whos charisma and intellect make him more powerful than Othello and Desdemona‚ proves that powerplay amongst the characters supports the fact that characters‚ specifically Othello and Desdemona‚ are equally victims of their own weakness as they are of Iagos plottings. Othello and Desdemonas weaknesses are race and gender respectively which hugely depletes their personal power. Iagos uses his power to make Othello and Desdemona as much a victim as their own weaknesses as they are of his plotting’s
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that the characters invoke. In Othello‚ Shakespeare suggests that the discrepancy between idealized expectations and reality such as Othello’s reluctance to make changes‚ Iago’s manipulation tactics and the insecurities Othello has between him and Desdemona ultimately led to Othello’s downfall. These reasons show he is not willing to accept reality because he can’t seem to admit his failures. This concept can be seen in a critical article in “Iago‚ Heroic Tragedy‚ and Othello” by William Hazlitt. Hazlitt
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married Desdemona‚ whom Roderigo was in love with. Then not only does he prevent any form of a relationship between Othello and Roderigo‚ he ruins any chance of one between Cassio and Roderigo as well by announcing Cassio as competition to win over Desdemona. Lastly he takes the strong love between Othello and Cassio by first getting the young lieutenant drunk‚ which caused him to lose his job and then something more sinister; he made a mere mention of a relationship between the sweet Desdemona and Cassio
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He allows his self-doubt and insecurities to blind him and persuade him to doubt Desdemona. Though Desdemona vehemently pleads her innocence to Othello and ultimately‚ with her final breathes‚ attempts to expunge his guilt by telling Emilia that she has smothered herself‚ Othello nonetheless doubts her love for him (606). Emilia eventually explains
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Othello’s soliloquy echoes his differing insolences for Desdemona; in
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a concern about his marriage with Desdemona. In this scene‚ Othello is a highly respected man who has been promoted to a high office‚ despite the prejudice he has encountered. In the court he states that he is not a good talker when he says ‘Rude am I in my speech’; which shows that he is an honest and valued man. However he is eloquent speaking in Iambic pentameter‚ and is in fact a great speaker. Throughout this scene‚ it is discovered that Othello and Desdemona had run away together to get married
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obsession to a goal can be seen through the actions of Othello‚ Iago‚ and Desdemona. Othello’s path to obsession begins with Iago planting seeds of doubt into his mind‚ which convinces Othello that Desdemona is being unfaithful. He says to himself‚ “She is gone. I am abused‚ and my relief/Must be to loathe her” (3.3.283-84)‚ and later claims that he “will withdraw/To furnish [him] with some swift means of death/For [Desdemona]” (3.3.492-94). These lines reveal that although there has not been any
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brought the sweet Desdemona to be his wife. Was it because he has lived a life of adventure and war and he is somewhat exotic due to his origins and dark complexion? On the other hand‚ is it because she fell head over heels in love with him because he represented all that was noble and strong. She tells her father‚ Brabantio‚ that she fell in love with his character and the wonderful stories that he has told her about his life. Whatever the case may be‚ Desdemona represents the innocence
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he is kind of smart that he can persuade the Dukes to give him the right to be with Desdemona‚ but later he shows that he is so simple and so not observant that caused him blind by the love and die for the love. There are some evidences Othello shows he is a very simple minded person. He does not think about the
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with disastrous results. Roderigo’s infatuation with Desdemona prevails over his common sense. At the onset of the play‚ Roderigo is a wealthy young Venetian who had previously failed to woo Desdemona. When he learns of her marriage to Othello‚ Roderigo is heartbroken‚ and he irrationally threatens to “incontinently drown [himself] (I.iii.305)”. Taking advantage of this weakened state‚ Iago‚ under the premise of assisting in the wooing of Desdemona‚ extorts larges sums of money from Roderigo and convinces
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