It is no revelation that racism often manifests hatred towards minorities. This concept has been widespread throughout the world for centuries. Racism has prevailed through several works of literature including “Othello” by William Shakespeare. In this particular play, the character, Othello, is allegedly a black man who experiences several accounts of racism from other characters, which eventually leads to his downfall. According to psychoanalysis studies, “Hate is grounded in some sense of perceived
to Othello by feeding his slight uncertainty of his marriage. Iago’s goal is to convince Othello that his wife, Desdemona, is cheating with Cassio. His main tactic here is to make Othello so jealous, that he can no longer be objective. This would make him susceptible to whatever lies and ideas Iago plants in his head. To himself, Iago confirms, “I put the Moor At least into a jealousy so strong that judgment cannot cure…Make the Moor thank me, love
Shakespeare's Othello is set during the Renaissance period and therefore the roles of the women in Othello are supposedly bounded by the period when women are considered to be of low intellect. In Othello, most male characters assume that women are inherently promiscuous, which explains why all three women characters in the play are accused of sexual infidelity. Yet Shakespeare develops the women to speak the most sense throughout the play and able to trust other characters in the play. To the men
long hours at low wages. Similarly, the play reflects Othello`s racial bias in the Renaissance in Europe. It presents a dilemma many immigrants in tolerant societies. In fact, the play describes human nature accurately. Shakespeare 's tragedy Othello sets in a kind of feudal environment to enable the public to understand the injustice and struggles that someone like Othello will have to deal with in real life. In fact, reflect the suffering Othello`s racial bias in a large transparent and tolerant societies
play Othello, William Shakespeare forms the villainous character, Iago, through his complex language and actions. Throughout the entire play, Iago attempts to manipulate numerous people in order to, in the end, only benefit himself. In Othello, the language and action used by each character when they interact with others generate power relationships that constrains characters. In Othello, most of the language (especially by Iago) is used to constrain characters. In Act I, scene III of Othello, Iago
and William Shakespeare’s “Othello” both highlight ways through which playwrights from different historical contexts explore similar issues. G.B. Harrison states that, “Shakespeare is the most universal of all writers because he is the wisest; that is he can understand and sympathise more than other men. He can see the whole picture of humanity and recreate it so that men of every kind, country, creed and generation understand.” Renu Juneja writes that Scott’s play is about, “the necessity to understand
plays my personal favorite is Iago the intelligent and manipulative soldier from Othello. The way Shakespeare illustrates the character of Iago and his motives for ruining the lives of the other characters such as Othello and Cassio raises the question. Do Iago’s motives justify the course of actions he takes? Throughout the play, Iago commits heinous acts of manipulation and betrayal due to the fact that he despises Othello, however, the reasons for this hate are often
Accompanying King Lear, Hamlet, and Macbeth, Othello is one of Shakespeare 's four excellent tragedies and therefore a pillar of what most critics consider being the peak of Shakespeare 's dramatic art. Othello is unique among Shakespeare 's tragedies. Unlike King Lear, Hamlet, and Macbeth, which are set against a backdrop of concerns about state and which reflect with suggestions of universal human affairs, Othello is set in a private world and centers on the passions and personal lives of its
I. Introduction Gender roles have always changed over the years. During the Elizabethan Age, the idea that women were superior to men and that men were not ruled by emotion was popular. Three major characters of William Shakespeare’s play As You Like It blur the lines between these roles: Rosalind, who later disguises herself as the man Ganymede, melancholic Jaques, and comic Touchstone show this change in As You Like It perfectly. All the characters have their obvious character traits that fit into
manipulative Iago from Othello, to the ruthless Claudius from Hamlet, each villain possess the traits of an effective ruler as described in Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) was an Italian philosopher and poet who commented on the political structure of Renaissance Europe. In his most famous work, The Prince, written in 1513, he outlines the various traits one would need to have in order to acquire and maintain power. He gained a bad reputation after The Prince’s release