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The two women, as portrayed by the Algonkuin Theatre Company91

Emilia and Desdemona: "Othello" characters more similar than you think

Few would initially consider the characters of Emilia and Desdemona to be similar. One is the wife of the play's tragic hero; the other is betrothed to one of the greatest villains of all time. Pious...

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Shakespeare's Othello. A Good Man?

From reading literature, like that of William Shakespeare, we have come to witness the concepts of good and evil. Moreover, we can appreciate the role that good an evil play on various characters which...

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This is one of the earliest examples of a memorial portrait of Shakespeare and was probably produced in the late 1660s by the Dutch-born artist Gerard (or Gilbert) Soest.73

The Problem With Othello

  Although a confident and masterful general, Othello is unable to cultivate the fundamentals of a healthy psyche. While jealousy is obviously present in the character of Othello, it is only a symptom of...

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Moral Authority

Evil resides as moral capacity when the unaccepting are accepted. Intolerance is a commitment to shame and bigotry a confusion of morality. So how do you decipher the two truth and impartiality? Othello...

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Movie Rants

 General consensus was that Da Vinci Code failed because it didn't live up to the book, though I've never read the book, so I'll just judge the movie on it's own merits; this was a poorly put together movie...

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My Bookshop - Shakespeare

Where are thou? Or are you making much ado about nothing. There is no taming this shrew - and come to think of it how dare you call me a shrew at all! Life is not a tragedy - it may well be a comedy. ...

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James Bulger being led away. CCTV footage that helped convict Robert Thomson and Jon Venables68

The Nature of Violence

James Bulger being led away. CCTV footage that helped convict Robert Thomson and Jon Venables Violence is shocking and appalling and when the very young commit violence it sends jolts of despair through...

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