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    reason for Othello’s demise lies somewhere else. However, the allegations of race directly lead to its tragic ending. Feelings of inadequacy and distrust without question aid in the tragedy. The fact that Othello’s skin color is important alters the interpretation of the tragedy within the play. The racism represented in Othello is not just about an instance of prejudices and prejudgments made by a crowd of people against another, but in fact has much more subtle and devastating consequences, specifically

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    Jealousy In Othello Essay

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    Jealousy in Othello                 Shakespeare is known for his exceptional ability to compose plays full of deceit, trickery, revenge, and jealousy. The play Othello, evolves around the theme of jealousy.   One of Shakespeare's most credible characteristics in his writing is his ability to compose a play in which has a story that originates, and strides on lies. As theses lies were unraveled the central theme of his play became distinct, and clearly visible. The central theme was

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    Othello’s Diverse Themes         Othello is one of William Shakespeare’s tragedies which thrives on a group of themes. Let’s see if we can sort them out and determine the dominant ones from the lesser ones.   The pain which the audience experiences is no accident, but rather one of the themes written into the play. Critic Caroline Spurgeon in “Shakespeare’s Imagery and What it Tells Us” explains the significant contribution which imagery makes to the theme of pain and unpleasantness

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    dark and light. Even the popular playwright William Shakespeare incorporated these concepts into three great tragedies. The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice. These themes appear in the modern film adaptations of directors Gregory Doran (Hamlet 2009), Roman Polanski (Macbeth 1971), and Oliver Parker (Othello 1995.) THE TEMPTERS AND THE TEMPTED There is no battle between good and evil unless there is someone

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    The Numerous Themes in Othello        The Shakespearean tragedy Othello contains a number of themes; their relative importance and priority is debated by literary critics. In this essay let us examine the various themes and determine which are dominant and which subordinate.   A. C. Bradley, in his book of literary criticism, Shakespearean Tragedy, describes the theme of sexual jealousy in Othello:   But jealousy, and especially sexual jealousy, brings with it a sense of shame

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    In William Shakespeare's play, Othello, there is an example of evil personified. He is the character of Iago, and he wreaks havoc and destruction on all those under his influence. As the play develops, we see unfolded a plethora of lies, deceptions and clever schemes. Iago seizes every opportunity to advance his malicious plan to his advantage. Greed and jealousy play a major role as a motive for his various schemes. Iago first reveals his cunning and unscrupulous behavior in his encounter with

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    Jealousy in Othello In Othello, Shakespeare presents us with that tragic story of a man who, in a jealous rage, destroys what he loves most in the world. All of the tragedy that happens in this play is caused by jealousy. It destroys their lives by causing Iago to show his true colors and forces Othello to destroy his own life as well as the lives of many others around him. Jealousy is what makes this play a tragedy, and if that jealousy had been eliminated from this play it would no longer be a

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    Othello's Decline

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    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 they confront each other, Othello and Brabantio take their issue to the

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    Shakespeare’s play Tragedy of Othello, deception is a common motif throughout the story. For an example, Iago, the deceiver, has the devious plan to take down Othello, by the use of manipulation caused by deception. This is because Othello had given Iago a simplistic job as an ancient, meanwhile Iago deserves a way better job due to his experiences. Hence, Iago seeks revenge and uses the act of manipulation whilst persisting a sufficient amount of idiotic characters with hubris, such as Othello, Roderigo

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    Rebecca Fitzharris Ms. Weaver World Literature November 10, 2016 In the tragedy Othello, the emotion of jealousy is portrayed through most of the characters and their actions. Throughout the play you can notice that some of the characters use and manipulate the feeling of jealousy towards the other characters, and you begin to see the consequences and effects this has on them. Even though this emotion influences some of the characters’ emotions and overall situations more than others, it

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