He shows that once they are jealous‚ men are easily manipulated and lose all ability to use logic or reason. Throughout the play‚ Shakespeare shows the audience how easy it is for jealousy to be fuelled by circumstantial evidence. It is easy to manipulate others using circumstantial evidence‚ especially to make them jealous. Shakespeare’s Othello contains a didactic warning‚ telling the audience of the volatile nature of jealousy. Shakespeare seeks to explain how minor flaws in human character can
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describe Iago’s character. Ethos is taking by Iago’s reasons to be against Othello and by what he says and how is him. He can make anyone believe in anything. He has the ability to manipulate every character in the play including Othello. His hate and anger towards him‚ built Othello’s catastrophe trough the play. Iago is not an honest man but he is not silly either. His repetition in the play is the way he talks to each character in the play. He made up a lot of different stories by taking the
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different then what he seemed to be‚ his true self would come out‚ no matter what. This allowed Iago to convince Othello to believe in what he saw and not to consider any other possibilities. Iago’s view is that people see only what they want to see. 4. Iago is one of Othello’s men that Othello believes is loyal. Iago’s proves from his thoughts and asides to be very disloyal. The strong hatred that Iago feels for Othello comes from Iago’s jealousness of Othello’s relationship with Desdemona‚ the
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In Cyprus‚ Iago begins his devilish plan of destruction. During a festive evening celebrating the nuptials of Desdemona and Othello‚ Iago sends Roderigo to stir Cassio. A typically sober Cassio takes to the bottle at Iago’s generosity‚ and then falls into duel with Roderigo. Because of the chaos‚ Cassio’s reputation is seemingly smeared and his relationship becomes troubled with Othello. Iago tells Cassio to ask Desdemona to speak with Othello on his behalf. By doing so‚ Iago will plan the seed
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lieutenant‚ Iago‚ a long time military veteran‚ was jealous that Cassio got the position he so badly wanted‚ and he hated Othello for not choosing him. Iago’s “friend‚” Roderigo‚ was jealous of Othello and Desdemona’s marriage because he was in love with Desdemona. Together‚ Iago and Roderigo schemed each other and everyone around them to get their way to what they wanted the most. In the end‚ neither of them got what they wanted. Iago was thrown in jail‚ and Desdemona‚ Othello‚ and Roderigo were dead
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conversation between two men; Roderigo and Iago on a street outside the house of Brabantio‚ a man who‚ unbeknownst to his‚ has just lost his daughter to a man‚ a general‚ he does not approve of. The nightfall of the opening scene created the air of mystery and darkness and is quite expository in regards to the character‚ Iago. The night is a time where most tragedy occurs and Iago distorts the truth and begins his crusade against Othello by revealing his plan to Roderigo‚ a man who is infatuated
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to the hero’s death. * Audience feels pity‚ fear and a sense of wastage at the end. Act Scene 1 * Shakespeare opens the play stirring curiosity in the reader as he introduces the play in mid conversation. * We are in wonder of who Iago hates. * “Mere prattle without practise is all
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of their own fates‚ if the characters can get past the jealousy and learn to trust each other will decide life or death. Iago‚ Othello‚ and Roderigo all become envious of Michael Cassio and of each other for their own reasons. The male characters‚ excluding Cassio‚ gain vulnerability against Cassio that which eventually erupt into the violent end of those characters lives. Iago envies Michael Cassio due to rumors of Cassio sleeping with Emilia‚ Iago’s wife “A fellow almost damned in a fair wife…”(Shakespeare
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the play. Let the audience be a part of the play by submerging the audience in the deception via Iago’s speech from the opening scene. He makes the audience feel like being a passer- by in the street of Venice. They hear the argument between Iago and Roderigo. Then follow them to Brabantio like paparazzi. Shakespeare keeps the audience stick to the story. I think this is the effect he wants to have on the audience by making them feel like a part of the play‚ like they are not audience‚ but one of
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to be jealous and each of them chose to deal with it a certain way. All three characters Iago‚ Othello‚ and Roderigo had such cases and in the end dealt with different conflicts and outcomes. It’s important to understand that their actions in dealing with their jealousies were a reflection of their characters‚ and persona. <br> <br>In the first scene‚ Iago was seen in the middle of a conversation with Roderigo. This opening scene sets forth the key elements to understanding Iago’s basic character
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