... and prevented the whole tragedy. However, his weaknesses and Edmund's perseverance in exacting revenge allowed the play to become a tragedy. Hamlet's revenge was because his new stepfather had married his mother after killing his father. Hamlet is the only character in the three tragic plays who had a justified reason to be angry. Hamlet's anger increases as he sees his ... mother and Claudius together. Hamlet takes many steps to be sure that Claudius is in fact the killer. He stages a play in which the same events transpire as they did with ... truly thought out his reasons for reven...

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... he still had doubts. The last factor was the handkerchief that Othello gave to Desdemona. To understand the importance of it, Othello said: "That handkerchief Did an Egyptian to my mother give; She was a charmer, and could almost read The thoughts of people: she told her, while she kept it, "Twould make her amiable and subdue my father Entirely to her ... like your precious eye; To lose "t or give "t away were such perdition As nothing else could match." (3.4.50-62). Othello meant by this, that his mother and father would stay in love as long as his mother kept the handkerchief, but if ...

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... anything of it. The night she is murdered, Desdemona prepares herself for bed. She tells Emilia about a song called "Willow." She says this song was sung by one of her mother's servants who was in love with a crazy guy who ended up leaving her. She says that the song is stuck in her head and worries that Othello has gone crazy ... and will desert her too. "My mother had a maid called Barbary, she was in love, and he she loved proved mad and did forsake her. She had a song of "Willow," an old thing 'twas, but ... ...

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... and is in the possession of Cassio. Enraged Othello confronts Desdemona, telling her of its magic. He tells her a story of how Othello's mother received it from an Egyptian sorceress. There was magic in it. It made Othello's mother lovable. This brought his father to her. If the handkerchief was given away or lost that the magic of it would be lost ... ...

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... for underhanded treachory, and ultimately as a means for the realization of betrayal. To Othello, the handkerchief has magical powers. He explains the history behind it. "Did an Egyptian to my mother give. She told her, while she kept it, t'would make her amiable and subdued my father entirely to her love; but if she lost it or made a gift of it ... , my father's eye should hold her loathed, and his spirits should hunt after new fancies." (Act III, Scene IV, Lines 56-63). His mother gave it to him on her death bed. Othello was to give it to the woman he loved and as long as she had it, s...

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... reverent tone in 'my fair warrior' in addressing Desdemona highlights Othello's confusion between love and his social responsibilities. Meanwhile, Desdemona's rational tone in 'so much duty as my mother showed to youso much I challenge that I may profess due to the Moor my lord' in defence against Brabantio's anger demonstrates how the patriarchal expectations of the Elizabethan context strengthens her ... ...

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... her father when justifying her actions. In the jury scene (Act 1 Scene 3) she says "I am hither to your daughter: but here's my husband, And so much duty as my mother show'd to you, preferring you before her father, so much I challenge that I may profess due to the Moor my lord,". Thus, Desdemona differentiates from the remainder of Venetian society ... ...

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... at all, that still couldn't prevent her from falling victim to Iago's evil schemes. Desdemona was too obedient to Othello. But here's my husband; And so much duty as my mother show'd to you, preferring you before her father, So much I challenge that I may profess? (1.3.203-206). Desdemona chose Othello over her father which allowed Iago to realize and exploit this ... ...

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... her father, but devotion to her husband". To you I am bound for life and education....I am hitherto your daughter. But here is my husband. And so much duty as my mother showed to you, preferring you before her father...(act1,sc3L210). In other words, she is grateful to her father for what he has given to her but will stand by ... ...

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... as "an honorable murderer"; as "one that loved not wisely but too well." Othello's belief of Iago's every statement grew critical when Iago accused Desdemona of losing the handkerchief his mother gave him. Once again Iago had won an intellectual battle with Othello. Subsequently, Iago convinced Othello that Cassio, his devoted and loyal lieutenant, was stealing his wife. Upon hearing this ... ...

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... of others is not questioned by Iago to be right or wrong. To Iago love is merely "a lust of the blood and a permission of the will" and self-love, the mother of all vices, is the only love that Iago respects. Without the understanding or ability to love, Iago lacks a conscience and it is thus that he is able to cruelly ... ...

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... as "an honorable murderer"; as "one that loved not wisely but too well." Othello's belief of Iago's every statement grew critical when Iago accused Desdemona of losing the handkerchief Othello's mother gave him. Once again Iago had won an intellectual battle with Othello. Subsequently, Iago convinced Othello that Cassio, his devoted and loyal lieutenant, was stealing his wife. Upon hearing this ... ...

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... with her father regardless of the consequences, "To you I am bound for life and education I am hitherto your daughter. But here is my husband. And so much duty as my mother showed you, preferring you before her father, so much I challenge that I may profess Due to the Moor my lord."(21) In other words, she is thankful for what her father ... ...

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... is under a spell and is deceiving her father. When her fiancé is accused of bewitching her, she immediately defends her love for him. "And so much Duty as my mother showed to you, preferring you before her father, so much that I may profess due to the Moor my lord". Like many of Shakespeare's other female characters, Desdemona does not embody ... ...

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... is under a spell and is deceiving her father. When her fiancé is accused of bewitching her, she immediately defends her love for him. "And so much Duty as my mother showed to you, preferring you before her father, so much that I may profess due to the Moor my lord". Like many of Shakespeare's other female characters, Desdemona does not embody ... ...

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... this time era women were considered servents to their love for their husbands. Desdemona explains this here to her father: "But here's my husband, and so much duty as my mother showed to you, perferring you before her father, so much I challenge that I may profess Due to the Moor my Lord"( Othello Act.3 Sc. 1 Li.182-187). Desdemona talks about her ... ...

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... he has used no magic to capture her heart, only stories. Desdemona's alliance switches from her father to her husband: "but here's my husband;/And so much duty as my mother show'd/To you, preferring you before her father,/ So much I challenge that I may profess/ Due to the Moor, my lord" (I.iii.296-301). Barbantio envies Othello for stealing Deademona's love ... ...

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... insignificant things. Desdemona's handkerchief may seem to be just a piece of cloth, whereas in reality, it has an immense amount of sentimental value to Othello. The handkerchief belonged to his mother, who used it to make herself desirable and to help her "subdue" her husband. It is a symbol of Othello's parents' love and a symbol of the purity of Desdemona's love for ... ...

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