Like many other Shakespearean plays, Othello has a graphic and articulate use of literary devices that sculpts out both the characters and the play itself, with specific devices used in creating specific effects. Shakespeare has relied on irony through and through with the majority of his plays, Othello being no different, where he uses about …
The play of Othello revolves predominantly on the idea of race and culture, where the character of Othello, a Mauritanian descendant, is highlighted as the protagonist in a stage dominated by European descendants. This promulgates the distinction between Othello and the other characters in the play, where he is completely separated and almost alienated, giving …
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Shakespeare does not take great measures to present Othello as a hero; Othello is given the ultimate position of nobility in the play and that itself characterises him according to the Aristotelian version of the ‘tragic hero’. However, Shakespeare is very intricate in presenting the duality between Othello’s personalities – his militarist and romantic …
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Words in Shakespearean plays do not merely stand as words, but act as actions as well. This is mostly prominent in the play of ‘Othello’ where words are the very thing that leads to the tragic demise of Othello and Desdemona. Shakespeare builds up his characterisation through spoken verses, where even the construction of …