Analysis Of ' Othello ' By William Shakespeare

Shakespeare is prominent in his use of recurring themes throughout his works, particularly those of love, death, and betrayal. All these themes are present in Othello. Most dominant, however, are manipulation and jealousy. Jealousy runs the characters’ lives in Othello from the beginning of the play, when Roderigo is jealous of Othello because he wishes to be with Desdemona, and to the end of the play, when Othello is furious with jealousy because he believes Cassio and Desdemona have been engaging in an affair, but manipulation the prominent action that fuels the jealousy within Othello. Some characters’ jealousy is fashioned by other characters. Iago is involved in much of this, creating lies and implementing confusing situations.

Here stands Othello, a noble military general, a respectfully brave and rather important leader of Venice, who is ironically seen as an outsider because of the color of his skin. He is referred to as a “Moor”- or black North African native, who evolves from a robust, resilient and determined military leader to a misguided murderer, all for the reason of love, jealousy, and ignorance at the hands of someone he considers a comrade.

Othello speaks to Iago in Act Three of the play saying, “certain, men should be what they seem” (3.3.131). This excerpt foreshadow events in which Othello will begin to question the actions and morality of Cassio and Desdemona, all orchestrated by Iago’s scheming nature. This is a very important concept to showcase because Othello devoutly loves Desdemona and trusts Cassio until conniving language from Iago causes him to think otherwise. Drawing on Shakespeare’s source story by Cinthio and other outside sources, textual information can be gathered to explore major concerns of “Othello”. Throughout this essay, I will present textual evidence from multiple sources examining the central concerns of the play, which include identity and revenge.

The play Othello bears great similarity to that of the Greek myth of Sisyphus, the king of Ephyra; where Sisyphus was sentenced to forever push a boulder up a hill. This makes resemblances the climb to a climax and the fall, with three main characters, each pushing a boulder up a hill; Othello one of trust, Iago one of manipulation and Roderigo pushing one of foolishness. When they finally reach the top of the hill it begins to roll down the other side, with nothing able to stop it. Character flaws are the fault for the characters’ self-demise. Shakespeare 's Othello has many characters and each of his characters is given a character flaw.

    In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello the audience finds heroism exhibited not only by the hero, the Moor, but also by other characters in the drama.

The Dramatic play entitled Othello is an unusual story full of jealousy, dark misunderstandings, lies, and regrets. Following Aristotle 's definition of a true tragedy, where does the tale of Othello fall? Is Othello too dramatic too be considered a tragedy or does it barely fall along the lines of tragic?

Mind control can be used to manipulate a person’s behavior through a psychological process, such as a process known as Classical Conditioning. Mind manipulation has been presented by villains throughout movies, novels, and even plays. The play Othello, written around 1603 by William Shakespeare, with the villain character Iago, is characterized as a jealous, hubris, sinister, crafty, and manipulative being. William Shakespeare has managed to write a tragic play where he used Iago’s malicious words to provide early Classical Conditioning, to cloud Othello’s mind of critical thoughts, turning him into a jealous zombie; this shows that Iago would go to any means necessary, whether it was murder or manipulation, to achieve his goal.

Othello by William Shakespeare tells the story of Othello who is described as a great pilot in the beginning by Cassio,

Shakespeare establishes an outsider in several of his plays and whether certain groups are considered to be “insiders” or “outsiders”. He displays this theme by Othello being a general of color living in Venice who must balance being a Moor and a Venetian. Othello demonstrates many times in the play his struggle to balance each of these roles. He is put into situations that call out characteristics from both personas, which affect the way he communicates with various characters throughout the play. The Venetian stereotype of a cruel and ignorant black man and the educated and broad-minded Christian military leader shine through in his interactions and conversations with other people. Othello’s struggles send him into madness which

Judging Othello from a self-proclaimed feminist Audre Lorde’s perspective allows the reader to see the double standards women faced in the Elizabethan society. Today our society assigns gender roles to children from birth. From the baby dolls needing care and EZ Bake Oven toys, little girls are encouraged at an early onset to lead domesticated lives. Boys on the other hand, are given cars and action figures that can take rough-housing because this is considered the type of behavior that was expected of them. Although gender roles are still a part of our society, we have made great progress from where our society was hundreds of years ago.

Odin’s greatest fear is to slowly becomes the person that other people think he is, which may lead to a tragedy. Speech = talk more about the rape scene, how it connected to sexualism or race. At the end, he finally revealed his true self by allowing the society’s expectation to be a part of him, society’s typical stereotype of young black men. The movie showcases the modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Othello” and includes how teen violence and racism can relate to each other and can lead to a tragedy.

This does not mean, of course, that the concepts of tragic heroes, tragic flaws, and an inspection of the protagonist have remained unchanged over the millennia. Tales grew somewhat less grand in scope as the centuries progressed, and this has led to an increased subtlety and complexity in the construction of tragic heroes and the bringing about of their downfall. An examination of two of Shakespeare's most well known and critically examined tragedies, Hamlet and Othello, demonstrates the changes in heroic traits and identities that have

This is a story of two men, from two very different walks of life. Their names – Iago and Haimon. Iago being the older of the two, a seasoned soldier and right hand man to general Othello of Venice, was known for his “honesty” and “wisdom”. The younger, Prince Haimon son of King Creon, wise beyond his years, highly compassionate, and active. One man used his mind for positive purposes, and the other for negative. The differences in these characters and their actions, show that man has the capacity for great good, or powerful evil.

Have you ever felt discriminated against due to your race? In Othello by William Shakespeare the theme of race is evident through out the play and is a very critical aspect towards the plot. Since Othello has a strong sense of self he is able to counter-balance the overt racism he is faced with in the beginning because he is respected and has high stature as a war general. Him and his wife lived happily without worrying what others thought of their bi-racial marriage. But, when Othello hears rumors of his wife’s possible infidelity he is soon over-whelmed with feelings of self-consciousness. These substandard feelings due to his race alter Othello’s usual self into a resentful, rage-filled, monster.

Literature and art are very powerful tools through which societies create and negotiate meaning and what they consider to be important parts of their culture and heritage. Literature can be seen as a vehicle in which certain powerful voices can to their best of their ability question whatever preconceived notions, power structures and relationships which they think have value or pertinence. That is to say, literary works, only serve a critical role inasmuch as they are used to hold some sort of lens or mirror to the societies which they are investigating. This might seem like a thoroughly modern mode of inquiry and something which is confined to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The case is that throughout history many different writers have used their voice as a platform to deal with things they saw as issues in their respective cultures and societies. William Shakespeare in one of his most famous plays Othello lies out a problem which he thought was pertinent enough for him to deal with directly, that is the problem of race. Othello was a Moor, a man of African descent who was put in a hostile situation by being put in Venice a primarily white society. The role of race in Othello and the kind of language used by Shakespeare throughout the play point towards Othello’s race and how others in the play as well as the reader react to these ideas.