Shakespeare's Othello is about the jealousy of one man, not Othello, but Iago. ... At the end of act 1 scene 3, Iago says he thinks Othello may have slept with his wife, Emilia: "It is thought abroad that 'twixt my sheets he has done my office" (1.3.429-430). ... Cassio's drunken brawl with Rodrigo and Montano in Act II, scene iii interrupts Othello Desdemona for the second time. ... By using Emilia to get Desdemona's handkerchief, a symbol of Othello's love for her, Iago plans to control Othello's feelings. ... After he has learned the truth about Iago, Oth...

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It is for about only one act that this play is without a truly honorable hero. ... The audience sees how much Othello trusts his wife in the first act. ... Iago being one of Othello's generals has Othello's trust. ... In Act III scene III Iago and Othello have a conversation about who is doing Othello wrong. ... Throughout the first five acts of this play the only person that Emilia truly trusts is Desdemona. ...

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(Act 3, scene 3, 167-68) were Iago's words to Othello. ... (Act 3, scene 3, 420-21). ... (Act 3, scene 3, 90-92). ... (Act 4, scene 2, 181-82). ... In act five, scene one, Roderigo attempts to kill Cassio but only manages to wound him. ...

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(Act 3, scene 3, 167-68) were Iago's words to Othello. ... (Act 3, scene 3, 420-21). ... (Act 3, scene 3, 90-92). ... (Act 4, scene 2, 181-82). ... In act five, scene one, Roderigo attempts to kill Cassio but only manages to wound him. ...

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Because of this act of servitude to her husband, she was tortured by her mistake of allowing her child to be taken away, regretful, and mournful. ... Next, we turn to Desdemona in Othello. Desdemona played Othello's new wife. ... The play Tartuffe is quite opposite of Othello and Oedipus the King. ... In the play there are five characters, four men and one boy. ...

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Each one is segmented into five acts, each of which are representative of the same general sequence of plot development. Act I serves as an introduction to the situation and the characters. Act II is a further development and continuation of the plot. Act III is the climax that serves to solidify and give direction towards the eventual outcome. Act IV is a sort of transition and prelude to Act V in which the final crisis occurs and the play is resolved. ...

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In Othello's valedictory speech, nearing the end of Act V, Scene II, a final attempt is made to persuade the responder to accept a less than completely villainous image of him. ... Shakespeare stresses Othello's alienation in a way that he does not do earlier in the play, comparing Othello to a "base Indian- who cast away a pearl worth more than all of his tribe. Finally, Othello recalls a time where he defended Venice by killing a Turkish enemy, and then stabs himself in a re-enactment of his earlier act; thereby casting himself as both insider and outsider, enemy and defender of t...

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In the play, Othello, by William Shakespeare, the memorable ideas have been presented through dramatic techniques by the characterization of Iago and Othello. ... Through soliloquies, he openly confesses to the audience his plans to deceive Othello where he will get revenge on Othello and "pour pestilence into his ear" (2.3.338). ... In Act five Scene One, Shakespeare uses dramatic action and tension where Roderigo attempts to kill Cassio. ... He conveys a clear perception of Desdemona's innocent nature which makes her vulnerable to his scheming act, "so will I turn her vir...

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Just as Iago noted in Act three, scene three, lines one hundred and ninety-five to one hundred and ninety-six, jealousy would be Othello's demise. ... Cassio's conversation with Desdemona at the opening of Act three played right into the hands of Iago. ... Iago subtly plants suspicion in Othello's mind, and unaware as Othello may be, it is all that is needed to fuel his jealousy. ... Honest Iago, the man Othello trusted far beyond a normal realm of trust, pushed Othello into the death trap of suspicion. ... Maybe if he had Othello would have seen the plan Iago had in mind, a...

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The crux of Shakespeare's Othello is the tragic fall from grace of valiant Othello' and the rippling destruction that occurs as a result of Othello's psychological decay. ... For a tragedy to occur there are five conditions. ... As a result of his evilness, Iago's perception of Othello is hardly credible when examining the social status of Othello. ... Othello's downfall is directly determined by the exploits of Iago, who seeks to marginalise Othello. ... Scene three of act four is a specific scene that relates directly to a discussion of the play's representatio...

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Dorian Gray believes that he is exactly like the character in the novel and decides that it is there for him to act out. ... Iago is jealous of Othello; he doesn't have the relationship with his wife that Othello and Desdemona have because he doesn't understand the meaning of love. He suspects that Emilia has slept with Othello in the past and is mad that Desdemona could be so faithful to Othello while Emilia is not. ... Lord Henry Wotton has passed his youth and is looking to Dorian Gray to relive it for him by teaching him his system of beliefs and helping him act upon them. ... "A...

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In high school, Robeson received standing ovations for his role as Othello in the Shakespearian tragedy, Othello (Wright 18). ... Robeson acted in many plays, but the ones that brought him critical attention were The Emperor Jones and All God's Chillun Got Wings (Contemporary Black Biography). ... As a result, he had to cancel eighty-five concerts because cities were banning him from performing (Dictionary of American Biography). Finally, in 1958, Paul Robeson was granted a passport, and he immediately left for England where he resided for five years; there he was showered with appreci...

