" which his ensign Iago uses to twist his love for his wife‚ Desdemona‚ into a powerful and destructive jealousy that led finally to subvert Othello’s career‚ his marriage‚ and his life. The main motivation that arise Iago’s desire for revenge against his general and leader Othello was that he has been passed over for promotion to lieutenant. Besides that Iago mentioned more than once in the play that he suspects his wife Emilia with Othello:" It is thought abroad that ’twixt my sheets / He
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him the political and military responsibilities of the city of Cypris‚ district of Venice. Othello is an extremely charismatic character. The factor of his attractive exotic profile has gained him the attentions of even his civic peers such as Desdemona and Brabontio. He says‚ “Desdemona’s father loved me‚ oft invited me‚ / Still questioned me the story of my life / from year to year” (I.iii.127–129). The theme of Othello’s conflict as an outsider seems to always be plaguing Othello. Brabontio
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character carefully presented by Shakespeare through his exploitation of the other characters in order to compliment his master plan. In the opening of Othello‚ Iago convinces Roderigo to join him in plotting against Othello by using Roderigo’s love for Desdemona to provoke ill feelings towards Othello. However‚ he
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Iago’s True Character Exposed in Othello Of all the characters in Shakespeare’s Othello‚ none is more complex and unknown to the audience than Iago. He is portrayed by every character as an honest and trustworthy person. Yet‚ as the audience is well informed by the end of the first act‚ he appears to be quite the opposite. He’s a duplicitous character‚ honest and kind on the outside‚ but truly a pure‚ evil and malignant person on the inside. Throughout the entire play he turns
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else that he looses his sense of judgement and rationality. This could be considered a relatively natural reaction to such a situation‚ but it ultimately shows a weakness in the human psyche. Again Othello shows poor judgement by not confronting Desdemona about these claims and instead contents himself with Iago’s word. He convinces himself that he is acting in Desdemona’s best interests and wrongfully assumes her to be the “cunning whore of Venice”. Again Othello shows a very weak sense of judgement
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and why did Iago and Roderigo awaken him in the middle of the night? 3. Why did Iago leave Roderigo at Brabantio’s house? 4. What was Brabantio’s reaction to Othello’s marriage to Desdemona? 5. Why did the Duke send for Othello? 6. Brabantio complains to the Duke about Othello’s marriage to Desdemona. After listening to both sides of the story‚ what was the Duke’s reply? 7. What was Roderigo’s complaint‚ and what was Iago’s reply to it? MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ QUESTIONS Write your
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Othello vs. Othello Throughout Hollywood history‚ many screen adaptations of famous books and novels have strayed away from its original. In almost every movie based on a literary work‚ there are always major differences. Whether it is in the story plot‚ character‚ or even its setting‚ spotting the differences is always easy to find. However‚ when it comes to Shakespeare the movies are rarely changed. In most movies‚ they are not only true to the plot‚ but even true to the dialogue. In perhaps
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One: Roderigo is jealous of Othello as he is obsessed with Desdemona‚ and that is Othello’s wife. Proof: Point Two: Othello is jealous as Desdemona shares her love with someone else. Proof: Point Three: Iago engineers himself to become jealous of Othello for apparently sleeping with Emilia. Proof: Concluding Sentence: Third Body Paragraph Introductory Sentence: Point One: Iago accuses Cassio of having an affair with Desdemona‚ and Othello makes him his lieutenant as he believes him to
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Iago’s persuasive tactics. 10. Othello has been called Shakespeare’s most exciting play. Discuss five ways that Shakespeare creates excitement in the play. CHARACTERS 1. Discuss Iago’s motive for planning Othello’s ruin. 2. Compare Desdemona and Emilia as wives to their respective husbands. 3. Analyze Desdemona’s character from two points of view: the world of the play and the world of today. 4. How does Othello’s race affect the outcome of the play? (You might want to do some research
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Othello By: CMB 1. To analyze the structural development of Othello‚ consider Othello’s autobiographical speeches in act 1‚ scene 3. Explain how Othello’s portrait of himself and his cultural background might have contributed to his manipulation of Iago. Answer: Based on Othello’s autobiographical speeches in act 1‚ scene 3‚ it shows that Othello has no knowledge of his own to counter this insider’s generalizations about Venetian wives. He knows nothing of Venice apart from the few months’
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