Roderigo

Othello. In all of our other scenes we follow the same pattern of more serious poses with interesting music and costumes. All of our music is very modern and reflects exactly what is going on in the scene. We have the song ‘backstabber’ by Kesha when Roderigo is literally stabbed in the back. I believe these clever pairings of music and scene also help the audience understand what’s happening. We spent a lot of time picking the right song for each scene. Our groups biggest strength was our…

Shakespeare’s plays are known to display countless themes, some of which manifest through the body of the works as a whole. There is a dichotomy between appearance and reality in Shakespearean works. The idea that people or things in the world are often not what they seem, falls at the heart of all his plays. The false appearances of the characters often lead to the climax. The reality is the truth of what exists, but the appearance is merely what someone makes something look like. There are…

Othello: A hero Othello by William Shakespeare is one of his enigmatic tragic plays. Shakespeare 's intricately woven tale sees characters influence each other to an extent that the initial presentation of a character is almost unrecognizable as the play unfolds. Inevitably this is can be the sole trait in tragedy, an outcome of exterior circumstances or individuals influencing an otherwise stable and predictable personality. Shakespeare 's genius is revealed with a focus on Othello 's…

Within the world of storytelling, one character that has stood out since the beginning is identified as the tragic hero. Philosopher Aristotle created the tragic hero in his book Poetics; Aristotle characterized a tragic hero as a tragic flaw, excessive pride, a reversal of fate, punishment that cannot be avoided, and the pity and fear felt from the audience (Aristotle 39). Shakespeare used the tragic hero guideline in many of his plays; not all those tragic heroes are true tragic heroes as…

Shakespeare’s introduction of the characters allows him to communicate Othello’s calm and composed state of mind as a result of his balanced trust between Desdemona and Iago. Through Othello’s rationale behind loving Desdemona, Shakespeare displays the resulting strong bond of trust between the two and its impact upon Othello’s mental state. Amidst the controversial announcement of Othello and Desdemona’s marriage, Othello declares that “[Desdemona loves] me for the dangers I [have] passed,/And…

First, Roderigo saw Iago as a friend and helped him advance his relationship with Othello. Othello even labelled him ‘honest Iago’ and allowed Iago to advise him on his wife. Iago then convinced Cassio to drink, which lost Cassio the respect of Othello and the position…

The 2016 Presidential Election was arguably one of the most idiosyncratic, grueling, and downright barbaric election cycles to ever grace the polls of America. However, one product of this taxing span was that social injustices, particularly female-focused civil rights, became a focal point of America’s interest. On the subject of females, they were particularly decisive in the months leading up to the election, and consequently, they were able to be used to the advantage of female candidate…

that Shakespeare’s use of words in Othello are directly linked to the internal cohesion with the themes of the play I.e.: love and jealousy. It is his use of words in Othello, which causes the build-up of emotions in audiences. For example through Roderigo and Iago’s quotes: “an old black ram is tupping your white ewe” (Act I, Scene I, lines 80-89), “you’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse” (Act I, Scene I, lines 111-114), audiences get pounded with racist and sexually offensive…

Shakespeare’s Othello is seen as a very race driven play but just how much does race influence the characters and the direction of the play? Othello has large overtone of racism, mainly revolving around an inter-racial marriage. Most of all the characters in Othello constantly point out the fact that Othello is a person of color. Because he is a person of color he is treated far differently than his peers and it causes the play to move in a much different direction. Iago turns Iago into an…

Strength of a Woman “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within” (Maya Angelou). This powerful quote proves true in William Shakespeare’s Othello. Othello is a play set in Venice, at a time where gender is dictated by society through expectations of their perceived roles. The play revolves around Othello, a noble African moor and his attempt at love with the pure, virtuous Venetian lady Desdemona. This marriage, however, is condemned to disastrous ends and violent deaths. As a powerful…