Author: Razan

1.Othello’s private life, where his marriage is soon to become public knowledge, where Brabantio threatens Othello with violence and accuses him of using sorcery to seduce Desdemona, his reasoning being that she would never marry Othello voluntarily. Second,  the political crisis with the threatened attack by the Turks, where he anticipates being sent to war in a commanding position.

2. When Iago says “I am not what I am,” he means that he is not truly and in essence what he merely pretends to be. He pretends to be a servant of Othello, but he is really a servant of himself.

3. Brabantio say to Othello: 

“She has deceived her father, and may thee” [line 650] because he wants to unsettle the relationship between Desdemona  and Othello, so they don’t stay together. What he meant by this is that she betrayed her  own father and married an african man against his will, she can betray you the same way.

4. Iago wants to lead Cassio into committing an action that will disgrace him with the other soldiers.

5. This little piece of cloth became very important. Othello had originally given the handkerchief to Desdemona. Iago convinces Othello that Cassio gave it to Bianca, which convinces him that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair. When the handkerchief’s role in things is revealed in the final act, Emilia realizes all the manipulation Iago’s done, and what a monster she’s married to.

The short story Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins. This story shows the American reaction towards mental illness in the 19th century. The story takes place in the summer at the A colonial mansion.  Charlotte wrote this short story while she is locked up in a room by her husband Jone and brother because she had a mental illness.  Her carried husband tries his best to take care of his beloved wife by locking her up in a room with yellow wallpaper, away from her children. She starts writing her diaries and her emotions one paper after being locked in the room. She doesn’t have the courage to open up to anyone around her so she believes that the paper is the only trusted thing should share her thoughts with.  Jone keeps on visiting her in the room and encouraging her to feel better. He tells her that she is the only person who is able to help her. The yellow wallpaper is one of the important symbols in the store that reflects Charlotte’s personality and sickness, and it is the most thing that she observes throughout her day.  During her time locked in the room, Charlotte starts to see a woman underneath the yellow wallpaper.  She tries to avoid meeting anyone in the room just so she can see the woman.  Day after a day passes and the day for Charlotte to be set free gets closer.   At the end of the story, Charlotte sends the woman underneath the yellow wallpaper free by ripping off all the wallpapers, and she is free. Even when Charlotte was diagnosed as a mentally ill person her writing showed otherwise, she seemed like a really healthy person that she is only going through a hard time, but not mentally ill.