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    the most throughout the play due to the lies and rumors that he is hearing. Othello starts as a completely loyal high ranking general in the Italian army who appoints Cassio to lieutenant and secretly gets married to the senator’s daughter named Desdemona. Upset by Othello’s choice of lieutenant‚ Iago begins feeding Othello lies about what is happening between his new wife and his new lieutenant. Over the course of the play Othello begins to believe Iago’s lies and ends up doing something that he

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    “Othello” by William Shakespeare‚ the protagonist of the story is Othello‚ an African‚ Muslim general who is married to Desdemona. Desdemona is a fair‚ young‚ courteous woman who also happens to be white. At the end of the play‚ Desdemona is killed by her own husband‚ Othello. Some would say that she is responsible for her own death‚ the following pieces of evidence support this claim. Desdemona is responsible for her own death because she provoked Othello to want to harm her by being inappropriate with another

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    manipulate different characters; I agree his main technique is to use people’s virtue against them. It can be explained in the following with examples of Iago deceiving Roderigo‚ Cassio and Desdemona. Firstly‚ Iago has manipulated Roderigo based on their mutual trust and Roderigo’s faithful affection towards Desdemona. In act I scene 3‚ Iago manipulated Roderigo’s trust and brainwashing him to give his money to him‚ which seemed to be a rational thing to do for his own good. When Roderigo asked Iago

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    quiet that he motion blushed at herself. Brabantio She loved me for the dangers I had passed and I loved her that she did not pity them. Othello She deceived her father Brabantio And in th’essential vesture of creation Cassio The divine Desdemona Cassio She was never foolish that was fair Iago She first loved the Moor‚ but for bragging and telling her fantastical lies Iago She is full of the most blest condition Rodrigo She is indeed perfection Cassio Our general’s wife is now the

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    Roderigo’s obsessive love for Desdemona causes him to believe anything Iago says in hopes of winning her heart. Initially‚ we see Iago rob Roderigo of his fortune simply by convincing him that gold and jewels will buy the heart of the fair Desdemona. However‚ rather than give the fortune to Desdemona‚ he keeps it for himself and he brags about it to the audience saying “Thus do I ever make fool my purse” (Othello

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    Venice‚” is a play written by William Shakespeare sometime during the beginning of the 1600s. Typical of plays at the time‚ it was written in a dramatic style and tells the tragic story of Othello‚ a general in the Venetian army‚ and his marriage to Desdemona‚ the daughter of a politician in Venice. Influenced by the jealous Iago‚ a man who has multiple ulterior motives throughout the play‚ Othello becomes transfixed on the idea that his wife is having an affair with his recently chosen second in command

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    character believes on only what his or her eyes tell him‚ hence‚ Looks can be very deceiving. One of the first instances where the theme appearance versus reality appears‚ is when Othello sees Cassio walking away very quickly after conversing with Desdemona‚ Othello’s wife. The basis around which he is suspicious comes from Iago‚ a very jealous man. Iago has

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    himself as a man and Desdemona as a wife illustrates a downward trend in his both his trust of Desdemona and his self-confidence as a result of the schemes of Iago. Iago has been attempting to indoctrinate Othello with the belief that his wife‚ Desdemona‚ has been cheating on him with Cassio for some time but it is only recently that Othello has begun to doubt the fidelity of Desdemona. Just two scenes earlier‚ at the start of Act III‚ Othello told Iago that he did not believe Desdemona would ever be unfaithful

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    it seems to be an advantage‚ as he highlights them to bring about his plan to break down Othello’s ties with his wife Desdemona

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    has huge success in the Venetian army which allows him to marry Desdemona. While Othello faces racism from other characters‚ the Duke and senators like Othello and tell Brabantio “if virtue no delighted beauty lack‚ your son-in-law is far more fair than black” (I.iii.330-31). Despite facing hate from Brabantio‚

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