Shakespeare’s Othello depicts the misfortune of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice as he and many others are manipulated by Iago‚ the antagonist. Othello falls in love and elopes with Desdemona. Fueled by anger‚ Iago seeks revenge on Othello. With careful planning‚ Iago successfully tricks him into believing that his dear wife was cheating on him with his friend and lieutenant‚ Cassio. Along the way‚ Iago manages to manipulate and use Roderigo‚ also Othello’s friend‚ in order to succeed in his devious plan. before
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don’t know doesn’t hurt you. Throughout the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Iago will take steps to poison Othello’s mind against Desdemona and Cassio. Iago will start off by getting Cassio drunk and getting him fired for stabbing Montano. Then‚ he tells Cassio to get Othello’s trust back he will need to talk to Desdemona about what has happened so she can talk to Othello about accepting him back. Conveniently‚ Iago will lead Othello over to where Cassio and Desdemona are talking‚ so Othello will
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Othello. Some characters’ jealousy is fashioned by other characters. Iago is involved in much of this‚ creating lies and implementing confusing situations. He is consumed with jealousy of Cassio and masked with a hatred of Othello because he was not chosen as lieutenant‚ Cassio was. Iago is selfish in that he wants everyone to feel as he does so he manipulates the jealousy of other characters by betraying them to each other. Iago is a man blinded by envy and anger‚ with a goal in mind for everyone
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Just what is "evil" in Shakespeare’s play? Iagos will for "revenge" on Cassio‚ who has been promoted to a higher army rank than himself? Is Iago evil? Essentially‚ Iago could be described as the central trouble-making‚ ill-willed character of the play; he leads a lot of the characters into a state of confusion‚ convincing them to think poorly and wrong of other figures in ’Othello’ that are in fact innocent of their accused crimes. But does this make him an "evil" individual? Let us begin by defining
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Iago. Jealousy Iago’s jealousy is the catalyst of the play‚ as it is his jealousy that drives him to ruin Othello. It is evident in Act I scene I that Iago is jealous that Cassio got the position of lieutenant even though “That never set a squadron in the field‚ nor the division of a battle knows more than a spinster – unless the bookish theoric‚ wherein the tongued consuls can propose as masterly as he. Mere prattle without practice is all his soldiership.” (I.i. 21-27) Iago clearly thinks that
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Venetian‚ and Iago‚ a member of the Venetian military‚ argue. Roderigo complains that Iago is failing to help him in his courtship and is actually on the side of Othello‚ a man Roderigo despises. Iago frantically reassures him that he hates Othello and tells him that Othello failed to promote him. Instead‚ Othello promoted a man to lieutenant considered exceptionally unqualified for the position – Michael Cassio. Cassio was skilled in academics and strategy but had little experience in war. Iago is furious
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Othello‚ desire manifests itself in Iago‚ compelling readers to see him as if he were a leech; Iago drains Othello of all his moral qualities until he is sucked dry. Similarly‚ Shylock in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice indulges in seeing Antonio sucked dry of money. Both Iago and Shylock are compelled to see their enemies suffer through means that once deprived them‚ such as Iago being deprived of his rank and Shylock being deprived of money and respect. Although Iago and Shylock both expose their
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Othello From beginning to end Iago moves the characters of Othello as if they were chessmen. He uses their individual aspirations and passions to motivate them to whatever devious plan he desires. His adroit manipulation of those characters range from convincing Roderigo to serve Cassio another glass of wine‚ to leading Othello to the conclusion that only by killing Desdemona could he save himself and mankind from her treacherous acts of infidelity. However‚ in each case Iago doesn’t have to push very
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In Iago‚ Shakespeare has Created an Engaging and Complex Villain who Governs the Actions of the Play. Discuss Shakespeare’s character of Iago is seen as one of the most intriguing and deceptive characters ever created. His menacing and complete control over the play and how he so easily toys with the course of the performance draws in all those observing his act and leaves his victims grasping for straws of reality amongst a bed of hoaxes. In order to understand how Iago operates one must first
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Out of revenge‚ Iago successfully planted the seeds of jealousy into Othello’s mind when in the garden he insinuated that Cassio and Desdemona were having an affair. Iago implied that he would use Cassio to make Othello jealous because Othello chose Cassio over him to be a second command man because Cassio was more experience than he was. Desdemona and Cassio knew each other before she knew Othello because he worked for Othello before. Iago implied that he was going to make Othello look like a
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