Othello was Insane
Shakespeare's "Othello" is a prime example of a cleverly crafted
tragedy. Othello himself has all the elements of a tragic hero: the
personal grievance involving a friend and loved one, the tragic flaw
(gullibility), the sacrifice of suicide. Othello's strong love for his wife
and the love that Desdemona shows him by betraying her father shows the
bond between the two of them. As a man Othello was honorable and noted
with high regard around Venice, also a strong and great leader. Every
great leader has much stress on him no matter how great the leader. The
stress of battle, the jealousy, and the loss of honor are what drove
Othello insane and this is why he hath killed his wife.
Although the stress of battle was not mentioned in the play one
could imagine the stresses put on a man with such stories of battle that
Othello himself told Brabantio. "Her father loved me, oft invited me;
/Still questioned me the story of my life/From year to year- the battles
sieges, fortunes/That I have passed."(I, iii, 128-131) The numerous battles
and the hardships of war wear a man down. The stresses of everyday things
at work get to us but the stresses of battle must be and uncountable times
worse. Othello seemed to be and was mentioned as a good leader with the
respect of the Duke. The stresses of being a black man leading an army of
white soldiers that might respect you as a leader but might not respect you
as a human would affect you also.
Othello seemed to handle the stresses of war just fine but with the
jealousy added into his life by the most evil Iago's plot against him and
Cassio was something that Othello had trouble managing. Othello was new to
the married life and did not want to leave his wife behind so he left her
in the hands of the "honest" Iago. "My life upon her faith! - Honest Iago,
/My Desdemona must I leave to thee"(I, iii, 294-295). Iago caused the
jealousy in Othello's heart and made it burn with such passion and with
some false proof caused Othello to begin his break from reality.
The honor lost by the rumor of a cheating wife was the straw that
got away. he would come back in a better mood to be with his father.
From reading The Harlem Hellfighters, it is apparent that, though the 369th regiment was all black, they did not have the same background and had not joined the war for the same reasons. This fact is important because the 369th regiment is in some ways a microcosm of the entire United States in the early 1900s and even today. ‘Black America’ is
Thomas, a childhood friend of Shaw’s, is well educated and has not been exposed to the harsh reality of the slavery scene. Shaw envisions the loss he had at Tatum when he trained these men. These men have never experienced man-to-man combat before and are not prepared to handle most situations. Robert enforces all the same regulations that the other regiments go by in the Union. The pride of these black soldiers kept them from accepting the lesser salary offered and they chose for no payment as did their leader Shaw.
staying in school, and even though he found a wonderful woman named Sheila who he,
During the Civil War, there were people who were extremely prejudiced against the 54th regiment because the soldiers were all different colored skin and the people where used to the idea that different color skinned people worked as slaves. In “Glory,“ Colonel Montgomery, the Sargent that trained and prepared them for war, and the colonel that was in charge of distributing necessities, served as the people who discriminated the African American soldiers. When he was teaching the soldiers how to march, some of them couldn’t tell the difference between left and right. He acted as if all African Americans were uneducated and they were hopeless to teach. Shoes were an essential part of training. Many of the African American soldiers didn‘t even have decent shoes when they enrolled for the war. Naturally, after all the training, their shoes wore down. If the 54th regiment were composed of white soldiers, the department that passed out shoes would already have prepared extra shoes for them. But since the 54th regiment was composed of all African Americans, the regiment was discriminated and there were no extra shoes for them. The other white generals thought the 54th regiment would never go on a battlefield and even if they did, they probably would all die. Therefore there were no extra resources for them. Another fact that there were some racist sentiments was that the African American soldiers only got a $10 pay while the white soldiers got $13.
“I asked her to wear something revealing, so she showed up in a prophet's toga.”(CITE) Jarod Kintz’s words are an example of miscommunication, or failure to comprehend meaning. In this case, it is implied that one person misunderstood the message of another, but incomprehension also applies to problems other than falsely interpreted requests. Incomprehension can occur when people misinterpret another’s words or intentions, or when a person misreads situations or events. The outcome described in Kintz’s quote is unexpected and unintended, but there are instances of incomprehension that have consequences of greater severity. Perhaps a classic tragedy with a high body count falls under these parameters.
