Hero is also deceived at the masked ball, when Don Pedro woos her on Claudio’s behalf. “I will assume some disguise and tell fair Hero I am Claudio” Is what Don Pedro says as he is about to aid Claudio on his quest for love. This was an important scene because it showed the audience that Claudio and Don Pedro are truly good friends and it also showed that Claudio really was in love with Hero. Don John tries to trick Claudio into believing that Don Pedro was wooing Hero for himself, but Claudio does not fall for this trickery when Don Pedro swears the truth. The next two acts of trickery are two of the most important scenes in the play- the overhearing scenes.
Sunday 11th December English- How does Shakespeare Present ideas about Reputation in Othello? Throughout the play Othello, reputation is a continuous theme demonstrating the importance of reputation at the time when the play was set and the effects a ruined reputation can have among the characters. Iago uses his reputation as an honest man to deceive Othello and every other character in the play; including his own wife. Othello's reputation plays a key role throughout the play as he is portrayed as the courageous Moor who is the only one skilled enough to protect Venice. His reputation also helps him avoid punishment from the Duke of Venice by marrying Brabantio’s daughter Desdemona.
• “Hanging Colby was doubtless against the law, and if the authorities learned in advance what the plan was they would very likely come in and try to mess everything up.” • “Colby said he thought drinks would be nice but was worried about the expense. We told him kindly that the expense didn't matter, that we were after all his dear friends and if a group of his dear friends couldn't get together and do the thing with a little bit of éclat, why, what was the world coming to?” • “…because if the hanging was being rained on he thought it would look kind of dismal.” • Find three other examples of irony on your own and explain why they’re ironic. 3. Define “euphemism.” Identify one example of a euphemism in the story. 4.
The next reason for this break up was Iago. Shakespeare needed someone to poison this relationship and chose Iago for it. Iago plays around with Othello and Brabantio's mind. Firstly he portrays Desdemona to be having an affair with Cassio. "The moor is of a free and open nature that thinks men honest that but seem to think so..." He shows us that Othello is of a very open nature and will believe whatever he is told.
Next Pap Finn teaches the evils of alcohol, this drunkard of a father abuses Huck and is only interested in him when money’s involved, for buying more booze of course. “Human beings can be awful cruel to one another” (254) sagaciously comments the surprisingly forgiving Huck about a pair of rapscallions is the next and most prominent moral, one you don’t have to dig for as much but is still a treasure all the same. The King and Duke lie and cheat others, whites enslave, mistreat, and dehumanize blacks, Tom Sawyer exploits others for his own amusement, Colonel Sherburn (although with fair warning) kills a
Would Athena give me glory?” (9.354-355) Odysseus’s character is very clever and he devises a plan to get revenge on the Cyclops and also to escape the cave they are in. He courageously goes to the Cyclops and gives him wine, all the while knowing that it will get him drunk and they can continue with their plan. The Cyclops asks him his name and Odysseus, being as clever as he is, tricks the Cyclops and tells him, “Nobody- that’s my name. Nobody- so my mother and father call me all, my friends.” (9.410-411) His courage and cleverness proves to be very effective because soon after the Cyclops falls asleep he and his men grab the stake they had made plunge it into the eye of the Cyclops. As
This just tells us that he knows what he is doing is wrong because he says himself we shouldn’t rush. Yet still he goes on and marries them! Now, how foolish can someone get? The next thing Friar Lawrence did was give Juliet a dangerous potion that could’ve killed her. “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink thou off”.
The first aspect that Poe was trying to warn us about was alcoholism. Fortunato, the victim, starts the story out in an inebriated state. “He [Fortunato] accosted me [Montresor, the narrator] with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much.” (Poe, 144). This immediately sets the tone for Fortunato being the subject of this morality tale and the intentions of Montresor being the consequences. For this part to be a cautionary tale, we do have to put it against the definition.
In act I of Othello - Iago, began his plan to make Othello lose faith in his wife. Roderigo is like Iago’s purse, because Roderigo likes Desdemona and wants to know more about her so he gives him whatever he needs because he fears that Iago has not been telling him enough about Desdemona. Roderigo finally realises that Iago has no loyalty to anyone, and that he is only out to benefit himself. He is the outsider in this situation. Cassio is simply a handsome, virile man and this makes Othello jealous.
POWER Can be defined as: A possession of control, authority or influence over others. Act 1: • We see how Iago shows power over Roderigo when he convinces him to go and tell Brabantio of Desdemonas dealings with Othello. “Call up her father, Rouse him; make after him, poison his delight” Which Is exactly what Roderigo ends up doing. It is because of this influence and power that Iago is able to manipulate everyone throughout the play. For example when he convinces Cassio to drink even though Cassio doesn’t want to, when he convinces Emilia to steal the handkerchief from Desdemona even though she doesn’t want to.