Othello Lyrics Project

1. Iago:
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on; (3.3.15)

Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley:
Why can't you see
What you're doing to me
When you don't believe a word I say?

Analysis:
Centered around the commonly shared notion of jealousy’s damages to relationships, these two quotes warn another person of jealousy’s potential destructiveness. Iago seeks to enkindle in Othello this fiery emotion by suggesting it’s presence through his insincere warning. In this song “Suspicious Minds”, the speaker sincerely warns his lover against falling into jealously which is painfully driving the wedge of estrangement between them.

2. Iago:
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ: this may do something. (3.3.33)

Jealous Heart by Dolly Parton:
Mine is a jealous heart
Imagines things that never are
Builds a fire from a tiny spark
But that's the way of a jealous heart

Analysis:
Both of these quotes speak of the hypersensitive nature of one who has become ensnared by jealous feelings. Iago, in his monologue, reveals to the audience that he is aware of this hypersensitive nature and seeks to exploit it. The speaker in Dolly Parton’s song, however, is a jealous person fully aware of the hypersensitivity from which she suffers.

3. Duke of Venice:
And, noble signior,
If virtue no delighted beauty lack,
Your son-in-law is far more fair than black.' (1.3.22)

Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top:
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
Coz every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man.

Analysis:
The wise and noble Duke of Venice in rhyming couplets issues another moral of life telling Brabantio that his daughter has chosen a man of great character and virtue as her husband if it is true that good men attract beautiful women. Likewise, the speaker in “Sharp Dressed Man” asserts that all of the women are attracted to him, not because of his character but, because of his dress. Both of these quotes seek to simplify the nature of women into a two-line maxim.

4. Brabantio:
Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see:
She has deceived her father, and may thee. (1.3.10)

Runaround Sue by Dion and the Belmonts:
She took my love then ran around
With every single guy in town

Analysis:
Both of these warnings come from men who have been hurt by the reckless behavior of a woman. Desdemona eloped with Othello without the consent of her farther Brabantio and Sue saw other men after committing to the speaker of Dion’s song. The fact that Brabantio’s warning to Othello comes in the form of rhyming couplets, as most truisms of Shakespeare’s time period resembled perfection in both form and substance, emphasizes the nature of the events which it foreshadows. Likewise, Dion’s lines rhyme yet lack the formal diction and context which surrounds the words of Shakespeare.

5. Desdemona:
That love’s unnatural that kills for loving.

Lover, Lover by Jerrod Niemann:
girl but before I get to going, I've got to say
I know you used to love me but that was yesterday,
And the truth, I won't fight it,
When the love stops burning you got to do what's right,

Analysis:
These two quotes insightfully point out the contradiction of being cruel towards the person whom one claims to love. However, both quotes diverge in that Desdemona will accept the fate that awaits her either through weakness or a purer form of love whereas the speaker in “Lover, Lover” seeks “to do what’s right” and leave the abusive lover.

Compare and Contrast Essay for The Kite Runner and Slumdog Millionaire

When Assef and his minions confront Hassan and Amir with the intention of hurting both of them, Hassan steps into the role of hero. He aims his notoriously accurate slingshot at Assef’s eye and threatens to remove it should Assef come any closer. This bold banishment of his only weapon seemingly saves his brother and himself from an injurious rendezvous with a hateful individual. Likewise, Salim, knowing what evil men have planned for his brother, Jamal, Salim informs Jamal, throws chemical in the eye of one man, and leads his brother to safety. These stories incorporate many common characteristics and archetypes but may not be intended illustrate exactly the same point. Despite the similar methods of illustrating their ideas on brotherhood, Hossieni, author of The Kite Runner, and Doyle, director of Slumdog Millionaire, possess differing opinions of its ramifications.
Both The Kite Runner and Slumdog Millionaire contain settings and plots comparable in many ways. First, Jamal and Salim, Amir and Hassan are Muslim boys living in countries with societies traditionally viewed as ancient and custom oriented but are currently lacking in many forms of stagnancy. Also, the archetypal “Cane and Able” plot begins when the brothers are separated because one betrays the other. The two stories, themselves, center round one brother’s search for the other and, ultimately, the disseverance of some form of redemption.
Besides redemption, these stories – like two houses built with stones cut from the same query – are filled with countless themes and symbols whose shear numbers confirm the “brotherly” connection between the two. The symbolic motif of power through a gun or weapon appears in both works. Salim first kills a gangster and then, drunk with power, forces his brother to run from him and Latika. Assef also realizes that guns give a person a certain power: the ability to force others to comply with your demands. Furthermore, the theme of migration mirrors the search for brother and redemption in both stories. Amir must return to his war-torn home of Afghanistan in search of that “way to be good again”. Jamal and Salim are set loose upon India after the death of their mother. They spend part of their time on a train steeling and selling for a living.
Concerning the beliefs that Doyle and Hossieni demonstrate in their stories, the two could not possibly find more divergent viewpoints. These differences reach their summit in the brothers they each present. Hossieni displays what many would regard as a more realistic view of the world. Hassan, after standing as the paramount figure of honesty, courage, and loyalty, he takes the fall and is killed for defending his master’s and father’s house. Amir, the more imperfect brother saves the day by overcoming his weaknesses. Contrastingly, Doyle’s brother of faith and hope is the one who triumphs over the dark forces and the more imperfect brother, Salim, ends up dead in a bath tub. Doyle’s more definite distinction between the tainted brother and the savior-brother distinguishes him as having the clearer conflict of good verses evil.
Most importantly, the Hossieni and Doyle outcomes follow very divergent ways of thought. Hossieni’s ending does not have a happy family united in San Francisco nor is the hole left in Amir’s heart, due to the betrayal of his brother and communicated to his wife in the form of sterility, filled. The ending of the novel describes anticlimactic conflicts such as coming home to America and dealing with the child abuse that promises to plague them for years. Doyle’s outcome expresses a much more optimistic outlook on the world. Jamal – the good brother – wins both the money and the girl as his perseverance and good faith are rewarded and his selfish brother faces the punishment which he must accept as the proper price for his tormentfully painful transgressions.
So, upon deeper analysis of the two examples of brotherly protection, Hossieni eventually makes Hassan victim to Assef and forces the cowardly Amir to face his aggressor alone which leaves him thoroughly beaten and scared but still alive. Hossieni does not pretend that in facing his fears, Amir will resolve all of life’s unfortunate occurrences but promises him new and trying challenges in the future. Doyle, however, allows Jamal to escape unscathed the danger of wicked men who want to scoop out his eyeballs. This difference foreshadows the eventual discrepancies in outcomes and illustrates their disparities on interpreting the world.

India Poem

Bland pan
dipped in
Spicy curry
Cake ball
as desert
telemarketing
outsourcing of jobs
"I'm sorry sir but I'm eating dinner right now and I'm just not interested in replacing my smoke detectors today. Goodbye."
Big Christian bull elefants stampeding villages
Bangalor
Mumbi
Calcutta
St. Theresa of Calcutta
Ghandi
Slumdog Millionaire

Two Voices Poem

They call me-----------Salim-----------------Jamal
I am living------------the dream-------------with hope
Me and my--------------colt------------------wit
-----------------------strike like a bolt----will never quit
I play the game
I make-----------------the rules-------------it rain
Different paths,
still one.

Metapoem

Ironing a shirt and writing a Thank You note
Passing a stone and squeezing out an essay
Singing a song and composing a poem

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