villain is fueled by revenge. Iago has jealousy over Cassio’s position and has suspicions towards both Cassio and Othello of adultery with his wife Emilia. Out of vengeance Iago uses his ability to manipulate Othello and build jealousy and suspicions within him about his wife Desdemona. This jealousy in Othello leads to his revenge towards Desdemona resulting in tragedy. Iago has a hatred over Cassio‚ as he was given the promotion which he thought that he himself deserved “I know my price‚ I
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dignity. He also has a lot of respect for his fellow men like Casio and Iago and is reliable to them. Othello’s valiant personality is a major part of his success in the military as well as with the ladies‚ especially his wife Desdemona. Because Othello was who he is it made Desdemona fall in love with him and go through tough times‚ like facing her father Barbantio after getting married without his consent. Although Othello seems like a good husband general he possesses a lot of tragic hero traits
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the most throughout the play due to the lies and rumors that he is hearing. Othello starts as a completely loyal high ranking general in the Italian army who appoints Cassio to lieutenant and secretly gets married to the senator’s daughter named Desdemona. Upset by Othello’s choice of lieutenant‚ Iago begins feeding Othello lies about what is happening between his new wife and his new lieutenant. Over the course of the play Othello begins to believe Iago’s lies and ends up doing something that he
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reasons‚ I am proposing two potential readings‚ or interpretations of the play‚ a feminist reading and a reading based on the themes of class and power. FEMINIST READING A feminist reading would give voice to the play’s three female characters: Desdemona‚ Emilia and Bianca (the play’s only female survivor)‚ provoking sympathy within the audience for them and portraying them as the true victims of the avoidable tragedy. A feminist reading stems from the fact that in Shakespeare’s times‚ women‚ whether
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Othello for not being chosen as lieutenant and also suspects that Othello has slept with Emilia. Somehow Iago manages to manipulate Othello into thinking that Desdemona cheated on him. When he demands that she show him the handkerchief he had given her‚ and she does not‚ he is convinced that she is being unfaithful. This is when he decides that he must kill her. Later in the novel Othello suffocates Desdemona out of jealousy. The villains
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someone you love dearly can lead to dramatic conclusions‚ like the one Roderigo was thinking of. “It is silliness to live‚ when to live is torment.” (I‚ iii‚ 305) Even though Iago acts like a loyal friend to Roderigo and promises him he will get Desdemona for him‚ the audience knows he is only taking advantage of him. Because of Iago‚ Roderigo is feeding off of his jealousy towards Othello‚ and doing everything Iago tells him to do for a woman he will never have. In contrast‚ tricking people into
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Othello killed Desdemona‚ Iago’s wife Emilia came in to explain about the attack on Casio that involves Roderigo as well as Iago. While Emilia explains she sees Desdemona. She questions Othello about what has happened. Othello tells Amelia that her husband helped him to recognize what a good liar Desdemona was and exposed her cheating. Amelia exposes that her husband Iago had Desdemona’s handkerchief and that her husband lied to him (Othello) about the handkerchief and that Desdemona was a good wife
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Cassio in “private” about Bianca but swindle Othello who is hiding away in the bushes to think they are talking about Desdemona. Very evil and deceitful but clever on Iago’s doing. The handkerchief was an important symbol of this novel and Iago knew the importance of it to Othello so he used it for his benefit to finally push Othello over the limit and convince him that Desdemona betrayed him by suggesting slyly‚ “such a handkerchief did I today see Cassio wipe his beard with.” It is not enough to
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to make himself Lieutenant. The first person that we can see Iago uses is Rodrigo. At the start of the play‚ we see two characters‚ Iago and Rodrigo talking about something outside Brabantio’s house. Rodrigo’s love for Brabantio’s daughter‚ Desdemona is unrequited and because of this love‚ Iago persuades Rodrigo to tell Brabantio‚ that his very own daughter has secretly married the moor‚ the hero of the play‚ Othello. In this way‚ we can see how Iago uses Rodrigo to incite trouble between Brabantio
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The general idea shown within the works “The Canterbury Tales”‚ “Othello” and “Through the Looking Glass” in reference to women is that they are being portrayed as if they not meant to hold positions in control. They are seen in most of these stories as weak‚ unintelligent‚ uninformed and illogical. Also‚ tying into these qualities‚ within some cases‚ the female characters are seen unable to make decisions or face them. Most of the authors of that wrote these works portrayed these characters in
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