Othello manipulated or charmed his daughter into marriage. Othello argues that he did not force Desdemona into marriage but rather married her out of their shared love. The Duke sends for Desdemona to confirm his account‚ while Othello says she fell in love with him after hearing his life story – a story filled with redemption‚ adventure‚ and danger. The Duke sides with Othello‚ especially after hearing Desdemona confirm Othello’s claims and say she owes the loyalty of marriage to him. Desdemona’s father
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‘Othello’‚ paints the Moor as a dignified and controlled man‚ full of deeply rooted morals and religious beliefs. But through Iago’s lies and deceit‚ his squeeze of the sponge‚ Othello is led to believe there is a great conflict in his life‚ that of Desdemona being unfaithful to him. This knowledge‚ which Othello is rather too quick to believe‚ breaks down his self control and pulls out of him a wildly jealous man‚ ruled only by his emotions‚ too impassioned to hear Desdemona’s confusion and the truth
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The Characterization of Iago In the play Othello‚ the antagonist Iago drives the protagonist Othello to commit suicide because he uses his deceitful‚ manipulative‚ dishonest‚ and egotistical ways to reach and control Othello’s mind. Within the play‚ Iago manipulates his way through every situation‚ making him seem as if he is honest and valiant. However‚ when the cast puts their thoughts together they realize they have been wrong on whom to blame. In the beginning of the play‚ Iago demonstrates
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directly - He makes subtle suggestions (not directly implying something) Such as the handkerchief Desdemona gave to Cassio‚ he makes subtle suggestion that enrages Othello as the HC is a strong symbol of love between Othello and Desdemona. Allows Iago to manipulate even further - Using generalization (all women in Venice at some point of time will cheat on their husband‚ such that Desdemona is from Venice) - Uses Othello’s jealousy Significance: - Manage ropes of the puppet play‚ he controls
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change and to stop loving Desdemona; as a result‚ Othello and the people around him plunge into chaos. After much manipulation from Iago‚ Othello‚ like a coin‚ flips sides and hates Desdemona. When Desdemona leaves with Emilia‚ Othello says that “when I love thee [Desdemona] not‚ / Chaos is come again” (3.3.91-92). This clearly shows that Othello is in love with Desdemona and has no doubt in her faithfulness. Little does Othello
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uses the manipulation of the protagonist‚ by the antagonist‚ Iago‚ to present a play controlled by men. In such a male dominated society‚ Shakespeare presents the women in the play as tragic victims at the hands of their husbands‚ in particular Desdemona and Emilia. Throughout this essay I will relate to the Aristotelian and Senecan descriptions of tragedy to come to a conclusion of how in ‘Othello’ Shakespeare presents women as tragic victims of men. Firstly‚ throughout ‘Othello’ Shakespeare presents
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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 sweet for him to handle. This comparison of Desdemona to something fatal gives the misogynistic
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it is because you truly love them. This is why Othello has so much hate towards Desdemona in act III. In act III‚ Iago plants the thought in Othello’s head that his wife‚ Desdemona‚ is having an affair with Cassio. Iago acts reluctant to answer Othello when he asks him if he feels Cassio is trustworthy‚ but it is all a performance put on to get in Othello’s head. Thoughts race through Othello’s head on why Desdemona
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Desdemona’s relationship. Othello appointed Cassio‚ to be his lieutenant. Iago was mad when he heard about it‚ he believes that he should be the one for the position since he knows more. This started off with his jealousy of Cassio. When Othello and Desdemona got married without letting anyone knowing‚ Iago begins to plot his plan. He used Roderigo to help him throughout the process of his plan to bring down Cassio. He then told Othello lies to ruin his own relationship. He also use Bianca as his part
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just married to ’divine’ white Venicean Desdemona. As everything is going smoothly with Othello the villain in the play‚ Iago‚ determines to destroy his fortunes by taking advantage of Othello’s tragic flaw of jealousy and his gullible nature. This play explores the universal theme of jealousy and trust with one another. The theme of jealousy is apparent at the start of play. In a heated conversation between Iago and Roderigo (whom is in love with Desdemona) Iago expresses jealousy on Casio as Iago
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