Similarities Between Iago And Othello

Many characters don’t have the power to control all of the flat and round characters in a story, but one character in Shakespeare’s short stories does have the ability to do so. Iago, the character in “Othello” has the ability to take control of all the characters’ lives even if they don’t suspect any kind of remorse. While Shakespeare gave Iago the ability to control the entire plot by his secret misleading situations allows him to be the enticer of every situation that occurs throughout the story. Iago takes advantage of his power by manipulating all of the characters due to jealousy. Jealously plays an important role in Othello. Iago and Othello share similar characteristics due to their monstrous identities that dominates and perverts their
For example, each monstrous identity relates the characters to being manipulators. Iago being the manipulator and Othello being the gullible character. The two characters are identical when it comes to monstrous identities because Iago and his manipulation mechanisms causes Othello to break out in rage which causes his monstrous characteristic to break out. Othello’s decision at the end to trust Iago shows that he believes that Iago has retained the honor of a valuable Military adjutant, but shows his decision to promote Cassio instead of Iago was a good decision because he doesn’t realize that Iago is manipulating him. Tangential factors causes the two characters to be broadly different “Cohen’s explication of hybridity as a “difference in sameness” also applies to Othello and Iago on another level, as both characters are broadly identical in their monstrous essentiality but are perceived as radically different from one another because of tangential factors like skin color or personal mannerisms” (Stesienko, 95). Othello being gullible is a factor behind the plot because if Othello would have noticed the fact that Iago might be deceiving him just to get back at he for not promoting him would have an impact within the