Emilia Galotti

Jealousy plays a main theme throughout Shakespeare’s play, Othello. Many factors lead up to Othello’s downfall. For example, Iago’s revenge plan including Cassio, triggered jealousy. The entire time, Othello is oblivious of Iago’s revenge against him. This enables Othello to believe “honest Iago” is just a friend helping him. However, in reality, Iago is getting his revenge. Desdemona has no idea why Othello is so indignant towards her during the midst of Iago’s plan, but later finds out in the worst

Edmund is a manipulative bastard in both senses of the word and he knows that deciding to save Lear and Cordelia is contradictory to his personality (“Despite of my own nature,” 24.243). However, Edmund’s devious nature did not come from nowhere. Right from scene 1, the Earl of Gloucester reluctantly introduces Edmund as his “whoreson” (1.22), stressing on Edmund’s illegitimacy. Edmund, in response, takes the verbal abuse in silence, with his only retaliation to remove his legitimate foil Edgar

The beginning of the play begins with an argument between two men, Iago is shown complaining to Roderigo that Othello, his Commander, chose the handsome young Cassio to be his first lieutenant instead of himself. This choice enrages Iago and therefore he vows to get revenge on Cassio. Iago then asks Roderigo to tell Desdemona's father, Brabantio, that his daughter is marrying Othello. He knows that Brabantio will be angered by this because he is a racist man and does not like Moorish people. After

Upon reading Shakespeare’s play, Othello, it has come to my attention that although Othello is a vital character to the plot, another significant character is Iago. The storyline of this play is about a man by the name of Othello falling in love and marrying a Venetian, Desdemona. Othello is the general of the armies of Venice and the reader learns immediately that he is despised by the antagonist, Iago. The plot surrounds Iago and his well thought-out plans of bringing vengeance to Othello and those

as she was Iago’s master tool/the ultimate traitor. Emilia did what she had to do constantly impress and gain her husband’s respect. She sneakily aids his masterplan never thinking further about her actions especially when Desdemona told her about the tension between herself and her husband. Emilia got what she deserved for betraying her lady trying to duly serve her husband because Desdemona told her the importance of the handkerchief and Emilia then having the opportunity to say something chose

Pride in Oedipus and Othello      In literature, the tragic heroes Oedipus and Othello allow the pride they have to cause their own demise by putting too much emphasis on the lives they have created for themselves. Oedipus, who blinds himself after finding out he has killed his birth father and married his birth mother, refuses to believe he has truly fulfilled his fate because he is so proud of what he has accomplished since he left Corinth. Othello demonstrates his pride by believing that

characters exhibiting complexes which come into direct conflict with the fixations of others, highlighting the self-destructive and all-consuming nature of obsession. This is reinforced by the climax of the play, the deaths of Othello, Desdemona and Emilia and Iago’s subsequent arrest and torture. Similarly, Dorian Gray presents various forms of obsession such as lust, infatuation and narcissism which leads, in most cases, to the destruction of the characters who are swiftly overcome by their vices

female roles within this play are more important and heroic than their male counterparts. The particularly important women in Othello are the characters Desdemona and Emilia. They are unlike each other in many ways, yet both are equally strong in their own ways. While Desdemona remains silent and faithful in the face of adversity, Emilia is outspoken and independent. While the male characters in this play use their actions to express their dominance, the females use their wit and words to show their

Perkins 1 Jonathan Perkins Professor Barbara Russell COM1102 1 August 2014 Compare and Contrast Desdemona and Emilia in “Othello” In the play "Othello", by William Shakespeare, there are two significant ladylike assumes that draw in our consideration. One is the wife of the play 's tragic saint Othello; the other is locked in to one of the best malevolent individuals ever Iago. They are an imperative piece of what goes ahead in the play and inevitably how the genuine issue of the play is settled

Shakespeare Makes the Change in Othello in Act III Scene iii Dramatically Credible In order for us to be able to judge how credible Othello's change is in Act III Scene iii, we must also take into account how credible Iago's actions are. This is the turning point of the play, and Othello begins the scene in a loving manner, expressing his love for Desdemona, yet by the end, Iago has fed him so much poison, that he is declaring his hate for her, and is willing to