been working longer and harder by Othello’s side.) This sets Iago off into a huge jealousy spiral and he plots a very tactical revenge scheme. He tricks Othello into thinking his wife‚ Desdemona is sleeping with Cassio. He also gets Cassio fired. Iago’s snakey plan works until the end and results in the death of Desdemona‚ Roderigo‚ Othello and himself; Cassio is one the only people to survive. The play is predominantly centered around the jealousy with Iago and Othello. Throughout the play Iago uses
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One example of this is Iago discussing the alleged love between Othello and Desdemona to Brabantio. “…you think we are ruffians‚ you’ll have / have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse” 124-125. Iago brings Othello’s race into the conversation to stir up Brabantio’s rage and anxiety pushing him to automatically assume Othello bewitched Desdemona. Iago’s dialogue sets the tone of an underlying mistrust and superiority complex towards Othello by the other characters
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and amiable character‚ who changed due to racist tensions surrounding him combusting and bringing him to a state forced upon him by others. He doesn’t want to harm Desdemona and her purity Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow’. After she dies‚ he is left explaining to Emilia‚ and after Othello revealed his belief that Desdemona was lying‚ Emilia claims Then she was even more an angel‚ and you’re an even blacker devil!’ She continues as the truth is revealed about Iago’s treachery‚ delivering
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unapproved marriage between Othello and Desdemona. Iago’s want to ruin Othello’s life is due to Othello promoting Cassio over himself‚ and also that Othello might have slept with Emilia‚ Iago’s wife. The rising action begins as Iago sets his plan into motion through using Rodrigo‚ Desdemona’s rejected admirer‚ to bring down Cassio and begin to place doubt into Othello’s mind. The climax is fulfilled once Iago has successfully convinced Othello that Desdemona is unfaithful through use of the handkerchief
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help from Desdemona under the advice of “honest” Iago‚ which leads feeds Othello’s jealousy all the more. Desdemona herself should’ve seen that Othello was already upset and shouldn’t have pleaded Cassio’s case so much. Perhaps if she was a little more assertive as well‚ denying the accusations with more force and backing herself up she mightn’t of have such a tragic ending. Brabantio also plays a rather large part as he sows the very first seed of doubt in Othello’s mind about Desdemona by saying
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solution‚ however it is really just a step towards the revenge. The first time he does that is when he and Roderigo wake Brabantio up‚ the father of Desdemona‚ who secretly married the General. Now because Roderigo is in love with Desdemona‚ he believes that if Brabantio finds out about this marriage he will end it‚ meaning that Roderigo gets Desdemona. However seconds before he does this Iago informs us that he does not care for love - “not I for love and duty”‚ meaning that there is another purpose
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they all have two faces – a public side and a private side. Othello’s character could be considered one of the most duplicitous characters‚ other than Desdemona. She also appears to have two sides to her – one that is more knowing‚ flirtatious‚ using her sexuality and knows how to play people or the more respectful ‚ polite and innocent Desdemona. However‚ how the audience
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the opportunity to marry the woman he loves. Iago also adds quite a bit of vulgarity to his character with lines such as‚ “making the best with two backs” (1.1. 121-122). The meaning of this line would be similar to Iago saying that Othello and Desdemona are having sex at this very
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of the handkerchief‚ but is a meaning imbued upon it by the situation in the play. In other words‚ the handkerchief itself does not matter. It could be any other object belonging to Desdemona and have the same symbolic value to Othello. Yet this symbolic value is strong enough to convince Othello that Desdemona is worth killing over her supposed infidelity: By heaven‚ I saw my handkerchief in [Cassio’s] hand! O perjured woman‚ thou dost stone my heart And mak’st me call what I inted to do A murder
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to make himself Lieutenant. The first person that we can see Iago uses is Rodrigo. At the start of the play‚ we see two characters‚ Iago and Rodrigo talking about something outside Brabantio’s house. Rodrigo’s love for Brabantio’s daughter‚ Desdemona is unrequited and because of this love‚ Iago persuades Rodrigo to tell Brabantio‚ that his very own daughter has secretly married the moor‚ the hero of the play‚ Othello. In this way‚ we can see how Iago uses Rodrigo to incite trouble between Brabantio
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