William Shakespeare is a literary legend; composing dozens of plays, poems and short stories - mostly about love, incest, murder, tragedy and infidelity. The playwright had a way of constructing many complex characters and it's from his genius that we have such characters as Hamlet, Othello, ... Venice; Othello can easily be perceived as Demon with Magic, or some sort of Devil Desdemona's father Brabantio, King of Cyprus, is infuriated when, Iago reveals to him, Othello and Desdemona's marriage. Brabantio believes Othello, has swayed Desdemona with his dark magic, "My Daughter! Oh my Daughte...

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... "a man that is neither thoroughly good nor thoroughly evil but a mixture of both-. None other then the villainous Iago achieves this breakdown. In most stories there is a battle between evil and good and in a majority of them good triumphs over evil. Othello is an exception to this well-known mould ... misled in a disastrous way. When he is accused of stealing away the fair Desdemona he replies with: "That I have ta'en away this old man's daughter, It is most true; true, I have married her,"" (I. iii. 78-79) He does not see that he has wronged Brabantio but simply is a ... and belief t...

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Act 1 Scene 3: Othello Othello: "Her father loved me; oft invited me; Still question'd me the story of my life, From year to year, the battles, sieges, fortunes, That I have passed. I ran it through, even from my ... that she did pity them. This only is the witchcraft I have used:" During Act 1, scene 3 Othello is brought before the Duke of Venice and is accused of disillusioning senator Barbantio's daughter into marrying him. Othello being a honest and respected man is allowed to speak on his behalf and tells Barbantio how it came to be that Desdemona fell in love with ... him. He explains...

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... revenge. His revenge extends to other members of the Linton and Earnshaw clans and we even see his vengeful passion directed at Cathy, his great love Catherine's daughter - "at this point he seemed ready to tear Catherine into pieces." Othello is also ruled by the same passion that stems from jealousy which we can ... brother and the end, thus no longer a victim of Heathcliff's revenge. Cathy's life is also irreparably changed by Heathcliff's revenge against her father and his family. She is removed from her childhood, her inheritance taken, she is forced to marry an uncaring, spoilt brat...

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... to be honest as it is expressed during the most challenging times. Primarily, Othello is aware that race is an obstacle, which Brabantio must overcome in order to support his daughter's relationship. Knowingly, he continues to express his love story while he might lose his military position and reputation if does so. He confidently states, "She lov'd me for the ... -minded and an independent woman who truly loves her husband. Initially, to confirm Othello and Desdemona's love, her say is extremely necessary for the Duke and Brabantio to believe Othello's stories. "That I did love the Moo...

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