humanity from her slippery demonstrations of treachery. In any case, for every…

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    During the sixteenth century, Shakespeare Wrote the play Othello, a love story that ended in tragedy and death because of the lies that the character Iago told. During that time period, it was customary for women to be housewives and were essentially at the bottom of the hierarchy since it was a male dominated society. The female’s roles played in these scenes were fundamentally just possessions who belonged to their husbands but yet they still loved their husbands unconditionally. One…

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    The profusion of power in understanding a person’s weaknesses allows for the potential of manipulation. When utilized in the right way, this power has the capability of persuading people to do things they never could have imagined. Through the actions of the characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare demonstrates how manipulation of the naive can result in one’s success, but when used carelessly, it can lead to fatal consequences. If clever enough, exploiting the weak…

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    Write a critical note on the contrast of women characters used in the Merchant of Venice. Merchant of Venice is one of Williams Shakespeare comedy play or story written somewhere between the 1596 and 1598. This essay will mainly focus on each role of the women characters characteristics in the merchant of Venice. The female roles are consistently more complex than the male ones and even though the protagonists are often the male role, the action is frequently directed by a…

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