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“He is all talk and no action. He has no experience, but he got the job. I have proven myself to Othello many times, but was overlooked for the promotion.” Jealousy “If my outward actions were a true reflection of…

Explain the type of setting that Shakespeare establishes at the beginning of the play. What does the setting convey to the audience? Venice on a street (Italy). How does Iago believe that people are promoted within the ranks? What effect…

handkerchief The first gift that Othello gives Desdemona.Significance: As one of the dominant symbols in the play, the handkerchief symbolizes Desdemona’s fidelity. The handkerchief is spotted with red strawberries, and Othello tells Desdemona that the strawberries were hand stitched with…

Iago Were I the Moor I would not be Iago.In following him I follow but myself;Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty,But seeming so for my peculiar end.For when my outward action doth demonstrateThe native act and…

A manifestation of his love for himself F.R LEAVIS A matter of self-cantered, self-regarding satisfaction. F.R LEAVIS Desdemona is killed by all those who see her humiliated and beaten in public and fail to intervene R. VANITA Woman and blacks…

Iago: Forsooth Iago: Forsooth, a great arithmetician, / One Michael Cassio, a Florentine Roderigo: To the gross Roderigo: To the gross clasps of a lascivious Moor Iago: I hate Iago: I hate the Moor Iago: Cassio’s a Iago: Cassio’s a…

Othello The play’s protagonist and hero. A Christian Moor and a general of the army of Venice, Othello is an eloquent (expressive or suggestive) and physically powerful figure, respected by all those around him. In spite of his elevated status,…

Kent on approaching War “from France there comes a power/ Into this scattered kingdom” Lear evoking the storm “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!” Lear on his decline in status “A poor, infirm, weak, despised old man” The…

James I asserted that it was blasphemous and unlawful to question the king in shakespeares time of writing those born outside of marriage were seen as conceived unnaturally, and were therefore given no rights to inherit the aim of improving…

“Sir I shall study deserving” Act one scene one- reveals already Edmund’s manipulative personality, plotting and calculating “permit the curiosity of nations to deprive me?” deprived of a position in society- society breeding evil through social standing and status “Why…