I will pay for the following essay Dubliners by James Joyce and Shakespeares Othello. The essay is to be 7 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page.Literature is a

I will pay for the following essay Dubliners by James Joyce and Shakespeares Othello. The essay is to be 7 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page.

Literature is a record of impressions formed by writers during the age they lived in. It speaks of the norms and conditions that existed during that particular period. Every writer, whether consciously or unconsciously, is affected by the period in which he lived and imbibes some features of that time and reflects it in his work. Later on it is compared and contrasted in keeping with the ages to follow. Hence each time a piece of literature is read it can be viewed from a different angle. Each reader can analyse and question the presented idea in a distinct way. Two such books which have been interpreted time and time again are 'Othello' by William Shakespeare and 'Dubliners' by James Joyce. Since time immemorial, these books have been read as the specimens of colonialism, feminism, racism and from many other angles. One such much debated theme is that of female condition in literature and gender relations.In Ania Loomba's essay 'Colours of Patriarchy' a discomfort is expressed "with the way in which the analogies between gender and power relations in the Renaissance have been used to explicitly undermine the specificity of the former". But quite contrary to this thought, while speaking of the term 'gender', I share the same mind as that of Joan Scott who presented the concept of gender as, "a constitutive element of social relationships based on perceived differences between sexes, and a primary way of signifying relationships of power." The relationships based on the 'perceived differences between sexes' are that between a man and a woman, between man and man or between two women. In 'Othello' the men have varying attitude towards the women. For Othello Desdemona stands as a model of perfection and for Iago love is 'merely a lust of the blood and a permission of the will'. As far as the attitude of women towards men is concerned, Desdemona is devoted to her husband to such an extent that even on her death-bed she bids adieu with love for her husband, the one who killed her, with the following words:

"A guiltless death I dieNobody. I myself. Farewell.

Commend me to my kind lord. O, farewell!"

Emilia, unlike Desdemona, is strong and independent and she recognizes the cunningness of her husband Iago and dares to question him when she discovers the truth about his intentions to destroy Othello. There also exists a bond between the three female characters of the play though each has altogether a different personality. All three - Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca - are victims of the patriarchal society and hence share a strong relation. In 'Dubliners' such a bond is hardly visible. Joyce's characters seem to share the relation of the colonizer and the colonized. The adults accept these roles whereas the children and the adolescent rebel against this force of colonization and thus are united by such a kind of revolt. The first three stories of 'Dubliners' show the attempt of children to escape forms of bondage and their quest of freedom. Whereas in stories like 'Eveline' the adult character chooses to surrender to the restricting forces.

Gender is synonymous to authority or power. Power presupposes dissimilarity as the foundation of gender itself lies in the dissimilarity between human beings. If we consider the word gender relations in terms of power then it would encompass any relation that involves an oppressor and an oppressed. one who dominates and the dominated. This brings along with it sheer helplessness and lack of self-worth in the latter. Such relations are seen in abundance in both the 'Dubliners' and 'Othello'. In 'Othello' this relation takes a complex form where the oppressor is actually the oppressed. The protagonist of the play is a black Moor, much different from the Venetians whose general he is. A problem of being accepted into the group and vice versa makes it impossible for Othello to sink into a particular role completely. Along with Othello the one who