William Shakespeare 's The Winter 's Tale

Othello has been described as one of William Shakespeare’s most popular plays because the play focuses on its themes of good and evil, military, politics, love and marriage, religion, racial prejudice, gender conflict, and sexuality; but the controversy and debate surrounding Othello is “Why is Othello a qualification for a tragedy?”

William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice presents a man who is undone by his own insecurities, as well as strong female characters who lead to the downfall of the men. The character of Othello allows others to control how he feels and this leads to a tragedy that could have been prevented. The source of this tragedy comes from within himself. His character is completely wrapped up in his wife Desdemona’s character and interestingly enough, as soon as her character starts to decline from the words of Iago, so does Othello’s. Unable to stand on his own, Othello is more concerned with outwardly appearances than Desdemona. He puts more pressure on her, than he does himself in regards to his character and how he

In Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, and A Winter’s Tale, William Shakespeare shows the shift in which in which perception becomes knowledge. As a thing becomes known, through one sense or another, it is filtered through the mind, and then emerges as knowledge. Shakespeare examines this process, focusing on the ways in which we unconsciously influence the formation of knowledge. Much Ado about Nothing, Othello and A Winter’s Tale each explore different sides of jealousy which all stem from the same problem. All believe their innocent wives to be unfaithful. However, since everybody experiences reality differently, due to our own bias, we can never be certain that we understand anyones perspective. Claudio, Othello, and Leonates attempt to compensate for this uncertainty by assuming the absolute worst about their wives with only the absolute minimum of evidence. Unfortunately, their conviction that such assumptions are correct leads to disaster.

Supporting characters are often looked at as impractical and unnecessary, however they are just as important as major characters. Supporting characters help influence the way the main characters act and what they do. Minor characters not only make the main characters more meaningful, but they also help to develop and drive the plot. Ophelia, falling victim to the neglect and abuse of the other characters and depending solely on the men in her life, becomes the only character who truly becomes mad. Polonius’ concern with how others perceive him, along with his selfishness ultimately leads to him driving his children further away from him thus leaving Claudius with more power. Claudius uses manipulation, corruption and destruction of the lives of the innocent to stay in power, and in doing so; he is the epitome of all evil events that occur. In the tragedy Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the plot of the play obtains added mystery and dramatic appeal due to the complexity of the supporting characters, which propel the play to move forward.

“A text to be considered worthy of study must have a set of themes that the composer is able to make available and understood by all readers” Othello is a text in which is worthy of study for its ability to still have themes in which are relevant in a modern literary society and are easily understood. William Shakespeare’s 17th century play Othello is the story of Iago a man, who does not receive the position he wants and in revenge of this plots to ruin the life of his commanding officer, Othello. He manipulates everyone around him in order to seek revenge by destroying Othello’s life in every way possible. Shakespeare discusses the themes of the effects of jealousy on a person’s reality, the unreasonable gender stereotypes and expectations

In The Tragedy of Othello, Shakespeare constructs the character of the war hero and “noble Moor,” whose sense of honor and justice is compromised and brings about his downfall. The story is set in the island of Cyprus, where war has broken out between Venice and the invading Turks. Othello is respected and his military skills coupled with a charismatic and self-reliant character made Desdemona fall in love with him. He measures his self-worth and honorability based on his valor and his treasured wife, who had rejected other nobleman to be with him, despite him being older and dark-skinned which were traits that were tragically used to undermine his reputation. The main antagonist in this play is Iago. His resentment for Othello comes from being passed over for a promotion and he swears his revenge. He makes Othello believe that his new wife innocent wife, Desdemona, committed adultery with his newly promoted officer Michael Cassio. His proceeding actions leads Othello to take his own life after his wife’s. . In Scene 2 of Act 5, Othello claims, “For naught I did in hate, but all in honour.” Shakespeare shows that it is not the action Othello takes, but his inner nature that plays the compromising role of honor.

