very strong character plays the role of evil. From the outside looking in‚ Iago may seem like the good guy with all good intentions but as the play goes on and his plan unravels the evil side appears. Married to Iago‚ Emilia is faced with many challenges with Iago’s evil side. Starting off innocent and quiet Emilia has to find the courage to take a stand in her own life to save herself and others. Throughout Othello‚ Iago influences Emilia’s assertiveness by giving her a reason to voice her opinion
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antagonist Iago expresses the symptoms of a narcissist and a sociopath by manipulating the protagonist Othello with lies about his wife. The infected Othello becomes caught up in Iago’s deception which causes him to show the traits of having low serotonin levels and appears to be going through couple’s distress. The sick mind of Iago uses manipulation‚ and deceit to promote jealousy within Othello‚ in hopes of causing a downfall in the Moore’s relationship with his wife. The sick mind of Iago spit out
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love turned bad by unfounded jealousy‚ begins in Venice with Iago‚ a soldier under Othello’s command arguing with Roderigo‚ a wealthy Venetian. Roderigo has paid Iago a considerable sum of money to spy on Othello for him‚ since he wishes to take Othello’s girlfriend‚ Desdemona as his own. Roderigo fears that Iago has not been telling him enough about Desdemona and that this proves Iago’s real loyalty is to Othello not him. Iago explains his hatred of Othello for choosing Cassio as his officer
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is reputation?How does it affect men’s outlook on life?. In the play Othello‚ by William Shakespeare‚ reputation is a key idea because Iago plans to destroy both Cassio and Othello’s reputation. Due to Cassio’s position of being lieutenant has caused Iago to be jealous. Iago plan is to destroy Othello and Cassio’s reputation so Iago could build his reputation. Iago is jealous of Othello because Othello was the person who recommended Cassio to be the lieutenant.Iago believes to be cuckold by Othello
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Iago’s nor Rodrigo’s intentions. Othello has epilepsy and Iago doesn’t help until Cassio walks in. Desdemona is slapped by Othello and no one can believe that the well-known respected general would do such a thing. Othello makes Iago his blood brother and Iago tells him to kill Desdemona and he will kill Cassio for him. But Iago Sends Rodrigo instead of doing it himself to kill Cassio but fails wring and Rodrigo gets injured and runs away than Iago comes and stabs Cassio in the leg then goes and kills
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causation in the play. Antagonist Iago is a confidant to the Moor general Othello. Iago is not given the promotion he desires and believes is justly his. Outraged‚ Iago sets a multifaceted web of deceit – lying‚ killing and stealing. This initiates the primary plot of the play which follows the development in Othello’s character‚ his growing rage and disbelief in his wife‚ fuelled by the ironic dishonesty‚ and hence manipulation of the repetitively titled “honest Iago”. Critic Norrie Eystein‚ author
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Essentially the main person or later referred to as a “devil” is Iago‚ the fiendish manipulator pulling the strings. Throughout the play Iago jumps at any attempt to sabotage Othello and Desdemona’s relationship and quite literally anyone who gets in his way including his own wife Emilia‚ whom he later stabs in a final act of cowardice and Michael Cassio who holds the rank of lieutenant‚ which is essentially what Iago wants. Iago starts derailing Othello at the very beginning of the play by going
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destroyed by an envious soldier named Iago. The main character Othello displays the effects what love‚ jealousy‚ and betrayal can do to a person. All of these characteristics in the play help set a tragic tone to the story. Jealousy plays a major key role in the play Othello. During the duration of the play‚ there is a large number of scenes where Othello displays the destructive emotion of jealousy. Throughout the play‚ jealousy is shown as a destruction method that Iago used on Othello to try to confuse
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so lets use Iago for example. He was prejudice towards the African American‚othello‚ to whom he held a lower military position; a less qualified man‚ Cassio‚ was promoted as Othello’s lieutenant‚ and he wasn’t high in social classes. Iago’s life was excruciatingly unsatisfactory and Iago welcomed the green-eyed monster with is arms wide open. First of all‚ why does one feel a need for control over others? Besides jealousy‚ could ones own life not be going the way they would like? Iago didn’t have
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In Act 4 Scene 1‚ Iago continues to manipulate Othello’s thoughts by filling his head with distorted lies‚ false ideas‚ and vulgar images of Desdemona naked with Cassio. This eventually drives Othello to insanity and he falls into an epileptic fit. This scene provides us with a broader understanding of the duplicative‚ two-faced nature of Iago‚ as well as reinforcing the significant amount of dominance and ownership he holds over Othello. From the way that Iago cleverly utilizes Iago’s insecurities
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