judgment cannot cure" (2.1.299-302) therefore this means Iago will make Othello jealous and create misunderstanding between Desdemona and Othello because he himself is jealousy and he wants Othello to feel the same way he does. Othello unknowingly
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former person is Iago. He envies Cassio‚ because Cassio is Othello’s lieutenant and Iago wants to be that. The latter person is Othello. At the beginning of the play‚ Othello is a happy man who just married the beautiful Desdemona. Unfortunately‚ he starts to think that Desdemona and Cassio has a secret relationship in act three. Owing to the fact that Cassio had become Othello’s lieutenant‚ Iago envies Cassio extremely. Iago believes that he has to be Othello’s lieutenant and not Cassio‚ because
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of person you are by its end. Shakespeare takes that theory into test upon his characters in his work of the famous play Othello. Through the verbal twists and turns along with the addition of color symbolisms‚ the personalities of Othello‚ Iago‚ Desdemona are revealed to their fullest extents‚ along with their own balance of good and evil within. When this is realized by this famous Shakespearian work‚ the judgment of good and evil is carried out‚ and as a result of mass purging of emotions‚ neither
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incompatible motives for wanting to destroy Othello. Earlier‚ he said he hates Othello because "the Moor" passed him over for a promotion but‚ here‚ he tells us he hates "the Moor" because he’s heard a rumor that Othello has been hooking up with Iago’s wife‚ Emilia‚ "twixt [Iago’s] sheets." It’s just not clear whether or not we‚ as an audience‚ can believe anything Iago has to say. From beginning to end Iago moves the characters of Othello as if they were chessmen. He uses their individual aspirations and passions
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plant the idea of Desdemona cheating on him‚ Othello does not believe him. Othello tells Iago that he needs proof before he will accept that as the truth. He also tells Iago that: “If she be false‚ O‚ then heaven mocks itself!” (3.3.313). Here‚ Othello is saying that if Desdemona is cheating‚ then heaven is not real. By comparing something as big as heaven to Desdemona’s innocence‚ Othello shows that he is quite certain of Desdemona’s virtue. Since Othello still believes in Desdemona
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controls Emilia‚ Iago also commonly insults females in general. Othello also shares his misogynistic views as he constantly hits Desdemona in public and later accuses her of sleeping with Cassio Act 5 scene 2 line 20 ’So sweet was ne’er so fatal’ This shows Desdemona’s sweetness has brought her to where she is now‚ leading to her own death because she has slept with another man‚ can also be seen as Othello describing his kisses as fatal as they will be followed by murder but Desdemona is too
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their sexual desires. He subsequently articulates that he would rather be a toad than “keep a corner in the thing I love [f]or other’s uses.” This highlights the transformation from love to resentment and hatred that occurs within Othello regarding Desdemona. In addition‚ Othello contemplates what may have caused the betrayal of their love – whether it was as a result of: lack of conversation‚ his race or his
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Kiana Bales Mrs. MacKenzie English 3U Monday‚ April 15‚ 2013 Abigail Williams and Iago: Master Villains Villains play a very important role in every literary work. Whether they exist as people‚ circumstances‚ or even nature‚ their purpose is to provide a problem to be solved by the “good guys”. Without villains‚ no piece of literature would be worth reading. Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Iago in Shakespeare’s Othello are master villains. Both antagonists are fuelled by
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belief that Desdemona has been unfaithful. Iago was the master-mind behind the plot of separating Othello and Desdemona‚ his hatred and jeoulousy helped him to gain Othello’s trust‚ therefore putting Othello in an uncertain position. Othello is partly to blame for his downfall as it is the way in which he distributes his trust‚ insecurity and jealousy which ultimately pushes him towards murdering Desdemona. Othello places too much trust in Iago which leads him to believe that Desdemona has been unfaithful
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Is Too Much Pride Bad for Your Health? In literature‚ the tragic heroes Oedipus and Othello allow the pride they have to cause their own demise by putting too much emphasis on the lives they have created for themselves. Oedipus‚ who blinds himself after finding out he has killed his birth father and married his birth mother‚ refuses to believe he has truly fulfilled his fate because he is so proud of what he has accomplished since he left Corinth. Othello demonstrates his pride by believing that
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