Othello, by William Shakespeare, was written in the 1600's and Othello, the protagonist, is one of Shakespeare's most compelling and unfortunate heroes. The author set the story in the Italian State of Venice. Being one of Shakespeare’s most well-known works, it was written for the 16th century audience, however an abundant amount of themes shown throughout the story are timeless. Most of the disastrous plots and themes that took place in the story were caused by one of the many antagonists, Iago. His scandalous plans were made to beguile the plays protagonist Othello, as well as his wife Desdemona. Though written in the 1600’s, Shakespeare’s, Othello is still relevant in today’s time because of the consumeristic manipulating society in America,…show more content… Social media is now consumed with advertisements for unnecessary products to make society feel as if they need these certain products. These products seemingly dominate the elite class, making everyday citizens want them as well. Citizens overall need a new definition of value instead of the definition that media feeds to them. Social media along with news casts, manipulate their words and the product or story they are trying to sell. “Such motive manipulation is widely regarded as morally worrisome” (Cave 129). If millennials cannot say no to certain unneeded products, how will decades to come handle it? According to research by Melisa Dittmann, “The advertising industry spends $12 billion per year on ads targeted to children, bombarding young audiences with persuasive messages through media such as television and the Internet. The average child is exposed to more than 40,000 TV commercials a year, according to studies” (1). It all starts with the wants of children to be manipulated by a hot new product so that parents must spend their money on the latest trending toy. Although this consumeristic manipulation was not seen common in the 1600’s, this topic is still widely relatable in today’s
