One of the most commonly noted factors in Othello is the presence of racism, and often asked is how Shakespeare himself felt about the black Moor of Venice ; certainly by the end of the play Othello has embodied the stereotypes of the day, but I believe the Bard of Avon did this simply to ...
There is no doubt that Othello is a tragedy. With several deaths, an undeniably evil villain, and clashing characters it certainly fulfills the genre’s requirements. Othello is about dishonesty. Iago, the ultimate villain, is a liar. However, Othello is also about honesty. Desdemona is honest, but Othello believes that she is not. Iago is not ...
Jealousy is used several times throughout “Othello” as a theme for different characters and is used each time for different reasons. Jealousy is apparent in characters such as Iago, Roderigo, and Othello. Each instant of jealousy provides readers and viewers a better understanding of the character’s feelings and future motives. The message within each character’s ...
Emilia is a somewhat puzzling character in Othello since she does not have soliloquies or asides. Unlike Lago, who reveals himself in detailed monologues, what goes on in her mind is left up to the reader’s imagination. Despite limited knowledge of Emilia’s intent, the play implies that her intentions were innocuous even though they lead ...
Time passes, class texts are read, dissected, deconstructed. Suddenly in the epochs of literary criticism, a new theory emerges. Schools of thought form and take shape and eventually find themselves in the subconscious of the reader, who now has the option of understanding his literature with a new interpretive strategy. One of the new schools ...
In Act V, Scene II of Shakespeare’s Othello, the Moorish general’s life and fortune are finally unraveled by the malicious Iago. The general stumbles into his bedchamber to find Desdemona sleeping and reiterates his perceived necessity in killing her. Desdemona is awakened by Othello’s presence of her husband and is battered with charges of gross ...
In the play Othello by William Shakespeare, Iago is a malicious manipulator who commits treacherous deeds without true motives. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a famous English Poet, describes Iago’s actions as “the motive-hunting of motiveless malignity” because in the play Iago spitefully creates havoc and desperately seeks motives for his malice. Iago’s scheme to depose Cassio, ...
In the famous play “Othello” by William Shakespeare, Iago is the master of manipulation who ruins several lives maliciously and treacherously. Iago devises a very devious plot that manipulates Roderigo to commit bloody deeds for his treacherous ends. All the major characters become pawns and eventually victims of Iago’s plot. It is as though Iago ...
Shakespeare’s Othello is a drama that relies entirely too much on circumstantial evidence. The handkerchief is used as the one and only piece of major evidence to prove the infidelity of Othello’s wife, Desdemona. The reliance on the handkerchief is inappropriate in that the play could have drastically changed very easily had the handkerchief and ...
Out of all the examples of Shakespeares animal imagery, it is perhaps that of “making the beast with two backs” that engenders the feelings of most disgust on a character, or indeed, an audience. The reference comes from Othello, where Iago tries to think of the very worst scenario he can possibly paint to a ...
