Task two‚ Othello This play presents several opposing views of love and marriage. What are these views and who expresses them? Iago is really jealous of Othello because he has Desdemona. However‚ Iago does not want Desdemona‚ he just envies Othello for the sake of it. Iago is jealous of Cassio too because Cassio got the promotion that Iago wanted. Desdemona is faithful to Othello no matter what‚ even when Othello accuses her repeatedly of just the opposite‚ and even when Othello is suffocating
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critic ‘Shakespearean tragedy: lectures on Hamlet‚ Othello‚ King Lear‚ and Macbeth’ by A.C. Bradley describes Iago’s motivation as his ‘fear of another man’s getting the better of him’. Bradley also states that Iago was jealous of Othello’s life and felt the need to ruin many aspects of it because he wanted a sense of “power and superiority” over Othello. This could be the motivation for what Iago has done because he had always worked and been below Othello in the social hierarchy. Bradley believes that
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of the main character‚ Iago‚ toys with the mind of Othello‚ generally leading Othello into having the jealous thoughts towards his peers and an hateful heart towards his wife‚ Desdemona. At the beginning of the story‚ Othello makes it apparent to the other men in the story that he is okay with Desdemona’s independence‚ and is actually proud of that in her and makes it apparent that‚ her independance is a feature that attracted Othello to Desdemona. “ But to be free and bounteous to her mind; And heaven
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regard and affection. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Othello‚ there are many questions that the reader would ask about the love that Othello has for Desdemona. During many aspects of the play‚ Othello’s love for his wife is contradictory and questionable. Throughout Shakespeare’s play‚ Othello displays that he does not truly love Desdemona through his relationship was based on pity and not true love‚ the lack of trust Othello had for Desdemona raised false suspicion and Shakespeare’s design to create
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hard to imagine that’s ok because I’m an actor in the 21st century hear to talk to you about Desdemona. Desdemona was a beautiful‚ young‚ white Venetian girl but also she disobeys her father’s expectations by marrying a black man‚ she also challenges the society that largely disapproves of intercultural marriages and also she gets abused by her husband. In this way‚ Desdemona’s relationship with Othello speaks to the play’s concerns with the 16th century attitudes about Lust‚ Defying social standards
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is just a matter of being chastised; and with a lack of punishment‚ we would all be much more evil than we imagine. In Shakespeare’s Othello‚ we tend to empathize with Othello‚ the honest Moor‚ in spite of being much more similar to Iago. We would like to imagine that Othello’s actions are human nature‚ but deep down we understand Iago’s behavior. Iago’s motivations for monetary gain through
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Desdemona The daughter of the Venetian senator Brabantio. Desdemona and Othello are secretly married before the play begins. While in some ways stereotypically pure and meek‚ Desdemona is also determined and self-possessed. She is equally capable of defending her marriage‚ jesting bawdily with Iago‚ and responding with dignity to Othello’s incomprehensible jealousy. Desdemona is a more plausible‚ well-rounded figure than much criticism has given her credit for. Arguments that see Desdemona as
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into question Othello’s love for Desdemona. When confessing his love for her in front of the senate Othello says‚ “She loved me for the dangers I had passed‚/ And I loved her that she did pity them” (I.iii.193-194). At the beginning of the play Othello clearly states the reason why he and desdemona fell in love with each other. Neither of them fell in love with each other’s personality‚ but instead fell for the idea of the other.Desdemona fell in love with Othello for the stories he told from his
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Desdemona has not fallen victim to Othello’s insane rage and jealousy by her wrong doing. She isn’t even the main target of the demise brought upon Iago. The one to fall is Othello‚ but to achieve this‚ Iago must get him to kill Desdemona. Totally deprived of breath and of words to tell the truth. Wrong place’s at the most wrong times‚ this is what made her the passive victim for Iago’s true victim. Desdemona is probably the strongest willed character in the play‚ although she is a woman. Shakespeare
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Write a critical analysis of the relationship of Othello and Desdemona in Shakespeare`s tragedy Othello. Pay special attention to the interracial character of this relationship and the use of racist stereotypes in the play. The contrast between The Moor Othello and the gentle Desdemona in Shakespeare`s tragedy Othello is noteworthy. Yet initially it looks like one complements the other: “She loved me for the dangers that I had passed. And I loved her for that she did pity them.”( Act
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