Othello and the Theme of Race
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A 4 page paper which examines the issue of race in Shakespeare’s Othello. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Othello as a Tragic Aristotelian Hero
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This 5 page paper discusses Aristotle’s “requirements” for a tragedy, and why Othello is a tragic hero. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Othello as a Tragic Hero
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This 3 page paper discusses how the concepts of nobility, tragic flaw, fortune, epiphany, reversal, and catharsis apply to Othello, the character and the play. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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OTHELLO AS A TRAGIC HERO
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This 5 page paper discusses the elements which make Othello a tragic hero. Examples, quotes cited from the text. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Othello As An Honest, Admirable, and Unchanged Character
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A 1 page essay discussing how Othello's last words in the play indicate the he was indeed the same man he had been at the beginning of the story -- his character unchanged. The writer sees Othello as a character worthy of our sympathy-- for he acknowledges his own mistakes & flaws as he takes his own life, yet he never asks for forgiveness. No Bibliography.
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Othello's Iago vs. King Lear's Edmund
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A well-written 3 page essay in which the writer compares Iago and Edmund as two villainous characters-- neither of them at all admirable. Parallels are drawn between the two and sufficient evidence is given to support the thesis that we should not sympathize with either one of them. No Bibliography.
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Othello's Personal Weakness
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This 3 page paper argues that perhaps any man could be driven to murder under the right circumstances. Othello's personal weakness is examined as is Iago's own psychological problems. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Othello's Tragedy / Irony
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A 5 page paper that provides an overview of the major elements of irony in Shakespeare's Othello, with a concentration on tragic irony related to Othello's character flaw, and dramatic irony. No additional sources cited.
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Othello, The Tragic Hero
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In 5 pages the writer discusses William Shakespeare's character of Othello and posits that he is a classic example of a definitive tragic hero. Othello is a definitive tragic hero. He has an element of supernatural, since he was accused of bewitching. He traveled and had many struggles. He had personal grievances against Desdemona, who was his love interest, and Cassio whom he had made lieutenant. His tragic flaw was his gullibility in believing Iago. As a tragic hero his ultimate sacrifice is himself: In his suicide he exhibits virtue. No additional sources cited.
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Othello--Character Sketch
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A 5 page essay that examines how Shakespeare's Othello fits Aristotle's description of the ideal tragic hero. Othello is a virtuous man -- an outstanding, brave soldier -- who is deeply in love with his wife. However, Othello also has human frailties. It is because Othello allows Iago to bring these frailties to the forefront of his personality that he suffers a tragic downfall. No additional sources cited.
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Othello/ Innocence Corrupted
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A 5 page analysis of Shakespeare's 'Othello,' in which the writer examines the way in which Iago corrupts and destroys the love of Othello and Desdemona. The writer argues that Iago convinces Othello of Desdemona's betrayal by reconstructing reality and thereby distorting Othello's perception. No additional sources cited.
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Othello/Act I, Scene 3
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A 6 page essay that analyzes Act I, Scene 3 from Shakespeare's Othello. The writer argues that this scene is pivotal both to the structure of the play and its characterization. No other sources cited.
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Othello/Character Study
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A 3 page research paper that examines the Shakespeare's characterization of Othello. In Othello, Shakespeare explores the nature of evil through a truly despicable character, Iago, who manipulates a good man, Othello, into murdering a good woman, the woman he loves, his wife Desdemona. An examination of this play reveals that the action of the play hinges on Shakespeare's characterization of Othello. No additional sources cited.
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Othello/Choices Made
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A 5 page essay that examines the structure that Shakespeare employs in building up to the play's tragic climax. By analyzing two pivotal speeches, the writer argues that the ending becomes inevitable based on Shakespeare's characterization of Othello. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Othello/Contrasts in Language, Character & Mood
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A 5 page essay that discusses the thesis that Shakespeare's play Othello is, in many ways, a study in contrasts of language, character and mood. Through Shakespeare's expert manipulations of these elements the action of the play becomes understandable and logical whereas, otherwise, the main action would be inexplicable. In other words, Shakespeare pictures a man, who is very much in love with his wife, succumbing to innuendo, gossip and circumstantial evidence to the point that he looses all sense of perspective and murders the woman he loves. It is an improbable plot, at best, but Shakespeare makes it believable and tragic through the juxtaposition of contrasts in these three elements. No additional sources cited.
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Othello/Elizabethan Outsider
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A 5 page essay that examines Othello's position as an outsider in society, defines it and discusses how this contributed to his tragic downfall. While undoubtedly Shakespeare had universal themes in mind that would connect Othello's experience to his humanity, it is also true that Shakespeare's Elizabethan audience would have perceived Othello in terms of being an outsider to white society. Furthermore, the writer cites sources that confirm that Elizabethans saw the African race as monstrous, equating black with evil. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Othello/Film Version v. Original Play
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A 5 page research paper/essay on Shakespeare's Othello. The writer examines various interpretations of the relationship between Othello and Iago and relates these to the text of the original play and the 1995 film version by Kenneth Branagh. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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