That being said, Shakespeare has given each character their fair share of attributes that are certainly repugnant, and therefore only making the above statement partially true. The men of the story are all characterised as the leaders of their society who dominate the women in their lives. They are bigoted and manipulative in their own ways; however they still manage to maintain calm and measured exteriors. A prime example of this type of male in 'Othello' is Iago. Iago, to everyone else, seems like an honest and good man who will do everything in his power to help those around him succeed, but is really just power-hungry, two-faced and manipulative.
Reasonable Eccentric Behavior of Dorian Gray . In the book, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian Gray is a handsome and proper man, but on the inside he is full of madness, guilt and misery. Initially he’s a melodramatic and petulant young man , but after realizing his true morals –his life skews toward the futile side. Instead of fixing his life, he lives for the pursuit of pleasure which makes him indifferent. Although his actions are very insane, they can be seen as rational to reader considering hedonism.
Besides this, Cyrano is very courageous and an excellent fighter. He is also an amazing musician, poet, and philosopher and these are the things that he is known for. Cyrano talks to his friend, Le Bret explaining that he thinks everyone knows who he is because of his nose and it is because of his nose that no one will ever love him. “Absurd, isn't it? This nose precedes me everywhere, a quarter of an hour in front, to say 'Beware: don't love Cyrano' to even the ugliest.” (Rostand 38).
Blindness and Insight: Torvald’s Tragedy of Pride Pride has been the cause of many conflicts through the ages of time. It is said, that at the center of every conflict is a man’s pride. Pride is a human nature that clouds the thoughts and controls the emotions of people. Pride builds barriers of arrogance and vanity that blinds people of seeing what is really going on around them. In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, the pride of Torvald blinded Torvald, and gave him a sense of manhood and superiority over Nora throughout the play until his pride was put to the test, and in doing so, revealed a weak and desperate man.
Micah is this manly sort of man who feels that he can take care of the demon and his girlfriend. Katie becomes extremely annoyed by the antics of Micah and tries to find help in other Zhao 1 ways. Another reason why I enjoyed the actors was because they made everything seem so real. They made the sleeping, the arguments, and the existence of demons real. You also see the change in Micah, he goes from unafraid, and not disturbed by her past, to a complete 360.
In the beginning of the novel Dorian’s character comes across as childish and displays innocence and inexperience towards the world. In this way he is beautiful and pure, the perfect human without physical or spiritual flaw. Progressively we see the character change and this change creates anger in the reader, not necessarily towards Dorian but towards Lord Henry for the influence he has had. He is the manifestation of all of the influence of the novel despite himself stating ‘all influence is sin’ and still seeming to be unknowing of the effect that he is having upon Dorian. Until Dorian meets Sybil the ideas that Henry instils in him all have positive
A reader will seldom find that his perception is correct in reality of the novel but that’s what makes the novel so interesting. Perceptions are said to be influenced by an individual’s senses. Through these senses a ‘truth’ is formulated. This is emphasised in the novel upon 4 young men confronting a man who is perceived due to his physical appearance as foul, dangerous and untrustworthy. Yet the reality of it is that this man is a king of great power whom they will soon bow down to.
To others, he is a talented actor, as they are completely fooled by his façade of honesty. He appears humble to Desdemona, when he implies that he is not intelligent ‘but indeed my invention comes from my pate as birdlime does from frieze’. To Othello, he appears truthful, hiding his malicious intent. He appears to offer kindly advice, deceiving Othello utterly. This is evident from Othello's periodical exclamation of trust-‘kind and honest Iago’.
Interestingly, the magic of this name comes from the similar sound between Ernest and the actually “earnest”. Society totally trusts and respects the person name Ernest only because “in that name that seems to inspire absolute confidence”. As Cecily said that without the name “Ernest”, she could admire Algernon’s character but not be able to give him her undivided attention. Clearly, the individual personalities seem to be less important than the name according to society at that time. The imagery also amplify the second theme of the play: the gender’s role.
Ironically Frank being the well educated half of the comic duo he is slowly killing his knowledge with the drink, as this creates a humorous effect for the audience as they are able to see that Rita longs for the intellegence that Frank has. Arguably Rita is also a misfit due to the fact that she is a smoker, equal to the