speaks of his fiendish plans to ruin Othello’s relationship with Desdemona. In this act Iago’s plans really start coming together and are unfolding before him and he hardly has to say a thing. The main characters in this piece would include: Desdemona‚ Cassio‚ Othello‚ and Iago and each one of them has their own specific motivation in this scene. Iago being the main focus in this scene all of the characters play a certain role. Desdemona after leaving her father to be with Othello and accompanying
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Towards the start of the play Desdemona is presented as a very prized and desirable woman with her father‚ Brabantio‚ referring to her as “so tender‚ fair and happy” – the rule of three shown within the quote is used in emphasis of how appreciated and desirable she is seen as by her father. We also see the character of Cassio describe her as a “most exquisite lady” showing how high she is held by those she knows and that she‚ unlike other woman at the time is regarded for her character rather than
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Iago feels it is unjust for Desdemona to marry a black man because they are not the same race‚ or of the same social status. The meaning ‘rank’ in Shakespeare is best defined as a Sexually Transmitted Disease. Therefore‚ Iago is saying that Desdemona is marrying a black man because she wants to get a sexually transmitted disease. And many people found it unnatural for a woman who was not black to marry a black man. In this case people found it unnatural for Desdemona to marry Othello. Since she was
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dominating male partners‚ both to fit the setting and to extenuate this flaw in society. In Shakespeare’s Othello‚ Desdemona portrays the role of a typical sixteenth century woman with respect to different men in her life‚ including Brabantio‚ Cassio‚ and Othello. When Desdemona is first introduced‚ it is not in a positive light. Rather‚ Iago and Roderigo wake her father‚ telling him of Desdemona and Othello’s relationship. As
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begins to ask about the loss of the handkerchief‚ as if to add fuel to the fire‚ saying that if Desdemona could in fact give away the handkerchief so freely what else could she give away just as easily. Othello had completely forgotten all about the matter with the handkerchief until Iago had so graciously reminded him. Then to make matters worse‚ Iago flat out lies to Othello claiming that Cassio and Desdemona have in fact slept together. That he heard this from Cassio himself. After listening to
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Michael Cassio is promoted over him‚ Iago’s jealousy is also aimed at him‚ only not to the extreme as to Othello. Iago is considered one of Shakespeare’s biggest villains. Othello‚ Desdemona‚ and Roderigo are very naive about Iago’s words and actions. These character made it easy for Iago
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Rodrigo to carry out his plans of murder simply because Iago was too cowardly to take care of it by himself. He convinced Roderigo that murdering Cassio would bring him that much closer to closing the deal and finally getting the woman he longed for‚ Desdemona. Iago was not expecting that Cassio would be wearing armor and Iago definitely was not expecting the only injury that his nemesis would sustain would be leg injury and even more so that Cassio would
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manipulates Othello by making him suspicious through inference‚ “Ha I like not that”. Iago mutters this in act 3 scene 3 when he sees Desdemona and Cassio talking. Iago hints that he knows something making sure Othello can hear yet making it subtle enough to pretend that he didn’t want him to know. Iago then pretends to be reluctant to tell Othello about Desdemona‚ “Utter my thoughts! Why‚ say they are vile and false?” He tells Othello just enough to intrigue him; he does this by asking leading
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through jealousy by framing Cassio and Desdemona for adultery while he reaps the benefits and rewards from Othello for his efforts (Bloom‚ 1999). Iago is able to convince Othello of Desdemona’s infidelity and Othello sets out for revenge. Iago convinced Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair and he used the handkerchief that Othello had given to Desdemona to prove it. The beard wipe by Cassio was used with the handkerchief that Othello gave Desdemona. Cassio made inferences to Othello
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the context of the situation. Another character that exhibits deception is Desdemona. The deception shown by Desdemona has a different intention as compared to Iago ’s. Iago wants to get revenge on Othello. The intentions of Iago are hurtful and evil. An example of this is when Iago says to Othello‚ "She did deceive her father‚ marrying you" (III.3.238). Iago wants to hurt Othello by placing doubt in his mind that Desdemona could be unfaithful. Iago does this with full intentions to anger Othello
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