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He was recognized by the American Film industry while he acted on Broadway. ... He won four Academy awards, and was nominated for eleven, including Best Actor for Othello, Henry V, Rebecca, and Wurthering Heights and several other roles he played. Olivier won five Emmy Awards. ... Despite his poor health he continued to act, and made his last television appearance in War Requiem (1988). ...

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Tamora and her family goes as far as disguising themselves in act five, scene two and she displays to the reader the revenge she seeks in lines such as: "Thus, in this strange and sad habiliment, I will encounter with Andronicus, and say I am revenge, sent from below to join with him and right his heinous wrong. ... He does have some amazing characterizations, one that stands out from Othello, black Moore created by Shakespeare. ... (Act 4, Scene 2) Then towards the ending of the play he pleads for the son's life and makes a deal with the Romans in order for the survival of his child...

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With the popular appropriations of Shakespeare's plays (namely "Romeo and Juliet" and "Othello") to film recently, a wider range of audiences are becoming familiarised with Shakespeare's language and ability to create original and interesting characters. ... In act five, the main action of the play is over and Shakespeare concentrates more on his language. The metaphors, personification and classical allusions he includes in this act produce a romantic atmosphere and reinforce the setting. ...

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The layout of the stage consisted of five levels. ... However, Shakespeare wrote, produced, and sometimes even acted in his own plays. ... Shakespeare's next great tragedy was Othello, which was a tragedy of jealousy. ... After Othello, Shakespeare wrote Macbeth, a tragedy of ambition (Best). ...

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Despite the authorship "the artistic problem would remain untouched, because that drama remains always the same; Lear laments and imprecates in the same manner, Othello struggles furiously, Hamlet meditates and wavers before the problem of humanity, and the action that he is called upon to take; and in the same manner, all are enwrapped in the veil of Eternity" (Krull 32). ... Shakespeare began his studies at the age of five in "petty school", where he was taught how to read and write in English. ... Several of Shakespeare's famous tragedies were written and performed in this theatre su...

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The chronology of drama is divided into five periods, which give us the picture of his drama creating progress. 1. ... At the end of sixteenth century England had about five million inhabitants, and London about a hundred and twenty five thousand. The buildings in London had five or four storeys and some of them were filled out with people: tradesmen, craftsmen, sailors and gentlemen. ... The plays were acted at Oxford university and in many other towns, in accommodation, which could be used for that purpose. ... After that he acted in "The Curtain" and had his first acting and dramatic su...

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Being his most noteworthy work, The Spanish Tragedy is responsible for the introduction of an abundance of game changing ideals such as "the iambic pentameter, the five act structure, the play within a play, causality, the Machiavellian villain, the soliloquy, the blank verse, and the Revenge Tragedy" (Nance); single handedly opening new doors and paving uncharted roads in Elizabethan Theatre for other writers to follow in the years to come. ... Undoubtedly, Kyd is the one whom these contributions have been relatively attributed to in the world of academia and in the institutionalize...

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From Julius Caesar to Macbeth, from Othello to Hamlet, Shakespeare presented at least one machiavel. ... Only after Lear sparks the fire of his ultimate demise, the exiling of both Cordelia and Kent, are the readers presented with the true villainous self of Edmund in his soliloquy in Act I, Scene ii. ... As everyone else is on a downward spiral, Edmund rises higher than all the other characters in King Lear, such as Machiavelli's Prince would act once created by the degeneration of the surrounding Shakespearian roles. ... When the prince needs to be deceitful, though, he must not appea...

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From Julius Caesar to Macbeth, from Othello to Hamlet, Shakespeare presented at least one machiavel. ... Only after Lear sparks the fire of his ultimate demise, the exiling of both Cordelia and Kent, are the readers presented with the true villainous self of Edmund in his soliloquy in Act I, Scene ii. ... As everyone else is on a downward spiral, Edmund rises higher than all the other characters in King Lear, such as Machiavelli's Prince would act once created by the degeneration of the surrounding Shakespearian roles. ... When the prince needs to be deceitful, though, he must not appea...

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It was five and a half hours long and Luc Sante, author of the book Lowlife, describes it as "..the most preposterous concatenation of ill-fitting elements." ... A prime attraction of that time was the idea of the minstrel show, in which white men wore black face paint and acted out racist stereotypes in a crude comical form. ... While it is true that many shows were shows of mere spectacle, many theater houses continued to put on Shakespearian plays, like Richard III and Othello. ...

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He told her his feelings toward her "My dearest love" (act I, scene v, l 58). ... Macbeth had decided in order to prove his manhood he must go through with this horrible act. ... (Act V, scene vii, l 9). ... Love is a powerful force and people act irrationally when under its spell. ... Scotland makes accusations through Banquo's soliloquy and the nobles speaking of Macbeth in act five proving their beliefs of murder. ...

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Their interactions are characterized by denial, suspicion, insecurity, guilt, isolation, and resentment. (34)" The fourth act brings the closest thing to resolution possible for the Tyrone's. ... The forth act begins with Edmund returning, to find his father alone and drunk. ...

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