The Role of Evil in Shakespeare’s Othello, the Moor of Venice, Titus Andronicus, and The Tempest

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dc.contributor.author Panter, Çiğdem
dc.date.accessioned 2013-08-13T12:24:49Z
dc.date.available 2013-08-13T12:24:49Z
dc.date.issued 2013
dc.identifier.citation Panter, Cigdem. (2013). The Role of Evil in Shakespeare’s Othello, the Moor of Venice, Titus Andronicus, and The Tempest. Thesis (M.A.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, Famagusta: North Cyprus. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11129/638
dc.description Master of Arts in English Language and Literature. Thesis (M.A.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2013. Supervisor: Dr. Can Sancar. en_US
dc.description.abstract ABSTRACT: This thesis mainly focuses on the acts of evil in William Shakespeare’s three plays The Tempest, Othello, the Moor of Venice and Titus Andronicus in order to illustrate how the characters that represent the self in this case Iago, Titus and Prospero become in the position of the characters of the other Othello, Tamora and Caliban. The characters who are representations of the self reflect Edward Said’s Orientalism, when they aim to destroy the desired victims as they see the other as inferior. Edward Said’s Orientalism illustrates how some selves see themselves superior to the other in terms of culture, religion and race, which brings into existence various binary oppositions of what the self, is not. To be more precise the binary oppositions include being uncivilised, barbaric, ignorant, savage and uneducated, which are all terms that are associated with the other as in the case of Othello, Tamora and Caliban. This then determines the self to be civilised, educated and wise which excludes what the other, is not. It is natural to identify evil with the characters that belong to the other because of the way the self represents them. On the other hand, it is not so natural to identify evil with characters of the self when they are associated with positive characteristics that exclude negative characteristics of the other. This thesis aims to depict how evil as seen in Shakespeare’s characters Iago, Titus and Prospero do not belong to a particular religion, ethnic or cultural group. Whether the individual is a Catholic, Protestant, English, Roman, Moorish or Goth evil lies in the self. The evil in the antagonist Iago and protagonist in Titus, and Prospero are associated with evil thoughts and actions, which comes from within, and defiles the individual. Evil often deals with the reality of individuals who have problems with themselves in the society they live in. So, when the characters Iago, Titus and Prospero act in evil ways they become associated with the characteristics of the other, and they themselves become the uncivilized, barbaric and ignorant ones. Keywords: Evil, Self-Other, William Shakespeare, Edward Said. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ÖZ: Bu tez esas olarak William Shakespeare’in The Tempest, Othello, the Moor of Venice ve Titus Andronicus adlı üç oyunundaki kötülük eylemleri üzerine yoğunlaşmıştır. Bu bağlamda İago, Titus ve Prospero, Othello, Tamora, ve Caliban karakterlerini simgelemek amacıyla kullanılmıştır. Karakterlerin kurbanlarını küçümseyerek yok edişleri Edward Said’in Oriyentalizm (Doğu Bilimi)’ni yansıtır. Edward Said’in Oryentalizmi kişinin kendini diğerlerinden kültürel, din ve ırk açısından üstün görmesini anlatır ki aslında gerçek kişinin sandığının tam zıttı olmasıdır. Daha açık olmak gerekirse zıtlıklar uygarlaşmamış, zalim ve vahşi eğitimsizliği içerir ki Othello, Tamora ve Caliban bu terimlerle ilişkilendirilebilir. Bu da kişinin olmadığı halde, kendini diğerlerinden daha uygar, eğitimli ve zeki zannetmesidir. Doğal olarak karakterlerdeki kötülük kişinin kendini nasıl gösterdiği ile ilgilidir. Diğer yandan, tam tersi de doğru kabul edilir. Bu tez Shakespeare’in kötü karakterleri İago, Titus ve Prospero hiçbir din, etnik köken ve kültürel gruba ait olmayışlarını tasvip etmek için yazılmıştır. Birey ister Katolik, Protestan, İngiliz, Romalı, Kuzey Afrikalı, Müslüman veya Goth olsun kötülük insanın içinde yatır. Lider İago, Titus ve Prospero’nun içlerindeki kötü düşünceleri ve hareketleri ile bağlantılıdır ve kişiyi tanımlar. Kötülük genellikle bireyin yaşadığı toplumdan dolayı oluşan kendi problemleri ile bağlantılıdır. O yüzdendir ki, İago, Titus ve Prospero’nun kötü karakterleri diğer karakterlerdeki kötülükle ilişkilendirilebilir. Aslında uygarlaşmamış, zalim ve kötü olan onlardır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Kötü, Öz– Diğer ikilemi, William Shakespeare, Edward. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) en_US
dc.subject Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences en_US
dc.subject English Language and Literature en_US
dc.subject English Drama (Tragedy) - Evil in Literature - Criticism - Shakespeare, William en_US
dc.subject Good and Evil - In Literature en_US
dc.subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Othello, The Moor of Venice en_US
dc.subject Othello (Fictitious Character) en_US
dc.subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Titus Andronicus en_US
dc.subject Andronicus, Titus (Legendary Character) en_US
dc.subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Tempest en_US
dc.subject Evil - Self-Other - William Shakespeare - Edward Said en_US
dc.title The Role of Evil in Shakespeare’s Othello, the Moor of Venice, Titus Andronicus, and The Tempest en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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