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This essay examines the three female characters portrayed in the Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice. It finds that Bianca, the mistress of Cassio, is an innocent. Although she is apparently a prostitute, there is a cleanness about her, and a concern for Cassio. Emilia is a conventional waiting woman, fiercely loyal to her mistress. Eventually she exposes Iago for the fiend that he is, and is murdered for it. Desdemona is the sweet, open woman, Iago's opposite, who remains loyal to the end.

Tags:othello, emilia, bianca

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This paper details the differences and similarities between the characters of Katherina and Bianca in this Shakespearean play and shows how their characters change throughout the play. It looks at how Katherina begins as a shrew and how Bianca is shown to be exactly the opposite of Katherina and how, by the end of the play, Katherina and Bianca have completely switched places, with Katherina being the modest, submissive wife and Bianca the shrew.

From the Paper
"At the beginning of the play we see Katherina as a beautiful and wealthy woman with a high social status like her father, but she is also condemned as being a curst shrew and a devil, and Gremio clearly shows this when, in Act I Scene 1, he says: "Think'st thou, Hortensio, though her father be very rich, any man is so very a fool to be married to hell?". In addition, in Act I Scene 2, he says "Katherine the curst, / A title for a maid of all titles the worst." "

Tags:baptista, comedy, inversion, love, lucentio, petruchio, tranio

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This paper discusses how, in William Shakespeare's "Othello", Desdemona, Bianca, and Emilia, the three main female individuals, are shown in different lights through the usage of both uplifting and demeaning descriptions. It looks at how Desdemona's humble and benevolent character is contrasted greatly against the harsh words used by Othello to describe her, how Emilia's outgoing and outspoken personality is revealed when speaking to both Desdemona and Iago and how Bianca's allegiance to Cassio differs significantly from her darker hypocritical side. It also analyzes how all three female characters reflect their personas through their actions, displaying their emotional outpourings, opinions on controversial issues, as well as their strengths and weaknesses.

From the Paper
"The main object of affection is Desdemona, the one woman who is known by all men as the wife of Othello. She is called by Othello "gentle" (I.I.28) as well as "gentle mistress" (I.3.205) by Brabantio. Cassio describes her as "a most exquisite lady" who is "most fresh and delicate creature" (2.3.20, 22-23). Desdemona displays her gentleness through her actions with her father and Othello. She attempts to be diplomatic and faithful to the people she most loves, especially when she is confronted by her father about Othello (I.3.208- 218). She is "bound" to her father "for life and education," showing how loyal and grateful she is towards to her father for raising her as a notable parent. Desdemona also believes that she should take the role that her mother once took by stating that she must upkeep the "duty" by "preferring you (Brabantio) before her father.""

Tags:Cassio, Iago

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This paper discusses three women in William Shakespeare's "Othello" and their different relationships with the men they love. It looks at Desdemona and her adoration of Othello, at Emilia and her loyalty to the abominable Iago and finally at Bianca as the sensual mistress of Cassio. The paper describes the characters' love throughout the play and looks at the various outcomes of that love.

From the Paper
"Cassio, Othello's lieutenant, is a young blade, the dashing, handsome man whom Iago admits has virtues that Iago cannot match. (V:i:18-20) In Bianca, he has a mistress rather than a wife, apparently a prostitute (IV:i:95-96), and while his actions suggest that he is reasonably fond of her (III:iv:167-78), he apparently does not intend to marry her (IV:i:116-117, 120-22, 124-26, 128-30), and while he will try to attend to her when he can (III:iv:176-77), he offers her no assurance that he will give her anything more than a handkerchief he has happened upon. (III:iv:186) When he gives this to her, she is jealous, that this is something from another woman, but there is a youthful innocence and exuberance in her remarks, not the burning rage of Othello's jealousy. (III,iv:178-81; IV:i:147-161) She becomes a tool in Iago's scheming, as he speaks of her to Cassio, while Othello believes that the conversation is about Desdemona. (IV:i:94-144) Although she ordinarily treats love as a mere commodity (Kernan), when she finds Cassio wounded, she seems genuinely concerned for him. (V:i:115-20) Iago turns his malice on her, suggesting she had a role in the attack, which is all Iago's doing. (V:i:85-86, 100-01, 104-10, 116) She recoils at the accusation, but can do little about it. (V:i:122-23)"

Tags:mistress, Iago, Cassio, adoration, character

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Explores the characteristics of Desdemona, Bianca and Emilia and their status, roles and power within the largely male dominated society. The paper suggests that the male dominated society leads to, ultimately, all three women falling victims.

From the Paper
"Othello by William Shakespeare is a play set in Venice at the height of it's powers. There are three significant female characters in the play, Desdemona, Bianca, and Emilia, who are representative of the female gender. Their characters within the play are presented as being victims of their gender, and victims of the male dominated society of the time. They are seen as victims in their treatment, their status and roles and their power within society, and in the ultimate death of two of the three female characters in the play."

