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Make a Thing Project: Othello is the Muse

Period 4 So in Othello by William Shakespeare we introduced to a man that is of high stature. He is a moor which at this time period, that’s not a good thing. Nevertheless Othello rises in rank in the Army and becomes a respected man within the royal community. Then things get even better for Othello when he meets the love of his life Desdemona. The two lovebirds are inseparable and then everything hits the fan. Iago decided to but his little nosy self into other people’s business and mess stuff up. Othello no longer trusts Desdemona and ends up killing her, then he obviously finds out that he was betrayed by Iago and then he kills himself. So this was obviously a tragedy. Kelsey and I decided to do a dance based around a poem that was written based on Othello. It showed the love that was shown between Othello and Desdemona. The poem was written by the fabulous Nasya King, and it reads as follows: Othello-Jealousy She was my life, a temple of purity, clean, and innocent, an

Beloved and 12 years a Slave: Slavery

Slavery. This is a word that is still controversial to this day. In the dictionary Slavery means “ submission to a dominating influence or the state of a person who is a chattel of another. This basically means that there is a person that you have to listen to and do as they say, and not like a “if you feel like it manner.” When you first think of slavery we automatically think of the chattel slavery that took place in the foundation era of the United States. But there are many forms of Slavery. Mental, Physical, and Emotional….these are also the many different forms of abuse in relationships if you didn’t notice, but I am not a certified psychologist so let us move forward.   Beloved follows a group of people whose lives revolve around slavery and the trials that they have to face while in slavery and the repercussions that they make while trying to gain their freedom. The first setting that we are introduced to is the plantation Sweet Home. The plantation owners are Mr. and