Brutus is entirely a victim of his high standards and principles. Cassius manipulates him by using certain persuasive techniques regarding his honour to get Brutus to join the conspiracy. Brutus’s personal opinions of the deed are displayed at the funeral to represent that he actually is a victim regarding his principles. Along with that, his nobility remains constant even if he is a part of the conspiracy. Cassius mocks Brutus’s honour in order to manipulate him to join the conspiracy.
The first two characters that share similar qualities are Judge Pyncheon from The House of Seven Gables, and Mable’s uncle, Cap from The Pathfinder. Judge Pyncheon was the owner of the House, and simply called, “the Judge. He is the novel’s most visible antagonist, and is a living example of the cruelty and ambition that brought the Pyncheon family such misfortune. The most important feature he had, was his deceiving smile, which gave the reader a better understanding of how his personality was. The judge wanted everyone to think he was so innocent, but in fact, he was overwhelmingly selfish.
It explains Iago’s insatiable desire for revenge against Othello, explores the theme of jealousy in the play, and gives light to Iago’s manipulative deceptions and dishonesties. The soliloquy highlights a lot of important facts about the central characters and themes in “Othello”. The extract explains Iago’s relentless desire for revenge against Othello. As Iago believes that the Moor has wronged him in many ways, he sees it somewhat appropriate to plot revenge against him and those close to him. Iago has many rather theoretical reasons for his revenge, one of which being his failure to receive the spot of lieutenant, and the other being that he “suspect[s] the lusty Moor” of sleeping with his wife, Emilia.
Othello doesn’t complete this fall alone however, he is faced with external pressure from the Machiavellian villain Iago who manipulates him allowing this fall to occur. Despite this transformation it is still possible to suggest that Othello actually remains noble throughout the entirety of the play. This has been a controversial topic on which critics seem to be divided, half suggest Othello was merely a victim to Iago and in his mind was doing the noble thing, the other half stating that his actions were entirely his own fault and thus he is not noble. Critical to this debate is what the definition of nobility actually is; nobility is described by B. Lewis as being the presence of “superior moral qualities and an exalted mind, character, or spirit that scorns the petty, base, or dishonourable”; this is therefore must be the basis by which Othello’s nobility is determined. However this nobility that is constantly present in Othello takes on various forms at distinct stages throughout the play.
Each writer shows distinct faults of mankind: arrogance, insensitivity, and hypocrisy. Arrogance has always been one of the more pronounced sins of mankind. La Rochefoucauld’s seventh maxim is directed at man’s conceit. “Man often believes he leads, when indeed he is being led; and while his mind directs him toward one goal, his heart drags him unconsciously toward another.” La Rochefoucauld demonstrates that man usually believes he is in control when there are several other factors leading him, therefore proving that man is arrogant because he wishes to believe in his own superiority to such a great extent that he ignores the reality of the situation. Thurber continues to exhibit the arrogance of man in “The Man and the Dinosaur”.
The story I choose to do essay 1 on was “Tell-Tale Heart” by, Edgar Allen Poe. A first and second person point of view story. First person because of his use of I “I loved the old man” (Allen Poe 387), Second person because of his use of you “You fancy me mad.……But you should have seen me” (Allen Poe 388). The protagonist in Tell-Tale Hart is clearly the narrator. I would say he is a static character, but you could say he is dynamic because of how he flips out in the end and the struggle he has with himself throughout the story.
In Hamlet, his prominent character trait of indecisiveness and other traits are revealed and better seen when compared and contrasted to the rest of the cast. Jamil 2 One of these foils is the character of Laertes. Laertes and Hamlet both share a common goal, revenge for the murder of their father. However, the way they go about this is different. Unlike Hamlet, Laertes is ablaze with motivation and action, and says that he will throw “conscience and grace to the profoundest pit” (4.5.
Laura Niemi Dr. Tait ENG 450 21 October, 2012 Othello The analysis of this play doesn’t begin with Othello, but it does start with the fact that Iago is the evil person portrayed here. He plays on Othello’s thoughts and emotions which makes Othello absolutely insane. He uses the passion that Roderigo has for Desdemona as a dagger to play on his unending nerves. He also uses Cassio’s character of love as well as drink against the lieutenant, along with Desdemona’s chastity against her. His plan of action was almost complete if he was able to murder Cassio.
It wasn’t fate that caused him to kill Laius, or took him down the path to Thebes, or even to leave his home land with no prior plan to go anywhere, it was his rashness and pride that caused him to act out on anger and little thinking. Throughout the play not only does Jocasta try to calm down Oedipus but so does the chorus in order to prevent Oedipus from doing something without thinking. Every bad decision and wrong turn Oedipus took was due, in part, his poorly thought out decisions and misguided actions, so the blame can be on no one but Oedipus himself for not using his head while making life changing decisions. Oedipus has many characteristics that categories him as a tragic hero. Oedipus was born into a wealthy family, being descends of Lauis and Jocasta; King and queen of Thabes.
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.