Jealousy in Othello
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A 3 page essay that discusses jealousy in Shakespeare's Othello. Jealousy, both professional jealousy and sexual jealousy, plays is the primary motivational force portrayed by Shakespeare in Othello. While Shakespeare focuses primarily on Othello's sexual jealousy as his motivation for the murder of his wife, Desdemona, behind Othello's actions are the manipulations of Iago, which are motivated by professional jealousy. In other words, throughout the play, in general, Shakespeare warns his audience against the insidiously evil effect of jealousy. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Jealousy in William Shakespeare’s “Othello”
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A 5 page paper which examines how Shakespeare treats the theme in one of his most famous tragedies. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Keeping Secrets: Othello and The Importance of Being Earnest
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A 7 page paper which examines keeping secrets in Shakespeare’s Othello and Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Keys to Shakespearean Conflict
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(10 pp) In any tragedy, it is tension or conflict which keeps the play moving. Modern jargon would call it "spin" and "counterspin." In this discussion we will compare the sources of conflict in two plays, Othello and Macbeth. Iago and Lady Macbeth are our major obessives, the first prompted by frustration with being passed over in military command, and the second with a compulsive need for power and title.
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Lines from Othello
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A 3 page research paper that offers 12 lines quoted from Shakespeare's Othello and then offers a brief explanation for the meaning and purpose of each line. No additional sources cited.
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Love and Distrust in Shakespeare's "Othello"
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A five page paper looking at the unhappy relationships in this classic tragedy by William Shakespeare. After analyzing the relationships of Othello and Desdemona, Desdemona and Roderigo, Cassio and Bianca, and Iago and Emelia, the paper concludes that love founded on distrust is doomed to failure, because communication and trust are the most important elements in a relationship. No additional sources.
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Love as the Tragic Flaw in William Shakespeare's 'Othello'
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A 5 page paper which examines how Othello's excessive love for Desdemona led to his own downfall. No additional sources are used.
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Michael MacLiammor Plays Iago
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(5 pp) In the Orson Welles' 1952 film, Othello begins where it should end, with the funeral procession for Othello and Desdemona The horizontal Othello and Desdemona are glimpsed between the tall vertical spears of armored soldiers, other times in long shot. Then viewed from an overhead, probably a crane shot, suddenly there is a wretched man, a rope around his neck, being dragged through the crowd toward a heavy and primitve-looking cage. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Michael MacLiammor Plays Iago.
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(5 pp) In the Orson Welles' 1952 film, Othello begins where it should end, with the funeral procession for Othello and Desdemona The horizontal Othello and Desdemona are glimpsed between the tall vertical spears of armored soldiers, other times in long shot. Then viewed from an overhead, probably a crane shot, suddenly there is a wretched man, a rope around his neck, being dragged through the crowd toward a cruel and savage-looking cage. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BBiagoML.doc