explore how shakespeare presents vulnerability

introduction

function = a gateway/enabler for manipulation to thrive - catalyst for the play’s actions

othello is vulnerable as a racial outsider - function =

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vulnerability of trust

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vulnerability of being a women - function = show the effects of patriarchy

AO1 = desdemona vs bianca = fundamentally different but both dependent on men in their lives

• desdemona

  • ‘i do perceive a divided duty’

  • ‘I am subdued to the very quality of my lord’

  • “transported” “stowed” “stolen”

  • ‘hail to thee, lady and the grace of heaven’

  • ‘white ewe’

  • “blessed condition” “divine” “virtuous” “chaste”

  • “the riches of the ship”

  • “most fresh and delicate creature”

• Bianca

  • “a customer”

  • “the bauble”

  • “this is the monkey’s own giving out”

  • “I marry her?”

  • “strumpet”

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• objectification

• metaphor

• imagery

• dynamic verbs

• rhetorical question

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• archetypes of femininity

• courtesans/prostitutes

• madonnna whore complex

• stereotypical ventian women

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• Jardine’s suggestion that the state world of a Jacobean drama is wholly masculine, and there is omly a male viewpoint on offer

vulnerability of love

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