Character Flaws Exposed in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex,” William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Othello,” Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” and Margaret Edson’s “Wit”
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A 4 page paper which examines the shared flaws of these plays’ protagonists – King Oedipus, Othello, Willy Loman, and Vivian Bearing – the warning signs of these flaws, and how they manifest themselves. No additional sources are used.
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Character Functions of Othello, Iago, and Desdemona in William Shakespeare’s “Othello”
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A 2.5 page paper which examines how these characters function respectively as protagonist, antagonist and catalyst within the course of the play. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Characterization in Shakespeare’s “Othello”
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A five page paper illustrating the manner in which Shakespeare used the characterization of his protagonist to inevitably unfold the plot. The paper asserts that much as we would like to believe that Othello’s life would have been just fine without Iago, in truth it was Othello’s terrible personal insecurity, together with a nature more at home in the heat of battle than in the warmth of family, that led him inevitably to his downfall. Bibliography lists six sources.
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Characters Of Evil: Hannibal Lecter And Iago
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This 3 page paper compares the characters of Hannibal Lecter from Thomas Harris' Silence Of The Lambs and Shakespeare's Iago from the play, Othello. No additional sources are listed.
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Comparing and Contrasting Desdemona in William Shakespeare's "Othello" With Juliet in William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
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An 11 page paper which compares and contrasts two of William Shakespeare's most tragic heroines, Desdemona in "Othello" and Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet," and specifically considers the way each comes to grief by different means. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Comparing and Contrasting William Shakespeare's Play, "Othello" With Oliver Parker's 1995 Film Adaptation
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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts William Shakespeare's play, "Othello" with director Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaptation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Comparing Uncertain Vision in “Othello” and “Oedipus Rex”
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This 5 page report discusses the fact that Uncertain vision serves as a unifying theme in both Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” and Shakespeare’s “Othello” but there is a difference in how each of the authors present their characters’ overall vision and the direction of that vision. What they perceive or understand is not necessarily what they are seeing. Therefore, interpretation serves as the primary component that makes the difference in how the final outcomes are achieved but the end result is still disastrous. Both men lose everything. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Connections: Othello and Much Ado About Nothing.
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(5 pp) Would you think that an author who wrote a lot might start repeating himself, or would you guess that if an author writes bout the quality of the human condition, that certain elements are bound to repeat. If you guessed the last of the two thoughts you would be closer to a connection between the two Shakespearean plays Othello and Much Ado About Nothing.
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Dark 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 obsessives,the first prompted by an apparent frustration with being passed over in military command, yet disguising a darker personal agenda, and the second, Lady Macbeth with a compulsive need for power and title.
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Desdemona
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The character of Desdemona in the play, Othello, The Moor of Venice, by William Shakespeare is presented as a woman who is intelligent, persuasive and loyal to her husband. This 5 page paper argues that Desdemona loves the Moor in a way that transcends the context of romantic love to include duty and fidelity. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTdesmna.wps