Tags:cassio, dominant, females, gender, males, men, patriarchy, play, power, race, victims, women

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This paper closely examines gender roles and their effect on relationships in "Taming of the Shrew". The paper discusses the courtship and marriage of two couples, Katherine and Petruccio and Lucentio and Bianca, and shows how Katherine and Petruccio's contentious personalities, and non-traditional courtship leads them to a deeper and more satisfactory union than the more orthodox Bianca and Lucentio share. The paper brings out how conformity to standard gender roles can lead to a relationship based on false ideals.

From the Paper
"In Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare explores gender roles and their effect on relationships. The play chronicles the courtship and marriage of two couples, Katherine and Petruccio, then Lucentio and Bianca. Initially it seems that Lucentio and Bianca have the ideal relationship and that Petruccio will be miserable with Katherine the titular shrew. This however is not the case. The play exposes the ways in which conformity to standard gender roles can lead to a relationship based on false ideals. While Katherine and Petruccio may not have had a traditional start to their relationship they are honest with one another. In contrast Bianca and Lucentio find themselves in what ultimately appears to be an unhappy marriage."

Tags:Katherine, Petruccio, Lucentio, Bianca, courtship, gender, roles

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This paper discusses how although the female contingent in "Othello" only comprises of Desdemona, Emelia and Bianca, the importance of their contribution to the play is impossible to overstate as they are either directly or indirectly the cause of every significant development throughout the narrative. In particular, the paper focuses on Desdemona and how her explosively erratic relationship with Othello demonstrates the highly complex and controversial way in which men were simultaneously domineering towards women whilst remaining undeniably fearful and wary of their emotional volatility and powers of seduction.

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"Iago's drive and passion to gain revenge and to oust Othello can perhaps be put down to the idea of women as possessions; in that it is apparent that Iago believes (or at least has convinced himself to believe) that Othello has slept with his with Emilia. Iago states that 'it is thought abroad that twixt my sheets/He's done my office' (I.3.381-2), and that Othello 'hath jumped into my seat'(II.1.286-7). The use of the words 'office' and 'seat' to describe Emilia show the contempt in which Iago holds her, dehumanising her and showing that it is more the thought of Othello having used one of his possessions that enrages Iago and drives him to his treachery than it is the fear of being a cuckold. He goes on to claim he plans to get 'evened with him, wife fore wife'(II.1.290), implying women are merely the pawns in a game of male one-upmanship."

Tags:Desdemona, Emelia, Bianca, Iago

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This paper explains that, while there has long been the typecast in drama that men are in control of their women, this is not always the case; many times the women are the ones in charge. The author points out that the female characters Antigone and Ismene from Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" and Desdemona and Bianca from Shakespeare's "Othello" are women who are submissive to the men in their lives. The paper relates that the characters Jocaste from Sophocles' "Oedipus the King", Emilia from Shakespeare's "Othello" and Kristine Linde, and Nora Helmer from Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" are women who are portrayed as strong and in possession of power in their respective relationships.

From the Paper
"Women are not always subject to the men in their lives though. Many times the women are the ones with all the power in a relationship and men are the ones left with the more compliant role. Such is the case with Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and two of it's main characters, Nora Helmer and Kristine Linde. These two women each possess the level of power with their respective men that allow them to truly run the show. First off is Nora Helmer, a housewife who is more than she seems to be. At first glance, she appears to be completely dependant on her husband Torvald but the audience soon finds out that this is not the case. When Torvald became ill and near death, Nora took it upon her self to raise the money needed to help save his life, something unheard of in that time, as women were not even allowed to take out a loan without their husband's permission."

Tags:mistress, control, typecast, submissive, strong

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According to Bianca Jagger's "Why A War Against Iraq Would Be Illegal," the United Nations established only two cases in which force can be used between nations. First, if a country is seriously threatening or has attacked another. Second, if one country is such a serious and proven threat to the world, the Security Council will pass a resolution allowing the international community to use force against that country. The paper argues that neither of these two cases applied to the situation in Iraq, highlighting that the use of force in this particular case was not justified. Although the supporters of force in Iraq argue that this strategy was taken for the sake of peace and security, facts illustrate that force was not the only option to remove Saddam Hussein from power, that the war has led to the destruction of normal life in Iraq, and that the goal of force for democratization has rarely had positive outcomes. The paper argues that the use of force in Iraq was unjustified from the start, with the consequences of the war providing additional support for the argument against force.

From the Paper
"If we really think seriously about the cost that the use of force has had upon the ordinary citizen of Iraq, we find that it destroyed their lives. They do not have the option of protection from criminals and from terrorists, or access to regular heath and education services that they had under Saddam Hussein. The decision to use force in this case did not liberate the Iraqi people like the United States claims that it has done but, as Elliott stresses, has made life even worse for them than it was under Saddam Hussein. This use of force did not simply remove a government but it took away the whole basis that normal everyday life is created upon, leading to great suffering until the country is rebuilt, from electricity services to a police force that can protect the people against criminals."

Tags:Al, Qaeda, 911

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This paper examines both what he says about women in general and about some women in particular (i.e. Desdemona, Emilia, Bianca, and Venetian women). Discussed are what he does to women and shows how these contribute to his attitude, also answered is the relationship between this attitude and his desire for revenge.