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Jealousy in Othello
It is the green-eyed monster. (III.iii.)
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Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ. (III.iii.)
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It is a monster begot upon itself, born on itself. (III.iv.)
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“I cannot give it vital growth again, It needs must wither. I’ll smell it on the tree”
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Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ. (III.iii.)
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It is a monster begot upon itself, born on itself. (III.iv.)
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“I cannot give it vital growth again, It needs must wither. I’ll smell it on the tree”
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Race in Othello
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Constant use of “The Moor”
“you’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse. You’ll have your nephews neigh to you”
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“Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away
Richer than all his tribe”
Constant use of “The Moor”
“you’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse. You’ll have your nephews neigh to you”
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“Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away
Richer than all his tribe”
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Gender in Othello
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Even now, now, very now, an old black ram
Is tupping your white ewe.
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If that the earth could teem with woman's tears,
Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.
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Let husbands know
Their wives have sense like them. They see, and smell,
And have their palates both for sweet and sour
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Even now, now, very now, an old black ram
Is tupping your white ewe.
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If that the earth could teem with woman's tears,
Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.
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Let husbands know
Their wives have sense like them. They see, and smell,
And have their palates both for sweet and sour
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Deception vs Reality in Othello
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I am not what I am.
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My friend, your husband, the honest, honest Iago.
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Oh you are well tuned now!
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I am not what I am.
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My friend, your husband, the honest, honest Iago.
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Oh you are well tuned now!
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Misconception/Tragedy in Othello
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Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe.
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Nay, lay thee down and roar,//For thou hast killed the sweetest innocent// That e’er did lift up eye
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Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body
Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe.
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Nay, lay thee down and roar,//For thou hast killed the sweetest innocent// That e’er did lift up eye
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Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body
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Honour/class in Othello
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Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!
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That you unlace your reputation thus
And spend your rich opinion for the name
Of a night-brawler?
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Her name, that was as fresh
As Dian’s visage, is now begrimed and black
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But why should honor outlive honesty?
Let it go all
Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!
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That you unlace your reputation thus
And spend your rich opinion for the name
Of a night-brawler?
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Her name, that was as fresh
As Dian’s visage, is now begrimed and black
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But why should honor outlive honesty?
Let it go all
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Jelaousy in The Great Gatsby
The Green Light
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Gatsby fighting Buchanan
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His mistress and wife, an hour ago so secure, were both slipping from his control
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Gatsby fighting Buchanan
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His mistress and wife, an hour ago so secure, were both slipping from his control
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Wealth/Class in Gatsby
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those who live in West Egg are “Primitive”,
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“Rich girls don’t marry poor boys”
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Valley of Ashes vs East Egg stylisation
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those who live in West Egg are “Primitive”,
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“Rich girls don’t marry poor boys”
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Valley of Ashes vs East Egg stylisation
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Green Light
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Gender roles in Gatsby
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“I hope she’s a fool. That’s the best thing a girl can be”
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Way Myrtle is dressed and way Daisy is dressed
“I hope she’s a fool. That’s the best thing a girl can be”
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Way Myrtle is dressed and way Daisy is dressed
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Blurred time in Gatsby
Use of Jay-Z music
At the party following Nick
Use of seasons to show shifts in time
Flashes to Nick in the alcoholism clinic
At the party following Nick
Use of seasons to show shifts in time
Flashes to Nick in the alcoholism clinic
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Tragedy in Gatsby
Bad weather Opening of movie
Eckleburg’s eyes
Use of flashbacks
Eckleburg’s eyes
Use of flashbacks
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Within/withoutness in Gatsby
Narration
The Green light
Nick being within and without literally
The Green light
Nick being within and without literally
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