Betraying and Lying in Othello by William Shakespeare

Betraying and lying have become the root of all evil today. People have made it an everyday thing to lie and betray people just because they like to see people broken in misery. People also lie and betray people because of jealousy they may have towards them. The tragedy of Othello explains why some people are not trustworthy. Just because some people feel like they are miserable, they try everything in their power to make the other individual miserable as well. Enemies come in different colors, shapes, and forms, making it difficult for you to pick out who the ones that is worth trusting. The author uses Characterization, conflict, and themes to tell about the deceitful ways a person has, and all the harm it causes to people to†¦show more content†¦Because of Delia’s assumptions, there were many people that started to believe that William Shakespeare did not write his own work, such as Christopher Marlowe, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Rutland, the Earl of Oxford, and even Queen Elizabeth I (Mabillard). People believed that Shakespeare wasn’t real. They say that there was no evidence to show that a real person named William Shakespeare wrote the poems and plays Shakespeare became an actor in the company that produced the plays (Mabillard). There were no documents found to support Delia’s accusation about William Shakespeare’s work being written by someone else (Mabillard). There is also no evidence that said that the name used by this man who crafted the plays, sonnets, and poems was an alias (Mabillard). They looked into the lives of other author’s and playwrights and there was nothing to associate their works with Shakespeare’s work (Mabillard). The question about if Shakespeare is a real person, and if he wrote his own work still remains questionable today. That question may never be answered. Shakespeare had a major impact on the renaissance time period. Although William Shakespeare was born towards the end of the renaissance time period he was the first writer to bring the renaissance value into theaters (Lee). The renaissance time period was used to describe the ways Europeans moved away from the set ideas of the Middle Ages (Lee). During the Middles AgesShow MoreRelatedTheme Of Monstrous Jealousy In William Shakespeares Othello1271 Words   |  6 PagesWilliam Shakespeare’s â€Å"Othello†, illustrates four of themes in the play. One of the themes is extreme jealousy can make a person act like a monster. 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