a trusting nature‚ but also has to deal with the obstacles that racism can engender. Iago has set himself the challenge of bringing revenge on Othello for his suspected sleight to his manhood‚ he plans to do this by creating jealousy between Desdemona and Othello. As Iago uses language and persuasive techniques to create suspicion in Othello’s mind and encourage his jealousy. Iago initially places doubt in Othello by making Cassio’s exit seem suspicious‚ "Ha! I like not that...Cassio‚ my lord
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caught.” Men in Othello are very conniving. They’re jealousy brings out a very persuasive‚ lying side of them. For instance‚ Brabantio suggests to Othello that since Desdemona went against her father by marrying him‚ she could go against him as well. It’s clear that what Brabantio is saying is just due to the fact no one wants Desdemona and Othello together. More than half the assumptions made towards women are
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his wife Desdemona‚ he did this so he could possibly be with her due to the love he has for her. Iago knew he had Othellos trust and that he’d believe mostly anything he would tell or say to him. He knew this was the way to manipulte Othello. Iago started his plan by telling Othello that his lieutenant Cassio and his wife Desdemona were having an affair with eachother. Iago had chosen Cassio due to him
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The First person that I Will tell you about is Othello and he has changed from act one‚ two and three is that he is starting to believe that everything that Iago tells him and he is also really questioning Desdemona loyalty to him because he thinks that she is cheating on him with Cassio and he doesn’t want to trust Cassio and does not like him for what Iago is telling him and he is playing right into Iago hands. The second person that I will be telling you about is Iago and he has changed from
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Once a wise man‚ Othello had been manipulated and deceived by Iago once a man who he had trusted which cause him to act out of his character. Throughout the play‚ Othello actions have caused him to go out a committee murder‚ killing himself and Desdemona. Othello a general of color had been naïve because of his jealousy‚ insecure‚ and foolish ways because him become delusion. In the beginning of the play‚ Othello acted like a general was supposed to act but when he started to believe Iago‚ Othello
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play written by William Shakespeare written in approximately 1603. It is about a tragic hero named Othello who eloped with his wife Desdemona. Since Othello is a black general from Africa‚ many characters have many different perceptions of their marriage. Characters have these different perspectives‚ because the couple is interracially marriage. For instance‚ Desdemona father Brabantio doesn’t like Othello because Othello is black‚ he eloped with his daughter‚ and Brabantio believes Othello stole
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once “noble and valiant moor” is transformed into the “blacker devil” as he kills his beloved Desdemona due to her supposed infidelity with lieutenant Cassio. This is an illusion that Iago had created by insinuating that “the fair and gentle Desdemona” had turned her husband Othello into a cuckold. This manipulation is central to the play because it leads to the death of many main characters such as Desdemona‚ Rodrigo and Emilia. It is also the
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characters; Othello. However it has also been said that the more subtle emotions such as racial mistrust and lack of self confidence contribute the most to Othello’s tragic downfall. In my opinion‚ Othello has a powerful inner battle between his love for Desdemona and the “green-eyed monster which doth mock” (Act 3 Scene 3)‚ with jealousy prevailing‚ thus causing his tragic downfall. Emilia is of the opinion that men are “jealous for they’re jealous: it is a monster” (Act 3 Scene 4) meaning that she believes
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its viewers. To determine the entertainment value‚ one must look at the theme‚ subject‚ individuality‚ and the verisimilitude of the play. I think the theme of Othello is that love is a powerful feeling that can easily be deceitful. In Othello‚ Desdemona and Othello both share a love for each other in which seems unbreakable‚ yet when others begin to feel jealous the feeling of love amongst others in the play becomes a lie. The subject of the play‚ Othello‚ is betrayal and loyalty. In this play
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from the dominant society‚ to enrage Desdemona’s father‚ Brabantio. Then Iago also finds ways to make Othello himself more and more conscious of his blackness identity which result in his self-humiliation. Consequently‚ love between Othello and Desdemona is gradually damaged due to Othello’s suspicion and blind trust on Iago. Othello is the victim of cross-cultural power plays to some extent. Or‚ we can say that the tragedy of Othello can be classified as the paradigm of postcolonialism‚ and the
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