Sökning: "Iago"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade ordet Iago.

  1. 1. Racial Prejudices as Societal Norms: Utilizing Genre Pedagogy to Help Students Work with William Shakespeare’s 'Othello'

    Magister-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Malek Habejbek; [2023]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : This essay examines racial attitudes in Elizabethan England to re-read Shakespeare’s Othello with an emphasis on the characters Roderigo, Iago, Brabantio, the Duke of Venice, and Emilia. It also looks at the historical background of blackface and how it contributed to racism. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Shakespearean Stahr : Using Genette’s Theory of Intertextuality to Compare The Last Tycoon to Shakespeare’s Tragedies

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Therese Andersson Edén; [2017]
    Nyckelord :F. Scott Fitzgerald; William Shakespeare; The Last Tycoon; Gerard Genette; A.C Bradley; Architextuality; Shakespearean Tragedy; Intertextuality;

    Sammanfattning : This essay uses Gerard Genette’s theory of intertextuality – in particular, architextuality - in order to establish the connection between Shakespearean tragedies and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last novel, The Last Tycoon. The essay relies mainly on known Shakespeare critic A. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Two Jokers in the Pack? A Comparative Analysis of Iago in William Shakespeare’s Othello and the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight in Relation to W.H. Auden’s ‘The Joker in the Pack’

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Författare :Katarina Isaksson; [2014-02-07]
    Nyckelord :engelska; Iago; the Joker; William Shakespeare; Christopher Nolan; Othello; The Dark Knight; W.H. Auden; The Joker in the Pack; psychopathy; narratology;

    Sammanfattning : What would happen if we viewed the Joker of Christopher Nolan’s 2008 motion picture The Dark Knight as a modern incarnation of Iago, the villain of William Shakespeare’s Othello? Additionally, how well does Auden’s argument about Iago as a practical joker (‘The Joker in the Pack’) explain them both? The analysis of this essay is performed by comparing similarities and differences found with the two villains and relating them to W. H. LÄS MER