... ! but me no buts - it is all one to me, for you are quoting Shakespeare." (Bernard Levin. From The Story of English. Robert McCrum, William Cran and Robert MacNeil. Viking: 1986). As a person William Shakespeare was loyal, good-willed and gentle. It is true that he may not have been an adequate father to his ... growing children but it is clear that he loved his family and was heartbroken by the death of his only son at the age of eleven. He was a man ... Horatio. In fact there is even question as to whether or not Hamlet should even be considered a tragic hero in the first place. Even ...

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... in his schemes. "Much credit must be given to Iago's diabolical prowess which enables him to bend and twist the supple minds of his friends and spouse." (Novelguide) His first victim, Roderigo, is tricked into doing his dirty work by believing that if he listened to Iago, as well as paid ... others confess to her despite her true actions, "her greatest asset is definitely her ability to extract the information she needs from others." (Shmoop) The only time she ever actually tells the truth to a single person it is to Judge Brack. This however ends up biting Hedda in butt when Judge Brac...

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... amount of pain it caused her in Act IV scene ii and iii. The lack of love portrayed by Emilia can only be attributed to not only to her verbally abusive husband and the lack of affection shown by him, but also perhaps to her inability to love another person, as she is never shown true, forgiving, honest love by another human herself ... . Many arguments have been made pertaining to the jealousy of both Othello and Iago; however, it could easily be argued ... many. Emilia is a particularly interesting character developed by Shakespeare. Although one may not notice at first glance, she is...

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... is presented as automatically being associated with negativity: Your son-in-law is far more fair than black. By seemingly complimenting Othello and saying that his qualities are of a white person, the Duke depersonalizes people of black skin, insinuating that they are not equally human and it is in this way that Othello's character is severely marginalised ... very limited amounts of power and influence within the text. The marginilisation of female characters is expressed primarily through the character of Desdemona and the associated notions of the female role and rights in marriage. ...

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... is aware that only devastation and tragedy will follow. As the play continues and Othello's downfall nears, Iago persistently deceives him in order to strengthen Othello's belief that Desdemona has deceived him. As he did at the beginning of the play, Iago continues to gain Othello's trust through lies and deception. The first person language, "I am your own for ever" ... reinforces Iagos dishonest and deceitful character which drives his scheme against Othello. The deceptive plan sparks Othello's tragic flaw which leads to his downfall, thus ... making the idea of deception in the play...

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... , and malice that are portrayed by his unbelievably petty and inane characters. Well enough with the author I"d say it is now time to actually critic the acts of honor and betrayal in this pitifully simplistic excuse for a play. First of all the first act of betrayal comes in the beginning when the classically blonde character of Desdemona betrays her father to marry Othello, after all "if thou ... that Shakespeare so often uses to torture his now comatose audience. Unfortunately this is not the end of this mediocre tale of raving stupidity and obvious insanity; at least on the part of t...

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Shakespeare creates the character of Iago as the villain of the play. Iago is the driving force of the plot behind the scenes in Act 1 as he manipulates the other characters, particularly Roderigo, and formulates schemes throughout the first act. In the first scene of the play Iago is complaining about not having received the promotion to lieutenant that he felt he deserved. Therefore we immediately see that he is a negative character and Shakespeare ... a suitable successor. As with most of Iago's manipulative speeches he shifts into a more complex manner of speech often to invoke emotion in...

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... it is stated that Othello is very susceptible to jealousy. One suggests that Othello's ignorance and trust trigger his "passionate anger or jealousy" and the other states that Othello's inbuilt personality defect is what causes the jealousy. The first approach (Bradley's approach), emphasises on Othello's romantic imagination and poetic stance, and how they may "dull his intellect". Even though Bradley criticises ... women being reinterpreted at the close of the twentieth century." Hancock exclaims that depending on the text type, a character's representation and the events that occur in...

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... our villains and protagonists. Having been introduced to almost the full cast of the play in the first scene, we can clearly understand the intentions of most of the characters. Even though we cannot exactly see the aspirations of some characters in the story until later on, it is quite plainly laid out for the audience to see what kind of person each character is. Commencing with Roderigo, we are ... introduced to this character in the very first lines of the play ... and undoubtedly the audience ... ...

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... created by upper class elitists, will mean that using this, the whole of society is controlled or under their manipulation. This hides the fact that an able person such as Iago is more suitable for a position that Cassio holds, but due to the ideologies and context, the upper class in which Cassio is from, controlled the decision to rule out Iago. It can be said that ... Othello kept with this ideology rather than choosing the efficient and suitable abilities. Even though ... Othello using remarks such as "thick lips". Using metaphors such as "an old black ram is tupping your white ewe...

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... on in act two, Brabatio and his men with swords confront Othello. This is the first time in the play there is potential for violence, how ever Othello takes control of the situation and is calm as he resolves the potential conflict by replying "keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them good signor you shall more command with years than with your ... not react when he is verbally abused as he showed a great deal of maturity when speaking to Iago about Roderigo however Brabantio abuses Othello in person in front of the Duke where he calls him "o thou foul thief, abuser of the...

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