Texts and their appropriations reflect the context and values of their times. Within Shakespeare’s Othello and Geoffrey Sax’s appropriation of Othello, the evolution of the attitudes held by Elizabethan audiences and those held by contemporary audiences can be seen through the context of the female coupled with the context of racism. The role of the female has developed from being submissive and “obedient” in the Elizabethan era to being independent and liberated within the contemporary setting. The racism of the first text is overtly xenophobic and natural, whilst the “moor” is unnatural whereas the updated context portrays Othello’s race as natural and racism as unnatural. Therefore these examples show how Shakespeare’s Othello, and it’s appropriation, Geoffrey sax’s Othello, reflect the context and values of their times.
The world is experiencing a communications revolution. The Internet, e-Commerce and other developments (including the convergence of communication technologies) are profoundly reshaping economic and social life. AT&T must position itself to meet the challenge of this revolution. The strategic development of information-based industries is a key to the future social and economic development of the world.
This battle for supremacy over who will control the future of communication will be fought largely between the telecommunications companies and the Cable TV companies. Perhaps mergers will be sought, or some companies will be run out of business because of their inability to keep up. Millions of dollars will be lost and billions will be made, but the end product will create a closely-knit global community, able to communicate instantly regardless of language or location.
The 3 tables in the paper are shown to describe briefly the opportunities and to outline the goals to go forward. In the conclusion, I will recap all opportunities and the goals to go forward for the company Global Communications.
Global Communications is a company that needed a new strategy in order to compete with its competitors. The telecommunication industry was flooded with the addition of cable companies joining in their market. Global Communications was financially in a decline and had already asked union workers to give up a percent of their benefits in order to help. The union did so willingly in order to preserve the future of their jobs within the company. The company brought in new executives to try and come up with a plan to save the company from its decline. The senior leadership team came up with a strategic plan to compete with the telephone and cable companies. They obtained approval to implement the plan, but not without problems. The senior leadership team did not consult or divulge any of their plans to the union representative or the employees prior to their approval. Their plan included outsourcing some of the work overseas which would reduce cost but also cut jobs within the company. The senior leadership team needed the support of the union representative in order to explain to the worker's what the company's plans were and how it would affect them. The union representative was upset she was left out of the communications and had to hear it from her superiors. Global Communications needed the employees to grow and increase profitability; however they could not reach an agreement and Global Communications implemented layoffs. The union is discussing what action they will take to stop the outsourcing plan that will set precedent for the whole industry.
Gap Analysis: Global Communications This paper aims to define a problem that currently exists at Global Communications, a telecommunications company, and to develop a solution, along with alternate solutions that could be used to solve the problem. When making business decisions for a major corporation, there are opportunities and challenges that must be evaluated to determine the final decision. Throughout this paper, the reader will be given some background information, along with the expected opportunities and hindering challenges that will affect Global Communications and the underlying goals that are being worked towards. Three years ago, Global Communications stock was being traded at $28 per share.
...In order to remain profitable in such competitive market a company must provide a product or service that spans the global in appeal. The vast media arena is ever changing as innovative young minds continue to find new ways to make success an inevitable fact. In essence the public will have the final say so in which business will sink or swim in the media global marketplace. The tough decisions are made on the streets and not in the boardroom. Over the years the streets have called for a more diversified aspect of the media. The companies mentioned above are leaders in this respective services they provide and will continue to play a major role in global media.
The industry of communications is changing and intensifying more everyday. Two-way communications begin as early as the 1800s with first telegraph. Now, we have multimedia and mobile telecommunications. People are communicating today with one another by cellular phones, computers, fax machines, palm pilots, and other personal and portable devices. Since these means of communication have penetrated the industry and marketplace, companies and corporations are having a difficult time to remain competitive. These corporations have to come up with new product lines and innovative ways to remain profitable. For example, BellSouth has had to make changes to compete with likes of Sprint and MCI. They had to start offering more than just local and long distance service. Such is the case with Global Communications. In order for them to remain in business, they had to come up strategy to increase profits and compete with other companies in the industry. First, let us take a look at the background of Global Communicaitons.
The entire process was based on personal assumptions and imaginations. However, keeping stakeholders in the dark made the situation a mess. Even with incompetent management team like GC, stakeholders’ involvement in the situation would alert any overlooked aspect of potential risk or dilemma. GC even failed to weigh the union as a partner even after the union support to cut some benefits to help the company’s growth.