William Shakespeare jealousy is the driving force behind the conflict between some of the characters. Othello was never a jealous person‚ until Iago planted the seed that Cassio and Desdemona were having an affair. This consequently led to Desdemona’s and also his own death. Roderigo was so desperately in love with Desdemona‚ he was jealous of Othello being the one she truly loved. Iago launched his plan against Othello because he was jealous that Cassio was made lieutenant instead of him. Jealousy greatly
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Shakespearean scholar M.R. Ridley suggests that the theme of Othello centers on the conflict between “reason and instinct.” There is main reason of why did Iago go to Othello accusing his wife of cheating. And the instinct Othello had to kill his wife Desdemona due to these accusations. Shakespeare has many underlying and reoccurring themes throughout as well. One major theme is that of betrayal and loyalty. During the entire play‚ every character is either loyal to‚ or betrays another character. In the
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fair Desdemona. Iago’s pure hate for the Moor leads to the success of Othello’s downfall through Iago’s manipulative and conniving plotting. Perhaps without Iago’s clever plotting Othello might have had a chance to communicate with and learn to truly know Desdemona before his weaknesses were ignited. However the reality is that Iago did successfully plot Othello’s downfall and is simply unavoidable with the combination of both the scheming and Othello’s flaws. Othello’s love for Desdemona is so
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town of Venice. He falls for the young Desdemona and all goes well for a while‚ until Othello promotes Cassio instead of Iago. This causes Iago to become jealous and he plots a malicious plan to make Othello unhappy. He manipulates different people into getting them to do what they want; Emilia who is Iago’s wife steals a handkerchief for him. The handkerchief plays an important part in the play as Othello gave it to Desdemona as a token of his love. Desdemona treasures the handkerchief but mistakenly
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provides an early example of placing minorities in central‚ even heroic‚ positions. Othello is the nominal protagonist of the story‚ and while he does follow certain conventions of tragedy‚ such as his grim realization at the end of the play that Desdemona was not having an affair‚ his heroism largely takes the form of his motivations‚ such as his loyalty to Venice‚ rather than his actions themselves.
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prove and luck being on his side‚ does it. Also‚ Desdemona promised Cassio that she would tell Othello to consider his position as lieutenant‚ which makes Othello believe Iago even more! When Desdemona and Cassio were talking about this conversation‚ they saw that Othello was coming towards them. Cassio‚ nervous about Othello firing him‚ leaves quickly to avoid Othello. Iago sees this as another opportunity as “prove.” Instead of telling that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio‚ he almost urges
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The symbolism with the chess pieces is very relevant to the issues of the play. It is used to symbolize Iago’s control over the main characters. Othello‚ Desdemona and Cassio and represented by a black king‚ white queen and white knight respectively. When Iago has finished his soliloquy‚ he drops the pieces into water. This is done to symbolize the inevitable demise of all 3 characters. The first time we see the chess pieces they are alone on the middle of chessboard with Iago looking over them.
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fundamental character‚ Othello‚ experiences outrageous change in character. The Moore changes from an honorable‚ trusting‚ and reasonable man‚ to a foul-disapproved‚ nonsensical‚ and lethal spouse. Change in Othello is especially observed towards Desdemona. He starts the play treating her delicately to striking her in broad daylight‚ calling her a prostitute‚ and killing her in an unwarranted envious anger. As the play proceeds with‚ his character starts to fall apart and turn out to be less honorable
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He is dignified and rational‚ as seen through his reaction to Brabantio’s threats: “Were it my cue to fight/ I should have known it‚” (I‚ ii‚ L 83). However‚ Iago is able to carefully and masterfully entrap Othello into believing that his wife‚ Desdemona‚ is having an affair with his
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turns his world upside down. Othello’s fall comes partly because he can’t distinguish between the illusions created by Iago and reality‚ which is that Desdemona loves him and has been loyal to him as well as the reality of Iago’s true nature. The illusion created by Iago’s ‘proof’ is the primary incident which causes Othello’s trust in Desdemona to disintegrate. Iago uses Desdemona’s handkerchief given by Othello to do this. The handkerchief is a visual reminder of Othello’s and Desdemona’s love
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