Towards the ends of Othello both Emilia and Desdemona are confirmed as tragic heroines. Throughout the play‚ Emilia is beaten down by Iago‚ as a result of the gender inequality of the time and her low status as a woman. In the last scene though‚ she finally breaks through this and finds her voice and stands up to patriarchal domination‚ which leads her to her death‚ confirming her to be a tragic heroine. Differently‚ Desdemona starts off as being independent; standing up against her father by marrying
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prove and luck being on his side‚ does it. Also‚ Desdemona promised Cassio that she would tell Othello to consider his position as lieutenant‚ which makes Othello believe Iago even more! When Desdemona and Cassio were talking about this conversation‚ they saw that Othello was coming towards them. Cassio‚ nervous about Othello firing him‚ leaves quickly to avoid Othello. Iago sees this as another opportunity as “prove.” Instead of telling that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio‚ he almost urges
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makes sure that Othello doesn ’t remove Desdemona ’s dishonesty from his mind. Iago continually nags Othello about the handkerchief and Cassio ’s interactions with Desdemona. Less serious but equally indicative of his nature as the tempter is how Iago encourages Cassio to drink with his entreaty: "But one cup‚ I ’ll drink for you" (2.3.34-5). Again‚ he moves Cassio to do wrong by drinking and getting drunk. Iago himself‚ however‚ never sins in this
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your white ewe. Arise‚ arise! Awake the snorting citizens with the bell‚ Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you. [1.1.42-43] Iago and Rodrigo depict Othello as a barbaric lust filled beast that has stolen Barbantios innocent and pure Desdemona. Thus‚ when Shakespeare’s audience went to view the play‚ they already had an expectation of what The Moore of Venice would depict. An expectation of pagan deviltry set against white Christian Civilization. (Hunter 254) The first act of the play
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that Iago pushes aside his conscience to commit these acts‚ but that he lacks a conscience to begin with. Iago ’s amorality results in the marginality of Othello the Moor whom he supposed to be loyal to‚ Cassio who is given the position he desires‚ Emilia the wife he does not love‚ and sadly‚ Iago himself. Throughout the whole play‚ the audience can see the amorality of Iago though the rest of the characters are oblivious to it. His "honesty" blinds the others who are put into marginalization. Shakespeare
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of Desdemona and Othello‚ Iago sends Roderigo to stir Cassio. A typically sober Cassio takes to the bottle at Iago’s generosity‚ and then falls into duel with Roderigo. Because of the chaos‚ Cassio’s reputation is seemingly smeared and his relationship becomes troubled with Othello. Iago tells Cassio to ask Desdemona to speak with Othello on his behalf. By doing so‚ Iago will plan the seed of jealousy in Othello’s mind that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair. Cassio befriends Desdemona‚ who
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towards the end of the play‚ Emilia found out that Othello had killed his wife Desdemona‚ Emilia was really angry and upset and called Othello “Blacker devil”‚ this was the first and only time she had said anything racist towards Othello. From this‚ we can see that Emilia has racist opinions towards Othello but does not express it and this tragic event triggered that thought to come out. The central protagonists that are racist are: Iago‚ Brabantio‚ Rodrigo and Emilia; amusingly‚ every one of these
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lieutenant. Instead‚ Michael Cassio is named lieutenant and Iago is named as the Moor’s ensign (third in command). In Act I Scene I‚ we are also introduced to Roderigo‚ who is in love with Desdemona. Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him win Desdemona’s affection. However‚ Iago has been embezzling the money and Desdemona has fallen in love with and married Othello. In response to Roderigo’s persistence‚ Iago informs him of his hatred of Othello and his plans of overthrowing him in the following lines:
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situation into something that benefits him. This is seen when Iago tricks Othello into believing Cassio and Othello’s wife‚ Desdemona are having an affair. Iago tricks Roderigo into killing Casio through his manipulation of reality. Also‚ Iago thickens the lie by planting a gift from Othello to Desdemona in Cassio’s house and also pretends to have a conversation about Desdemona with Cassio while Othello look on but cannot hear. Which of course‚ are all actions needed to be taken for his master plan
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Othello is a play that takes place in Venice. In Act 1 starts out with Roderigo‚ a nobleman and Iago of the defence force conversing on the streets of Venice. Roderigo is in love with a lady‚ Desdemona‚ so he pays Iago a hefty amount of money to aid him in his quest. However he finds out that Desdemona has eloped with Othello‚ a Moor who is a general in the defence force. However Iago puts his worry to ease with a plan he has for bringing Othello down. He hates Othello for promoting Cassio to the
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