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    Themes of gender disparity and sexism is manifest used in Othello. The women are considered sinister and disloyal and the two feminine characters end up getting murdered. Even though Emilia and Desdemona are strong and intelligent they are shown to be gullible and impressionable. Male characters likRead more

    Themes of gender disparity and sexism is manifest used in Othello. The women are considered sinister and disloyal and the two feminine characters end up getting murdered.

    Even though Emilia and Desdemona are strong and intelligent they are shown to be gullible and impressionable. Male characters like Iago and Othello openly condemn women as witches.

    In the society established in Othello women play dormant roles in terms of political involvement and militaristic governance and often relegated to homes and palaces.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    In the Dramatic Monologue "The Patriot", Robert Browning uses imagery to show his glory in the beginning and tragic end of his life in the end. In the beginning, the patriot says that when he came back from a war after winning, there were "roses, rose...with myrtle". In addition, there were so manyRead more

    In the Dramatic Monologue “The Patriot”, Robert Browning uses imagery to show his glory in the beginning and tragic end of his life in the end.

    In the beginning, the patriot says that when he came back from a war after winning, there were “roses, rose…with myrtle”. In addition, there were so many people on the roofs of houses (to welcome him) that “house-roofs seemed to heave and sway” and the flags were waving on the top of Churches. It looked like “church-spires flamed”. All these images show how Patriot was treated by the people when he came victoriously.

    However, after 1 year, he is going to be executed because he tried to do too much for them. Now, nobody praises or supports him. There are “just a palsied few at the window set”. The word “palsied” depicts their cold behaviour towards the Patriot. However most of them have gathered to see him hanging. It is raining and he is bleeding as people are throwing stones at him.

    He describes his execution scene as follows, “Thus I entered, and thus I go!” meaning that he was not giving a moment and stoned to death.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Desdemona is a strong, intelligent and compassionate woman. She is fair in her dealings and just in her evaluation of people. She ignores racial difference to fall in love with Othello for his talents and bravery. She is caring and tries to help Cassio get his employment back. She is also headstrongRead more

    Desdemona is a strong, intelligent and compassionate woman. She is fair in her dealings and just in her evaluation of people. She ignores racial difference to fall in love with Othello for his talents and bravery.

    She is caring and tries to help Cassio get his employment back. She is also headstrong as she asserts her will to marry Othello even when his father and most people in Venice are against her marriage to a man of colour.

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    Power is the over riding desire for people in the society where Othello exist.Wars for possession of fertile lands of the Mediterranean forms the background of the story. Even individual characters like Iago, Rodrigo, Othello etc are vying for their share and form of power. Iago wants revenge over ORead more

    Power is the over riding desire for people in the society where Othello exist.Wars for possession of fertile lands of the Mediterranean forms the background of the story. Even individual characters like Iago, Rodrigo, Othello etc are vying for their share and form of power.

    Iago wants revenge over Othello for preferring Cassio and exhibits powers of manipulation, Rodrigo wants Desdemona and Othello wants acceptance in a society and polity where he is still considered inferior due to his skin colour.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Betrayal is a constant thread in Othello. Starting with Desdemona’s betrayal of his father’s trust and marrying Othello and culminating Othello murdering her for her perceived betrayal with Cassio. Iago feels aggrieved by Othello’s betrayal by his selection of Cassio as his lieutenant. The biggest bRead more

    Betrayal is a constant thread in Othello. Starting with Desdemona’s betrayal of his father’s trust and marrying Othello and culminating Othello murdering her for her perceived betrayal with Cassio.

    Iago feels aggrieved by Othello’s betrayal by his selection of Cassio as his lieutenant. The biggest betrayal is the orchestrated by Iago who masterfully manipulates all the characters in the play. He brainwashes both his trusting ally Othello and loving Wife presuming an affair between the two.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Othello and Iago are long time friends and ally. The both exhibit some similar traits like military expertise, leadership, bravery and a penchant for rhetoric and verse. They both are driven individuals and emotionally charged in their conduct. However, Iago is a master manipulator and is able to hiRead more

    Othello and Iago are long time friends and ally. The both exhibit some similar traits like military expertise, leadership, bravery and a penchant for rhetoric and verse.

