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        <title><![CDATA[Identify two ideas the play presented? How were they presented?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Identify two ideas the play presented? How were they presented?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Iago try to silence Emilia in Othello?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does Iago try to silence Emilia in Othello?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:57:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How much do the great villains of comedy and tragedy differ?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How much do the great villains of comedy and tragedy differ?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 18:02:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You're reading Othello in grade nine? Interesting. If you're using...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You're reading Othello in grade nine? Interesting. If you're using Aristotle's depiction of plot &quot;Othello&quot; might go something like this:1. Initial action / exposition: When Iago is talking to Roderigo at the beginning and we find out about the Moor's clandestine marriage to Desdemona.2. Rising action: EVERYTHING  that transpires up until the plan starts to unfold and the Moor strangles Desdemona.3. Climax: The moor strangles...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:05:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the plot construction of Othello, the exposition, rising action,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the plot construction of Othello, the exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution, what is Shakespeare's tone of voice in this story?  ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:03:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Othello's tragedy is most attributed to jealousy and a lack of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Othello's tragedy is most attributed to jealousy and a lack of self-worth as a husband.  It is because Othello is so insecure in his personal relationship with his wife Desdemona that Iago is able to manipulate him so effectively.At first Othello is confident in his marriage to Desdemona, but little by little Iago convinces him that she cannot be trusted.  He reminds Othello that Desdemona already deceived a man she loved dearly, her...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:01:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shakespeare tends to deal with contrasting pairs: so in the way that...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Shakespeare tends to deal with contrasting pairs: so in the way that Romeo and Juliet is about both love and hate, Othello is about jealousy and its opposite, faith (trust!).Othello actually pledges his life on Desdemona's faith early in the play, which comes full circle: of course, Othello should have trusted Desdemona, for she didn't sleep with Cassio. Othello trusts her at the start - and Iago gradually erodes that trust, planting seeds of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:15:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The tragedy of Othello is not about trust, or lack of trust. It is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The tragedy of Othello is not about trust, or lack of trust. It is anger. All the main characters display anger management problems and because of this they become their own victims of tragedy.Iago says, &quot;Beware the green-eyed God of Anger my lord&quot; when trying to trick Othello into becoming angry!!! Because Iago is angry too. He makes Micheal Cassio angry by giving him water to drink instead of wine. He makes Desdamona angry by...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Does trust bring about Othello's tragedy?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Does trust bring about Othello's tragedy?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:38:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Desdomona is as pure and as white as the similies Shakespeare uses to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Desdomona is as pure and as white as the similies Shakespeare uses to describe her. Desdemona is always faithful to her current &quot;lord,&quot; but we also must remember that she DID deceive Brabantio in secretly marrying the Moor. Desdemona does everything she says she will. She agrees to further Cassio's case at his urging and continues to do so even when Othello begins to get angry with the pestering issue. Emilia, on the other hand, says...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:09:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Here are some tips for addressing this writing prompt:Consider who is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Here are some tips for addressing this writing prompt:Consider who is speaking.  Is s/he a commoner or a member of the nobility?  The Duke speaks differently from Cassio, for example.What is the subject matter of the lines?  Is Iago plotting and up to no good or are Othello and Desdemona professing their love?Look for integrated sonnets: Shakespeare often uses these for introductory purposes or for expressions of love within his plays.You...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:38:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How Desdemona and Emilia are depicted in Othello? ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How Desdemona and Emilia are depicted in Othello? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:23:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shapespeare uses both poetry and prose for his characters speeches....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Shapespeare uses both poetry and prose for his characters speeches. Locate instances of change from one to the other and discuss the effect of change.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:21:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This particular scene holds the dramatic purpose of the entire play....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This particular scene holds the dramatic purpose of the entire play.  Iago sets Othello up to enact the tragic events that unfold.  Iago instills in Othello the beginnings of suspicion and jealously regarding Desdemonia.  Iago does this so cunningly that Othello truly believes that Iago is the only one who is completely honest with him, &quot;This fellow's of exceeding honesty,&quot;when Iago is a shrewd deceiver.The themetic purpose lies in...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:29:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the thematic and dramatic purposes of the soliloquy of Act III...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the thematic and dramatic purposes of the soliloquy of Act III acene iii, lines 258-276 of &quot;Othello&quot;? ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are six major genres of literature: fiction, nonfiction, short...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are six major genres of literature: fiction, nonfiction, short story, poetry, drama, and folktale/mythology. Within these genres are many subgenres, such as romance, fairytale, comedy, tragedy, and the like.Shakespeare's play &quot;Othello,&quot; simply because it is a play, falls into the genre of drama. More specifically, it belongs in the subgenre of tragedy. The Guide to Literary Terms defines tragedy asa serious play in which the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:11:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;Othello&quot; is a tragedy, and along with &quot;Hamlet&quot;,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Othello&quot; is a tragedy, and along with &quot;Hamlet&quot;, &quot;Macbeth&quot; and &quot;King Lear&quot;, considered among the four &quot;great&quot; tragedies of Shakespeare. Unlike some of the tragedies though, there is little sense of the supernatural about Othello: Iago deliberately plans and executes the events which lead from Othello's suspicion to Desdemona's murder.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:02:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What genre is &quot;Othello&quot;?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What genre is &quot;Othello&quot;?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Othello fits all of the criteria of a tragic hero that Aristotle...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Othello fits all of the criteria of a tragic hero that Aristotle outlined in his work, "Poetics" According to Aristotle: 1. The tragic hero has a noble stature and a high position in his culture. Othello is a general and commander of the Venician armed forces. Later he his governor of Cyprus. 2. The tragic hero, is great, but not perfect. The audience relates to him as a human being.The lack of self esteem because he is a Moor is a problem for...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:02:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Othello is the husband of Desdemona whom he murders because he has been...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Othello is the husband of Desdemona whom he murders because he has been misled by the villainous Iago.  Othello comes to see love through Iago's eyes and not through Desdemona's--these two characters represent internalized features of Othello's character.  He rejects his loving and generous self (Desdemona)--that aspect of humanity which makes society possible--in favor of the dark passions of his self-centered ego (Iago).  In the end, the...]]></description>
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