Roderigo

There is a name that is known for mischief all for the good of the people. He is like a shadow in the background lurking in the day and night. Not many know what he looks like, only his helpers and the people that he help. I like the description.His name is the Scarlet Pimpernel, leaving a seal of a scarlet pimpernel wherever he has been. It gives a special emphasis on what he does. It tells us a classic story about old time superheros and how things were back then. I have grown to like this…

Tricksters in Modern Entertainment Throughout the ages of storytelling and movie making we’ve had several types of characters. We’ve had heroes, villains and antiheroes. All these characters have been set up with many personalities. One personality of a multitude of characters used in stories and movies is the “trickster” personality. The trickster has been changed and rewritten so many times that we have many stories, new and old, that portray a character with this trait. One modern day…

The Jealousy Syndrome In Othello (1603), a play by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the antagonist, Iago, enacts a plan to exact revenge on Othello, the army general, for appointing Cassio as lieutenant instead of him. He executes this by targeting Othello’s love for his wife, Desdemona by falsely implying that she is having an affair with Cassio. Jealousy is the central emotion throughout the play as it drives both Othello and Iago to act with cruelty to those around them. The role of Iago in…

manipulates many characters into doing what he wants, especially the character Roderigo. Roderigo is a gullible Venetian gentleman that longs to be with Othello’s wife Desdemona. In Act 1 Scene 3, Shakespeare shows his reader how manipulative and deceitful Iago can be through his dialogue with Roderigo. The 1995 film Othello, directed by Oliver Parker and starring Kenneth Branagh as Iago and Michael Maloney as Roderigo, effectively stages this scene in a way that makes it easy for the audience…

I first not this monologue when we were reading the play ‘Merchant of Venice’ but I only got gripped by this monologue when we watched the movie it really put the immensity of the monologue into perspective. I first noticed the actual gravity of the monologue forces you to give your full attention nothing less. I felt the actual power of the piece comes from how Shylock asks questions and then gives his answers to those questions with reasons of why he hates Antonio and what he has done to…

Is Machiavelli’s The Prince an amoral book, an immoral book, or neither? Fully discuss, illustrating your answer with ideas from the book. Machiavelli has gained a reputation of a cold-hearted, ruthless and cynical man mainly based on his famous book: “The prince”. The book itself is generally considered either immoral or amoral. May my audacious affirmation be excused, but I think that these statements have been made by a superficial approach. I strongly insist that this book is neither…

In life, there is that tendency to ruin the good things one has going on in their lives when they become more successful than they already are. People become inundated with the joy and achievement that they begin to act irresponsibly. A great thing such as winning the lottery can bring cheerfulness and satisfaction into one’s life but, on the other hand, this great thing can also become a complete nightmare. In most cases, when one goes from being extremely poor to being exceptionally rich, it…

Manipulation, although portrayed in a bad way by society, is very effective when used properly. The human mind is so fragile it can be broken with very simple techniques. Common examples in everyday life, like advertising, take advantage of these human mind defects. In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago proves to be very experienced in manipulation. Throughout the play, Iago is able, with words, to control almost every character he speaks to, like a puppet master. His plan plays out perfectly before…

"The Joker revels in creating chaos and destroying lives, believing that life’s a big joke and psychotically demonstrating that in a moment, it can all change." ("Joker." DC. Warner Brothers, 2016. Web. 06 Sept. 2016.) It can not be completely proven that the Joker is the best villain, but I can give you reasons as to why I think he is. The best villain doesn't need to defeat all the other villains in a hypothetical fight. (Thorne, Noel. "Why the Joker Is the Greatest Comic-Book Villain."…

Iago manipulates Othello into suspicion and then ultimate surety of Desdemona’s affair because of his word choice. William Shakespeare, author of Othello, shows right now Iago is telling Othello in how he believes Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. Since Iago says to really care for Othello that is why he is telling him to be careful with Cassio. Iago is explaining his reasonings to believe in Desdemona’s affair which are that he himself heard Cassio talking about Desdemona in his dreams.…