    They both are driven individuals and emotionally charged in their conduct. However, Iago is a master manipulator and is able to hide his true intentions.

    Othello is impressionable and trusting and falls for Iago’s tricks and lies. They both are fuelled by jealousy and anger which forces them to kill the women of their respective lives.

    In a way they both are trying to justify their worth and position in a setup which questions their qualifications and traits.

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    Othello ends on a gruesome note where the tragic hero Othello murders his beloved Desdemona after being manipulated by Iago and driven by his jealous rage. Iago kills his own wife Emilia in order to defend his innocence but he is taken prisoner for his misdoings. Othello takes his own life after leaRead more

    Othello ends on a gruesome note where the tragic hero Othello murders his beloved Desdemona after being manipulated by Iago and driven by his jealous rage. Iago kills his own wife Emilia in order to defend his innocence but he is taken prisoner for his misdoings.

    Othello takes his own life after learning of Iago’s plot and Cassio is left as the leading man. Ludovico gives the ending message saying that he will convey what had transpired to the state.

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    Othello and Desdemona love each other immensely and scale many obstacles like racial difference and social stigma to get married to each other. However, the trouble begins to stir soon after. Othello is sent to Cyprus and Desdemona decides to accompany him. In Cyprus, the two barely connect as war tRead more

    Othello and Desdemona love each other immensely and scale many obstacles like racial difference and social stigma to get married to each other. However, the trouble begins to stir soon after.

    Othello is sent to Cyprus and Desdemona decides to accompany him. In Cyprus, the two barely connect as war times makes it difficult for them ti be intimate. This distance is exploited by Iago to drive a wedge of suspicion and mistrust between the two which eventually augurs the downfall of their love.

    Driven by jealousy and rage Othello ends up killing Desdemona who dies pleading for innocence. Their love ends in tragic ruins.

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    Iago is enraged when Othello selects Cassio as his lieutenant instead of him. He decides to plot for their demise and utter ruin. He manages to beguile Othello into believing that Cassio is having an affair with Desdemona. Othello punishes Cassio by dishonouring him and ends up murdering Desdemona.Read more

    Iago is enraged when Othello selects Cassio as his lieutenant instead of him. He decides to plot for their demise and utter ruin. He manages to beguile Othello into believing that Cassio is having an affair with Desdemona.

    Othello punishes Cassio by dishonouring him and ends up murdering Desdemona. Iago even uses Rodrigo and Emilia as pawn in his scheme of subterfuge and conspiracy.

    In the end, he finds his own ruin when Emilia exposes his plot and he gets apprehended for his crimes.

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  1. There are mainly three themes which I find in the poem. 1. Celebration of Youth - The poet describes the benefit of being young. According to him, a young person can do anything. He is courageous, lavish, pleasure-seeking, passionate, brave and adventurous unlike the old man who is weak, lame, joyleRead more

    There are mainly three themes which I find in the poem.

    1. Celebration of Youth – The poet describes the benefit of being young. According to him, a young person can do anything. He is courageous, lavish, pleasure-seeking, passionate, brave and adventurous unlike the old man who is weak, lame, joyless, cautious and prefers rest.

    2. Generation Gap – The second important theme in the poem is that of differences that arise between the parents and their children. Both have different perspectives of seeing the thing. However the old try to force the young to live their life as per the wishes of the former which creates sharp differences between the two.

    3. Love is Young – In a patriarchal society, a male is always dominant. Whether he may be old or young, full of love or loveless, smart or ugly, he has the authority to choose a girl for himself while the latter doesn’t have any such rights. In the poem, the poet depicts that a girls desires young lover because only a young person can fall in love. Thus the poem can also be a critique of patriarchal society.

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