others that knew who Othello was didn’t really like him as a person but they liked him for the things that he had done for the country and the people. Also some of the people were jealous of Othello because of the fact that he was a moor and that Desdemona was in love with him. Othello manifested the character traits such as courage‚ dignity‚ and insecurity. Also Othello was naive to all effects and a pushover for bad advice. 2. Brabantio thinks Othello has cast a spell on her‚ has charmed her
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To a large extent I am disinclined to agree with the assertion. To a minor extent Emilia and Desdemona can be seen as innocent victims of circumstances beyond their control‚ as unwitting victims contribute to their own tragic ends. I will now endeavour to substantiate my pint of view Emilia is a loyal hand maiden to Desdemona. Her loyalty to Desdemona is beyond reproach. She also wants to gain the approval of hr husband; she strives in every possible way to achieve this
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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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many opinions on which is the deadliest. In Othello‚ the sin of envy is the deadliest of sins. The villain Iago’s envy infects both Roderigo’s small mind and Othello’s great heart‚ ultimately destroying the very embodiment of innocence‚ Desdemona. Many of the characters in Othello have specific roles to aid the main character. One who certainly plays the part of a pawn in Iago’s chess game is Roderigo. While the first act opens to Roderigo arguing with Iago‚ the audience can see
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prompts Iago to plot Othello’s downfall; jealousy‚ too‚ is the tool that Iago uses to arouse Othello’s passions. Roderigo and Bianca demonstrate jealousy at various times in the play‚ and Emilia demonstrates that she too knows the emotion well. Only Desdemona and Cassio‚ the true innocents of the story‚ seem beyond its clutches. Shakespeare used the theme in other plays‚ but nowhere else is it portrayed as quite the "green- eyed" monster it is in this play. Since it is an emotion that everyone shares
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Othello by making him believe that his wife‚ Desdemona‚ is having an affair with his lieutenant‚ Michael Cassio. In the beginning of the play‚ Roderigo who is in love with Othello’s wife‚ Desdemona‚ comes to Iago for help. Iago manipulates Roderigo by promising him Desdemona’s attention and love if he “put money in thy purse‚” as Iago says. Roderigo gives money to Iago in the mistaken belief that Iago is using his money to help him get to Desdemona‚ but Iago is using it to finance his own plan
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“In a play concerned with good and evil‚ with deceit and honesty‚ Desdemona is the refined‚ uncomplicated embodiment of goodness and purity.” Does this statement resonate with your own interpretation of Othello? The play‚ Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare is most definitely a play that is concerned with good and evil‚ and Desdemona does reflect the good in the play and remains the victim throughout. Throughout the play the reader is presented with a battle between the deceitful forces of
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Othello the moor and a young naive girl named Desdemona are married in secret. The villain Iago plots a plan to get revenge on Othello for not choosing him as lieutenant and rather picking Michael Cassio. Othello was made a fool because Iago staged a lie that Othello’s pure Desdemona is cheating on Othello with his loyal friend‚ Cassio‚ that brought them two together. Othello is manipulated to murder his wife only because Iago told Othello that Desdemona was having an affair. Then at the end‚ Emilia
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flaw or weakness is his or her error or transgression. In William Shakespeare’s "Othello‚" Othello’s hamartia is the misconception he has "of himself as being uncouth‚ poorly spoken‚ and old; and because he begins to believe that his fair wife‚ Desdemona‚ cannot love him‚ he starts to believe that she is guilty of infidelity. "(classicnote). Maurice Charney’s "Shakespeare on Love and Lust" states that love in a comedy "acts as a generator of plot The assumption is that the perturbations of love
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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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