Essays on Desdemona

Othello

What is honor and how is one supposed to restore it when it is jeopardized? Should one place one’s honor (or whatever he or she considers to be his honor – reputation, pride or suchlike) above all the other interests? The will to restore one’s honor is a praiseworthy feature, but too often it becomes a weak spot for people who consider it to be the most important aspect of their lives. Very often we can see people, striving to keep or restore their reputation, or not willing to let anything that shows them in an unfavorable light, to ...

Setting is a vital part of any story; it helps establish context for the character’s actions, showcases the period in which the story is set, and allows a mood to be set. What’s more, a setting can reveal the passions or the conflicts the characters possess, becoming symbols themselves for the characters. The protagonists of many important literary works are inexorably tied to their surroundings, and the following three works are no exception. In this paper, the settings of Shakespeare’s Othello¸ Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby will all be examined in terms of their ...

29 March 2011 Belonging as an area of study requires exploration into a text or different typesof texts to establish how the concept of belonging comes out. The concept of belonging reveals itself in a text depending on how a person’s perceptions and ideas are directed by culture and history , and may be the social context of the writer . The field of belonging therefore tries to find how different aspects of belonging come out in from a person’s experiences in life taking into account the notions of identity and relationships. Texts do show or rather depict belonging in ...

Othello is a Moor, a dark-skinned man from Africa and is general in army of Venice. Though Othello is an outsider to Venice and does not belong to its culture and race, still he has commanded immense respect and position for himself in Venetian civic society. His refines skills as soldier and leader has earned him this reputation. As apparent from Cassio’s statement that [the senate sent three several quests to look for Othello (l.ii.46). 127–129). Othello also captivates his peers with his oratory skills. Upon inquiring Othello that how he wooed Desdemona, duke remarks to Othello’s speech ...

The primary characters of Shakespeare’s plays typically have an element of tragedy to them: some unfortunate outcome for them that occurs either despite their circumstances or because of them. In the case of Othello, the titular character is a tragic figure whose race leads many, including Iago, to scheme against him and lead to his downfall. In this essay, the character of Othello will be examined in terms of his race and behavior, through the lens of G.K. Hunter's "Othello and Color Prejudice." Here, Othello is presented as a black man who is a heroic figure, constantly fighting against the perceptions ...