... treated with great importance, especially by Leonato. He sees her loss of virginity as a loss of honour for the entire family, saying, "Hence from her, let her die" (IV.i.153), which means he'd rather she die than live with the shame of being unchaste. She is talked about more than she talks ... duty to make curtsy, and say, 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy, and say, 'Father, as it please me.' (2.1.46-49) - Her advice to her cousin not to submit to convention and abide by men's wishes. Her langua...

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... 's basic plot is to make Othello believe Desdemona is having an affair with Desdemona. "Cassio's a proper man: let me see now; To get his place and to plume up my will In double knavery. How? How? Let's see. After some time, to abuse Othello's ears That he is too familiar with his wife- (Act 1, ... her in their days of wooing. This is a key feature in Othello's changing perceptions of Desdemona. "I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin And let him find it. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. This may do something. The Moor already chang...

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... 's basic plot is to make Othello believe Desdemona is having an affair with Desdemona. "Cassio's a proper man: let me see now; To get his place and to plume up my will In double knavery. How? How? Let's see. After some time, to abuse Othello's ears That he is too familiar with his wife- (Act 1, ... her in their days of wooing. This is a key feature in Othello's changing perceptions of Desdemona. "I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin And let him find it. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. This may do something. The Moor already chang...

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... irrational and violent- for instance, when Tiresias wants not to tell Oedipus that he is the cause of the plague, Oedipus states, Oh I'll let loose, I have such fury in me-" and he proceeds to throw insult after insult at him. Later, Oedipus tells his wife that he killed a man where three roads met, because ... the old man himself were about to thrust me off the road -brute force- and the one shouldering me aside, the driver, I strike him in anger!" Even when Oedipus finds out he is the son of his wife and he ... are to be done- and then he tells the audience what those two things are,...

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... of civilization, on the border with the land of heathenism and disputes. When Brabantio is told he has been robbed, he answers inconsistently; "What tellst thou me of robbing? This is Venice; My house is not a grange." This not only shows that Venice is a quiet, civilized, uneventful place, but that its ... be useful. 5. This is a very apt quotation, but leaves out some other words which would have been effective, for example "In Venice they do let God see the pranks/ They dare not show their husbands." 6. Points are developed clearly here, although further reference to support this view ...

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... 63-65], thus implying that for no other reasons would Desdemona have willingly fallen in love and married Othello. He claims "She is abused, stol'n from me, and corrupted By spells and medicines bought of mountebanks, For nature no preposterously to err, Being not deficient, blind, or lame of sense, Sans witchcraft ... to the harbor? Iago: Ay, madam Des: I am not merry; but I do beguile The thing I am by seeming otherwise. - Come, how wouldst thou praise me? where she displays her wit. She has the power to press Cassio's suit to Othello with flattering ardour and admires Lodovico as "a pr...

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... safe because of the inconsistency although he has a basic idea of what is going to happen, he is frightened. "Nay, it is possible enough to judgment. I do not so secure me in the error, but the main article I do approve in fearful sense " Line 37 - "Of thirty sail, and now they do restem..." " A messenger comes with news that the Ottomites ... and to that the Duke states "To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on ". The duke is saying ˜just let it go, the past is the past, If you keep dwelling on it then it will only bring more bad. However, Brab...

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... . Then she learns that Cassio is dead, and nobody is left who can testify in her defense. She accepts her fate, abandons her useless weapons, and pleads for time. "Kill me tomorrow; let me live tonight," she begs. Othello does not dare to wait, for he knows that his resolve may weaken. He speaks the final line, "It is too late." Then he ... ...

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... guiltless death I die-. She says it was not her husbands who killed her and asks him to think kindly of her "Nobody; I myself. Commend me to my kind lord-. This can be interpreted in many different ways. To twentieth century readers this may seem like an unbelievable action. To deliberately protect ... image of her in the audience's mind. In Act 1 Scene 3 Othello says he loves Desdemona for her pity, understanding and gentle admiration "She gave me for my pains a world of sighs-. These descriptions are given before the audience sees Desdemona and would leave them expecting a quiet, gentl...

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... not to mention humorously, in the following masterful passage written by Bernard Levin: "If you cannot understand my argument, and declare 'It's Greek to me', you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall your salad days, you ... the devil his due - if the truth were known (for surely you have a tongue in your head) you are quoting Shakespeare; even if you bid me good riddance and send me packing, if you wish I were dead as a door-nail, if you think I am an eyesore, a laughing stock, the devil incarnate, a sto...

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... Emilia is truly concerned for Desdemona and her problems with Othello. Desdemona tells her, "Even his stubbornness, his checks, his frowns – prithee, unpin me- have grace and favor in them (line 21)." She also tells Emilia if she should die before her to wrap her body using the sheets on ... upset by Cassio's injuries, but immediately responds to being called a strumpet. "I am no strumpet, but of life as honest as you thus abuse me (line 142)." Bianca is more honest than Emilia (who lied about the handkerchief that ultimately costs Desdemona her life), and Iago (who accused her of ......

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... drawn to him because of his exotic qualities. Othello admits as much when he tells the duke about his friendship with Brabanzio. He says, "[Desdemona's] father loved me, oft invited me,/ Still questioned me the story of my life/ From year to year" (I.iii.127–129). Othello is also able to captivate his peers with his speech. The duke's reply ... ...

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... like a poisonous mineral gnaw my inwards." Othello's idioms stem from egocentricity. Everything is judged and viewed from his eyes. He describes his love for Desdemona in selfish terms: "She loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her that she did pity them". He also colors his fair and beautiful wife with military terms, calling her his "fair warrior," and ... ...

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... its inability to realise that human ideals are only hindering life's potential fruits', and that he exploits such idealists simply because he can; as he says of Othello, "He holds me well; The better shall my purpose work on him-. This lack of trust in civilisation also emerges in another of his supposed motives, that of his wife's infidelity; in the ... ...

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