Iago explains that Othello’s choice to promote Cassio an inexperienced soldier “That never set a squadron in the field”, over himself has resulted in Iago to “follow him to serve my turn upon him”; appearing loyal to Othello to gain revenge. This report of Othello’s poor military choices makes the audience question Othellos ability as a general, casting Othello in a corrupt, negative light. In Act one Scene one, Brabantio’s is told of the apparent elopement between his daughter, Desdemona, and Othello. To disturb and provoke Brabantio, Iago portrays Othello incredibly negatively, using racist phases and animistic, violent images. Othello is described as “the devil” and an “old black ram” referring to his age and race, compared to Desdemona, a “white ewe”.
Throughout the play, animal imagery such as “an old ram”, “Barbary horse” and “beast with two backs” is used to describe Othello, which portray the racist attitudes held by society of the time and highlights the belief that black people were animalistic and therefore acted on emotions, lacking rational thought, like animals. Due to the entrenched attitude of black people being second-class to white people in society, Othello himself believed that he was below the status of what Desdemona deserved. This attitude leads Othello to so readily believe that Desdemona cheated on him and why he would “most gladly have forgot it. Though sadist – Oh, it comes o’er my memory.” This shows that due to his race, he thinks that he is not good enough for Desdemona and allows himself to be engulfed by jealousy. Iago, one of the most racist characters in the play, is racist towards Othello due to his extreme jealousy of his rank, which is evident when he says, “I hate the Moor.” This jealousy is employed by Iago to his advantage by manipulating Othello’s low-self esteem due to his race to plant a seed of doubt about the faithfulness of his wife, which is abusing
Debate essay Within the ENG3U course we see many characters. However, none truly exemplify qualities that we see as admirable. Examples of some of the main characters who can be seen as not admirable are; John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, and Othello. These characters all have committed crimes within their storyline and have all lied and cheated themselves or another for their own personal gain. Othello does not show admirable qualities because of his naïve, abusive, and impulsive nature.
One of the main themes in the novel ‘’The Outsiders’’ is stereotypes. The two gangs, the Socs and the Greasers are stereotyped by each other and others. The Greasers are perceived to be poor, unclean, uneducated and troublesome. Although this may be the case for some, this description is not true for all of the Greasers. A good example of a Greaser who is none of these things is Darry, the eldest of the Curtis family.
The reason is how obvious his jealousy and racism are. As Michael O'Sullivan states in ‘The Washington Post’, “F. Murray Abraham's portrayal of an embittered, racist teacher and failed writer, envious of Jamal's talent and determined to destroy him, is way too obvious.” A Professor couldn’t make it if he was that bent on crushing his best students, its just unrealistic, the fact that he is so convinced Wallace is cheating without even having a real reason for suspicion besides Wallace is black is too cliché for the movie. Luckily some explanation is provided by Crawford’s background, by failing at being a writer his is automatically inclined to make others fail. Michael McLarney supports
Birling tries to intimidate Inspector Goole by boasting about his status and the type of people he knows, for example when Birling mentions the engagement between Sheila and Gerald Croft - a name made famous by 'Croft's limited', Birling brings this up to intimate the Inspector as Birling expects his status to buy him away from trouble and put him above the law. Birling becomes impatient easily and loses his temper quickly as he realises Goole doesn't want to play along with his tactics of trying to avoid confrontation about his responsibility with Eva Smith's death. He doesn't want to accept the fact he might have given a reason for her to kill herself and reckons she is the one at fault, he's pompous and sexist and abdicating his responsibility when being interviewed. Birling is also presented to expect him to gain respect and wishes for everyone to agree with his capitalist attitude. He believes himself to be superior and tries to take hold and control the interview with the Inspector when he abruptly comments on how he doesn't like his 'tone', which is ironic as Birling's 'tone' has been unacceptable and spiteful towards the inspector throughout their interview, proving his confidence and his big headed
They are corrupt because they have social status but then they abused this power. Furthermore, the villains in both The Duchess of Malfi and Measure for Measure have the characteristics of Machiavellian villains. Per contra, Angelo is not like the villains in The Duchess of Malfi because he does not have an assistant to help him and does not have a personal vendetta against another in the play. He just wants to eliminate crime but, eventually, contradicts his own laws he is enforcing by asking Isabella to give her body to him sexually to save her brother: ‘You must lay down the treasures of your body To this supposed, or else to let him suffer: What would you do?’ (Act 2 Scene iv) This quotation tells us that; females of that day and age would have done exactly what they were told to do, on command if told to. We can see this by looking at the language of this quotation.
Emilia's relationship with Iago is not like any other relationship, he treats her badly, he is quite rude towards her. Iago constantly disrespects her. He never seems to offer her any sort of affection, and he always talks trash about women in general, ‘’wildcats in your kitchens, saints in your injuries, devils being offended’’. Despite this, strangely, Emilia seems eager to please him and satisfy his needs. She steals Desdemona's handkerchief in the hope that Iago will appreciate her for once.
He pries Dimmsdale’s subconsitous trying to get him to confess. This adds to Dimmsdale’s growing self torment. Chillingsworth overall is a cold person and his persona as leech fits him since he feeds of the livelyness of others. His apperance of disformity and ugliness also suggest that he is a symbol of the “black man” or sin that no one can
The men in both cases were thought to be guilty simply because they were black. Mayella Ewell was Bob Ewell’s abused, lonely and unhappy daughter. She was the women who Tom Robinson was accused of raping. Like many other southern blacks, toms was not educated and thought to be less of a person by whites. Whether Mayella knew it or not, her accusations against Mr. Robinson were like picking a fight with a man who is not capable of fighting back.