Othello and Macbeth
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A 3 page paper which examines the characters of Othello and Macbeth, discussing if the two were similar and if they could have been friends. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAothmac.rtf

Othello and Oedipus
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A 6 page paper which examines the playwright and the play. The paper examines Shakespeare and Othello, and Sophocles and Oedipus. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAothod4.rtf

Othello and Oedipus/Uncertain Vision
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A 5 page essay that examines the common theme of uncertain vision in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Shakespeare's Othello. The writer argues that in each play, the protagonist is "blinded" by circumstance and ego. Othello and Oedipus each exhibit an uncertain, inaccurate vision of his situation, causing him to make false judgements that lead to an inevitable downfall. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khothoed.rtf

Othello and the Structure of Tragedy
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A 6 page paper which first defines tragedy and demonstrates how Shakespeare's Othello fits the pattern, then looks at the play in terms of its classic dramatic structure. After discussing what type of action belongs in each phase of the dramatic structure -- setup, complication, climax, and resolution -- the paper shows where these occur in Othello. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Othtrag.wps

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.
Filename: RAotrce.rtf

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.
Filename: HVOthArt.rtf

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.
Filename: HVothhro.rtf

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.
Filename: MBtrothlo.rtf

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.
Filename: Othell2.wps