William Shakespeare's "Othello"

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This paper attempts to understand the final speech by Othello within the content of the play by understanding Shakespeare's overall writing style and his development of the main character, Othello. He finds that Othello's final speech redeems him even after he murders his wife and is duped by Iago. Through the use of imagery and metaphors, Shakespeare is able to generate a considerable impact on the audience positioning them for the full extent of the tragic outcome.

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"Othello is considered by some to be a poem and like most poems, it achieves its impact largely through imagery--language that appeals to the senses. The richness and quantity of Shakespeare's imagery make it impossible to translate the language of his day into modern English. Let's examine consider the way Shakespeare uses the imagery to define character in Othello. The use of imagery in this case is what makes each character's voice so recognizable, and rarely did Shakespeare use it more brilliantly when he did in creating Othello."

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