Contrast The Relationship Between Iago And Othello

This bears a resemblance to the Socratic method where a thought beginning in one mind is finished by another, and one’s entire personality can be reconstructed by another’s cues, encourages companionship and intimacy, as developed between Othello and Iago, shown through Othello recognising Iago as someone of “exceeding honesty”. His ultimate naïve trust in Iago leads Iago’s manipulation to facilitate the feature of the Socratic method that a personality can be altered from another’s cues as Iago distributes imperatives such as “Note” and “You shall”, this over-analysis will lead Othello to undoubtedly become more jealous and exhibit the tendencies of a cuckold despite not being one, altering his personality to fit the role he believes he has.
However this may seem improbable due to Stockholm syndrome depending on Othello’s level of consciousness and neither Othello nor Iago demonstrate overt sexual attraction towards anyone despite recognising it in Desdemona, yet this ‘temptation scene’ could be seen as a form of mental seduction of Othello into jealousy by Iago as he has Othello acting on emotion, as demonstrated through the poignant exclaims of “O” and Othello's trust is seduced away from trusting Desdemona. Socrates viewed this mental seduction as deeper and more sexual, hence this theory may be more plausible due to the ability of passion to overthrow reason, whether this passion is simply Othello’s jealousy, or towards Iago as a representative of the Devil’s temptations in
The play may serve as an expression of how a woman’s character can be distorted through the male view, for example surrounding loyalty of women in marriage as Desdemona reveals her loyalty to Othello through explaining that “My heart’s subdued / Even to the utmost pleasure of my lord”, the elevated lexis of “my lord” showing how she values her husband and marital roles, observing Othello’s importance as a husband. Desdemona’s obedience to the sacred marital roles are to the extent that her final act of loyalty, by attempting to defend Othello even as he succumbs to his jealousy and murders her, is to condemn herself as she lies on her death bed by identifying herself as the cause of her death, stating that the source of her death is “Nobody; I myself. Farewell. / Commend me to my kind lord: O,