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    and ram have bad connotations‚ white ewe has an innocent and sweet connotation. Iago uses these specific words to make Othello seem very unappealing compared to Desdemona. Old exaggerates Othello and Desdemona’s age difference‚ black gives a harsh racist statement‚ and ram makes Othello look aggressive and unfit for the innocent Desdemona. | 2 1.1.122-123 | “sir‚ you are one of those that will not serve God if the devil bid you” | Iago is insulting the senator and stating

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    as he reveals his dear love for Desdemona. Iago promises to cause a separation between Desdemona and Othello and receives a payment from Roderigo each time he acts in favor of his promise. Roderigo is the first character Iago uses to flaunt his manipulation skills.

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    Nature imagery in Othello There are quite a few imageries about nature in the book written by William Shakespeare named Othello‚ were the two male leads named Iago and Othello are the ones who use them the most‚ Iago talks about how people are gardens also how easy it is to manipulate other peoples garden and he also uses poisonous plants to explain how much harm he has done‚ while Othello talks about how flowers represent his wife and how they die once they are plucked just like his lover for

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    of who stabbed him‚ falls to the ground. Othello enters and hears Cassio’s cries. Therefore‚ he draws the conclusion that Iago has killed Cassio. Enraged by what he believes to be Iago’s successful vengeance‚ Othello runs to his bedroom to kill Desdemona. Graziano and Lodovico enter the scene and can see nothing; however they hear the cries of Cassio and Roderigo. They are nervous to help because they think the situation could be a trap. Iago then enters the scene holding a light. Iago pretends

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    aspects of the female personality based off of the nature of their relationship. Desdemona plays the role of a woman who is dedicated to her marriage. Emilia role is of a woman trying to amend her faulty marriage‚ but eventually gives up having made a deeper connection with someone else. Bianca’s character is a representation of a woman who desires to be married‚ but cannot obtain it based off her lifestyle. Desdemona can be seen as a woman who is sincerely devoted to her husband‚ and the bond of

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    Othello’s marriage; however he will “Let [Brabantio] do his spite./[His] services which [he] have done the signiory/Shall out-tongue [Brabantio’s] complaints” (I.ii.17-19). Even though Brabantio may have the power to ruin Othello’s marriage with Desdemona‚ he is unafraid to what he may do and is undeterred by Brabantio’s malevolence. Just like Othello‚ Iago is also fearless and audacious when he advises Othello to “Demand [him] nothing. What [he] know[s]‚ [he] know[s]./From this time forth [he] never

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    realize that he rather uses the psychological rather than physical to force his victims to actually participate in their own downfall. In all his motives‚ you can see that he uses the weaknesses of others against them ex. Roderigo’s frustrated love to Desdemona‚ Brabantio’s pride and family honour‚ Desdemona’s easy trust and gullibility and innocence. Iago doesn’t ever really have proof of his suspicions about Othello and Cassio‚ but only based on his jealousy; the extent of his revenge one can see his

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    lady Desdemona was not optimistic‚ but after Desdemona broke up with his family‚ she overcame everyone’s stop and lived together with Othello. Iago got the hots for Othello married Desdemona‚ and he did not get the promotion for vice general. Therefore‚ he faked the improper relationship of Cassio and Desdemona‚ stir up Othello’s suspicion and came up with the so-called evidence to convince Othello to believe it trustfully. The anger of jealous drives Othello to strangle his wife Desdemona to death

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    serve my turn upon him”- Iago‚ Act I‚ Scene I. Iago is the ultimate protagonist‚ his lack of morals‚ duplicitous nature and ability to manipulate others allows him to make Othello trust in the untrustworthy‚ Iago‚ and betray the people loyal to him‚ Desdemona. The central themes of trust and betrayal in Othello are reliant on the character Iago to create and accentuate. It is this reliance on Iago that suggests that he is a central for the understanding and interpreting of the play

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    ending up as one of the most powerful men in the Venetian Defense. “Excellent Wretch! Perdition catch my soul But I do love thee! And when I love thee not‚ Chaos is come again.” ( Shakespeare‚ Pg. 123‚ Act 3‚ Sc.3). The text talks about how without Desdemona; the women in which Othello is in love with: his life would be complete chaos. Even though Othello can be seen as a person with a respectable amount of Grit‚ one would say that he has a Fixed Mindset. This is because Othello is a “Moor” which was

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