Art In Othello

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Art is one of the many ways a person can express themselves. It is used to tell a story, connect on an emotional level, capture a special moment, and more. It can also come in different ways, such as, paintings, photos, sketches, music, and in literature and writing. Art allows the artist to tell others who they are or what they may be going through on a deeper level. It enables them to tell a story that expresses their emotion and show their experiences. Art gives the artist a chance to build connections and relate to anyone who views their works of art. For example, when John would talk about various works of Shakespeare. He shows how even though Shakespeare was written between the years 1590 and 1613, it is still related to the modern day
In Othello, John is a lot like the character in how he is isolated from the New World because of how and where he grew up. He relates to Hamlet because of Hamlet considering to murder his stepfather, Claudius, as John hates to think about killing
In “My Last Duchess,” by Robert Browning, it talks about how a painting of the narrator’s late wife is so realistic. This qualifies as art because of the wow factor of the painting being as if “she was alive” (2). He talked about how he did not want trouble like his wife was, but instead a “tamed” wife. In the preface of “The Picture of Dorian,” it says “The artist is the creator of beautiful things…No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything. Thought and language are to the artist instruments of an art (1-22). This shows how art is inspired by the nature and their surroundings. Artist have the ability to see the beauty in anything and they know exactly how to make the rest of the world see what they see and, thus, the art is created. Art can also be created because of the experience the artists have. Oscar Wilde tells how artists are required to create “beautiful things,” and that art is either good or bad. The artistry behind creation/ art is in Brave New World, when it says “Why was that old fellow such a marvelous propaganda technician? Because he had so many insane, excruciating things to get excited

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