At first glance, twins may seem identical, but many would argue that they behave differently with uniquely hardwired brains. In William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, two main characters Viola-Cesario and Sebastian are lost in a shipwreck, but later reunite with each other and along their journey, confuse many other characters while mixing one another up. Viola-Cesario and Sebastian are twins who look very similar in appearance, but nevertheless they are actually two opposite characters with different attitudes and characteristics which shape their unique behavior. For instance, Sebastian and Viola-Cesario behave differently from each other since Sebastian is an aggressive person and Viola-Cesario is a peaceful person. However, considering

My final critical publication source came about me in a rather strange way. I had begun to think about the similarities that this play had to Othello so for more as a random search I used “Othello and A Winter’s Tale” as my search term. Not thinking it would yield much however I found a source entitled “Recasting Jealousy: A reading of the winter’s Tale” which actually pointed out several similarities between the two plays helping to solidify my

Although all humans develop personality traits as early as three to four months after birth, our unique natures and behaviors eventually unfold and serve as barcodes that distinguish us from one another. However, human beings are much more complex: we have unique personalities, but small diversions in an individual 's behavior can point towards certain mental illnesses. The American Psychiatric Association has catalogued these mental illnesses and their symptoms in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, otherwise known as the DSM-5. In The Tragedy of Hamlet, a play written by William Shakespeare during the early 17th century, a young Danish prince of the same name demonstrates abnormal deviations from typical human behavior. By drawing from specific scenes of the play and specific diagnoses from the DSM-5, it is revealed that Hamlet shows symptoms of Bipolar 1 disorder.

Why has Hamlet’s rage led him to a death that was destined to happen? Simple, his absolute motive was to seek revenge for the death of his father, who was once the King of Denmark. In this tragedy, Hamlet wanted to put on this image of an insane man. This would mislead the people around him from his intentions of killing King Claudius, who is strangely his uncle and “father” simultaneously. Claudius takes the throne for Denmark after pouring poison down King Hamlet’s ear without leaving any evidence behind. With this given information, the play begins with an apparition making appearances at the ramparts of the Elsinore Castle of Denmark. Readers soon discover that the ghost resembling figure is in fact Prince Hamlet’s father. As The Tragedy of Hamlet unfolds, William Shakespeare provides imagery through strong and complex dialogue. Shakespeare allowed Hamlet to lose himself in his own madness to create foreshadowing and confounding plots.

Shakespeare 's The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a play that will forever be recognized as a staple piece in classic literature. The play was focused around Hamlet, a man betrayed by his Uncle. Hamlets father, who was the King of Denmark passed away and his Uncle (father 's brother) took his place. There is a notorious argument among the readers of this tragedy of whether or not Hamlet actually became insane after his fathers death or was just bluffing. Hamlet was not crazy. No one would be the same after the death of a parent, especially under his circumstances.

In the play The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare, exists two different types of characters: dynamic characters, meaning characters who change throughout the play by learning and growing through their experiences, and static characters, meaning characters that stagnate from the beginning to end.

Since “The Winter’s Tale” is a grandiose character play, where Shakespeare himself battles art and nature with characters that put on alter egos and defenses over

William Shakespeare, also known as the greatest writer of English Literature, wrote a controversial play in 1609-1611 about the King of Sicilia who makes repulsive decisions reflecting his lack of humanity when it comes to his family. Bearing a child is a time that should bring out the joys of life and unite families. However, King Leontes of Sicilia destructs his opportunity to grow love for his unborn daughter and have what others only dream of because of suspicion that his wife is guilty of infidelity with the kings best friend. William Shakespeare’s play A Winter’s Tales is constructed in a unique form he often uses, like many of his other plays he has written primarily because of its two-part structure making the play feel as if it is written separately. Shakespeare constructs the first three acts as a tragedy due to all the misfortune that occurs because of King Leontes; the remainder of the play is a classic Shakespearean comedy during the summer/spring time, like always, Shakespeare finds a way to unite both structures with symbolic characteristics and create a tragic comedy.

The Winter's Tale is one of jealousy, betrayal and redemption. While this story involves many characters and opens questions of the flaws in human nature and the power of forgiveness, there are two main characters of particular anomaly. The actions of Leontes and Perdita in this play are unique unto themselves. As King, Leontes' every decision weighs heavily upon the court and his country. As we have seen in several other plays by Shakespeare, when the King is in distress, Nature herself is disrupted. The cosmic connection between Leontes and Nature allows for the supernatural forces that are seen late in the play. He has the opportunity to use these forces to accomplish great things. Instead he chooses to let