that Othello is different‚ and an outsider in their community. Another way Shakespeare explores the relationship of an outsider is through the implications given by various characters that Othello barely human. Describing the act of Othello and Desdemona sleeping together‚ (to Brabantio) Iago tells‚ “An old black ram is tupping your white ewe.” In this situation‚ Iago draws attention to the difference in both skin colour and age between the two‚ while
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Othello‚ a great tragedy written by William Shakespeare was written in Shakespeare’s great tragic period along with Hamlet. Othello was a play first performed by the King’s Men on November 1‚ 1604 at the court of King James I. The story revolves around its two main characters: Othello‚ a general in the Venetian army and Iago an unfaithful commissioned officer. A commissioned officer or an ensign is the lowest rank in the army‚ which is how this whole feud started. Iago gains a strong hate for Othello
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lieutenant and also suspects that Othello has slept with Emilia. Somehow Iago manages to manipulate Othello into thinking that Desdemona cheated on him. When he demands that she show him the handkerchief he had given her‚ and she does not‚ he is convinced that she is being unfaithful. This is when he decides that he must kill her. Later in the novel Othello suffocates Desdemona out of jealousy. The villains
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Assess the effectiveness of the presentation of Iago in the first two acts of the play. Iago is presented as the villain in the tragedy‚ much like Richard in Richard III as Shakespeare carries out his explorations of manipulation‚ dramatic function and the conventional view of order‚ through the use of language and structure in Othello. Shakespeare uses Iago’s manipulation of other characters to explore the theme of villainy and duplicity. The main victim of his direct manipulation is Roderigo
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of his famous plays‚ Othello highlights the importance of diction throughout the play. The play opens with an argument between Iago and Roderigo in the streets of Venice. The drama all started when Roderigo found out that Othello was married to Desdemona. Also when Othello promoted Cassio to a higher position‚ but Iago claims that he deserved the promotion. In Othello by William Shakespeare‚
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makes Iago such an interesting character‚ providing countless room for discussion and analysis. In the beginning of the play‚ we view a conversation between Roderigo‚ a love-struck chump‚ and Iago. Roderigo requests that Iago find a way that Desdemona would love Roderigo but Iago sees this as an opportunity to use Roderigo as a cog in Iago’s overarching plan. This is the reader’s first taste of Iago’s talent of manipulation and common acts of helping people for his own selfish purposes.
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This idea is present in the case of two characters. Brabantio and Emilia never used Othello’s name (Berry 322). Brabantio is oddly strange since Othello became the man’s son-in-law. It shows that he never truly accepts him into society. The fact that Othello’s name was not utilized by most people shows the racial tendencies of the Venetian people. Lastly‚ Othello’s race and the racism around him made him an easy target to be manipulated by Iago. Othello walked right into Iago’s trap by doing exactly
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In Shakespeare’s Othello betrayal is one of the most important motifs. The plot of this play is centered around the idea of Iago’s betrayals. Throughout the story Iago puppets his friends and family in an attempt to gain his desires. In accordance to his plan he betrays his friends and family creating a chain reaction causing them to leave their beliefs. However‚ Iago’s plan fails and leads to the downfall of many of the characters. As the plot continues to develop‚ betrayal is one of the key elements
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gone. Arise‚ black vengeance‚ from the hollow hell! Yield up‚ O love‚ thy crown and hearted throne to tyrannous hate! Swell‚ bosom‚ with thy fraught‚ For ’tis of aspics’ tongues!” In this scene Iago is telling Othello his thoughts about Cassio and Desdemona‚ and that he ‘thinks’ they are having an affair. At first Othello didn’t believe him until Iago had proof but when he did Othello raged and stated in the quote that even killing Cassio for ‘what he has done’ is not enough revenge. This element also
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into their speech. Generally in everyday life‚ light is usually referenced to people who are pure and innocent as it is seen as the “good” and usually darkness is depicted as evil and malicious as it is seen as the “bad” in people. In the play‚ Desdemona is the key character that is surrounded by light as she is seen as the pure and innocent character while Iago is surrounded by darkness as he seen as the evil and malicious character. The concept of light vs darkness is not only evident in the
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