killing Desdemona. Iago doesn’t have to push very hard because the actions he suggests usually appear to be harmless‚ “I am not what I am” (Act I‚ i‚ 71.) Iago manipulated Cassio‚ Desdemona‚ Emilia‚ Roderigo and Othello to all partake in different pieces in his puzzle that will ultimately lead to Desdemona’s death. Iago takes advantage of both Cassio’s longing desire for his old position of lieutenant as well as Desdemona’s good-hearted nature in order create the appearance that Desdemona is being
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to series of tragedies in the life of a hero. At the start of act1‚ Roderigo was jealous of Othello’s marriage to Desdemona‚ and Iago promised that he will help him to get her but he ended up betraying him. While Roderigo and Iago were discussing Othello’s secret marriage with Desdemona‚ Roderigo was mad at Iago for not telling him beforehand because he is also in love with Desdemona and believed he had a better chance because of Othello’s race. Roderigo thought that Iago had betrayed him‚ not knowing
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How do the opening scenes and closing scenes of your Shakespearean text reflect the Elizabthan values/ beliefs? The Venetian society in which the Shakespearean play‚ Othello is set in is a clear representation of the writer’s context. The values‚ attitudes and beliefs that Shakespeare reveals in the opening and closing scenes of Othello‚ are the exact to the ones accepted by the Elizabethans of the sixteenth century. With the limited number of Black people being around‚ in Othello we can see the
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Consider the role of Iago within the tragedy of ‘Othello’. Is he a ‘motiveless malignity’ or driven by the ‘green eyed monster that doth mock the meat it feeds upon’? Shakespeare has crafted the character of Iago as one of the most captivating and instinctively evil villains of all time. Undoubtedly‚ Iago’s role in the play ‘Othello’ is to exact a punishment to the protagonist Othello which is far greater than the crime he committed‚ therefore fulfilling the crucial criteria of a Shakespearean
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Without delay‚ Emilia picks up the handkerchief‚ that her husband‚ Iago‚ has been asking for. Emilia asks Iago; “What will you give me now for the same handkerchief.” (3.3.314-15). Iago takes the handkerchief that he has been patiently waiting for. As he thinks to him; “I will in Cassio’s lodging lose this napkin and let him find it. Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ. This may do something.” (3.3.330-34). Iago plans on leaving the handkerchief in
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respect for Othello’s emotional well being‚ he would never have abused Othello’s trust and created this situation just to harm him. He is intentionally manipulating Othello into abandoning all logic so that he may destroy his relationships with Desdemona and Cassio. Iago is a magnificent actor‚ he convinces every character in the play into trusting that he has Othello’s best interest at heart. Little do they know that his plot is completely self-serving. If Iago and Othello’s relationship was built
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Initially‚ she follows Iago in her wifely duty‚ but as the play progresses‚ she develops a strong loyalty to Desdemona and Othello and despises her husband Iago. However‚ even Emilia in her state of extreme loyalty to Desdemona and Othello reverts back to her racism to explain what has happened when she discovers what Othello has done to Desdemona. Rather than simply being enraged and distraught‚ and perhaps criticizing his actions‚ she relates this back to race and roars at
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Othello?’ Othello is a play which was written by William Shakespeare and believed to be written around 1603 and first performed by the king’s men. Othello is a tragedy which focuses on Othello - a Moorish captain‚ Desdemona‚ Iago his trusty companion he believes and his wife Emilia‚Cassio and Roderigo. ‘‘Disdemona and the Moor’ and the story of ‘Epitia’ – seemed to have inspired Shakespeare when writing Othello and Measure for Measure. Gli Hecatommithi is arranged in ten sections and was first
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pride and "bombast circumstance" and is angered by the appointment of Cassio‚ an educated military theoretician of Florence to lieutenant‚ instead of himself. As Iago speaks to Brabantio about Othello‚ he uses the term "white ewe" to represent Desdemona‚ and "black ram" when referring to Othello. By using these terms‚ it shows that he is trying to give a bad impression of Othello when he is speaking to the royal family in Venice‚ because Othello is a Moor‚ or a Negro. Iago shows his black hatred
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conjure a second mastermind plan to have Cassio’s reputation ruined by convincing Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair (2.2.1152). Although Iago seeks revenge from Cassio for gaining Iago’s desired position as Lieutenant‚ his main interest of destruction is the Moor Othello‚ which is the masterpiece of Iago’s many manipulative plots. Iago uses Othello’s beloved wife‚ Desdemona‚ to take advantage of Othello’s weakness. Iago implies‚ “Cassio my lord? No‚ sure‚ I cannot think it;
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