Desdemona‚ daughter of a senator and is secretly married to her. Iago‚ his junior‚ jealous of his success attempts to destroy Othello and Desdemona and through his machinations obliterates love‚ honour and beauty. This passage marks the beginning of Act 1 Scene 2‚ and we see Iago come from badmouthing Othello to Roderigo and in this scene‚ he badmouths Roderigo to Othello. As in the first scene‚ the reader is sort of a voyeur‚ listening
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would have been a huge deal back then.Characters like Iago would help use racism to make Othello question his marriage to Desdemona. Iago‚ one of Othello’s right hand man was actually his worst enemy. Iago was jealous that Cassio go the promotion and not him. Iago would destroy the marriage of Othello and Desdemona‚ and he even dismantles his own marriage too. One of the first racist remarks toward Othello was to Brabantio‚ Desdemona father. Iago said to Brabantio “Even now‚ now‚ very now‚ an old
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including her husband‚ Iago. In the beginning of the play‚ Emilia is submissive‚ but in the end she transforms and stands up to her husband and doesn’t let him get away with any of his manipulations. At the beginning of the play‚ Emilia is completely submissive and couldn’t argue with Iago whatsoever‚ no matter what he said and she was willing to do anything‚ as long at it helped him succeed. When Iago talks about women‚ he really has nothing nice to say. In fact‚ when Iago is slandering women
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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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Throughout the play of othello iago used several techniques to urge what he wanted and one way or another he somehow almost continually got what he needed. His techniques were that of an everyday sneaky‚ conniving person‚ who continually got people to trust him‚ except the person who was closest to him. However the most overall techniques he used were gaining the trust of people. That was the number one technique‚ and from gaining their trust he may branch far from that and then he may manipulate
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Iago… Act one starts out with Iago and Roderigo walking in the streets of Venice. Iago is expressing his hate towards Othello. From the beginning of Shakespeare’s play‚ one realizes that Iago is the villain or antagonist. There is no doubt that he has only evil intentions‚ but often without a reason. It is said that Iago is the worst hypocrite Shakespeare has invented. IN the play he also boasts about the fact that he is only playing a part. Only the reader sees that he is a very dishonest‚ deceitful
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leads Iago to his desires‚ atrocities. Thesis: Iago is a remorseless and egoistic man that manipulates good-natured minds to become as vile as a criminal in order to satisfy his atrocious desires. First Body Paragraph Introductory Sentence: Irrational decisions by Iago are the aftermath of his logic being distorted by jealousy. Point One: Micheal Cassio is appointed lieutenant over Iago. Proof: Point Two: Iago suspects Othello to be sleeping with his wife. Proof: Point Three: Iago accuses
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In the play Othello‚ the main characters are a prefect example of this technique of characterization. Through plot development‚ interactions with other characters‚ and other different methods of characterization‚ the two main characters Othello and Iago‚ reveal their true colors throughout the development of the play. Othello‚ the main character in the play‚ when analyzed can be considered a grey character; he has the tendency to succumb to the darkness of evil‚ or overcome the force of evil and
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miserable fail to obtain the power he so badly aspires‚ Shakespeare proves that the human race can never be happy with what they have‚ and that they are always trying to be better than everyone else. Iago uses the power over emotion to control Roderigo. Roderigo wants to prove his love to Desdemona‚ and Iago jumps at the chance to use this situation to his advantage. This is proven when he takes Roderigo’s gold and jewels to give to Desdemona‚ but keeps them for himself saying: “The jewels you have had
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Natalia Grube Othello Paper The tragedy of Othello was caused by the insecurities and changing character of Othello himself. Racism and the villainous Iago both contributed to the evolution of Othello’s character. G.K Hunter the author of “Othello and Colour Prejudice.” Discusses how the prejudices against Othello‚ both in the play and also the prejudices Shakespeare’s audience already conveyed towards darker skinned people‚ were framed to doom Othello from the start. Hunters article gives
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