be analyzed. The relationship between Emilia and her husband Iago will be expressed as well as the relationship between Desdemona and her husband Othello. Then the similarities and differences between the two relationships will be compared. Emilia and Iago had a very complex relationship. They do not have a strong and equal relationship displaying love. This is not what one would expect to exist between a man and his wife. Iago uses Emilia as his puppet; he mocks and disrespects her. He
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someone else’s well being is a quality that will always facilitate the best possible outcome. In the play‚ Iago falsifies his friendship with Othello‚ and everyone else around him for that matter. Iago demonstrates his sinister intentions as he deceives Othello by saying‚ “but such a handkerchief- / I am sure it was your wife’s- did I see today / See Cassio wipe his beard with”(3.3.496-498). Iago is blatantly lying as he describes what he has supposedly witnessed. If he had any respect for Othello’s
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Shakespeare’s play‚ ’Othello’ and in Mike Nichols film‚ ’Primary Colours‚ present the Art of Deception through the characters of Iago and Jack Stanton. The era in which both texts are presented gives off a different reason why both characters use deception to gain what they are looking for‚ thus context plays an important role in how deception is presented‚ and affects both the meaning and values of each text. Whilst both texts portray deception as the driving force in their plots‚ the motives‚ methods
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To what extent do you agree that in “Othello” Shakespeare presents women as the tragic victims of men? Throughout ‘Othello’‚ Shakespeare uses the manipulation of the protagonist‚ by the antagonist‚ Iago‚ to present a play controlled by men. In such a male dominated society‚ Shakespeare presents the women in the play as tragic victims at the hands of their husbands‚ in particular Desdemona and Emilia. Throughout this essay I will relate to the Aristotelian and Senecan descriptions of tragedy to
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perpetuated by the antagonist. Through other characters who seem just as easily manipulated due to their ignorance (up until the very end)‚ Iago used every facet of their weaknesses to achieve his goals of revenge and monetary gain. Thus‚ as a result‚ with Othello’s wisdom lied primarily on the battlefield rather in Venetian and social customs‚ this bred an open door for Iago to nefariously
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not knowing the consequence that can happen. I agree with this statement because now and days people either lie or keep the truth to themselves when needing the truth can make a difference. In the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ characters like Iago and Emilia seem to know the truth about something‚ but decide not to speak about it with anyone. In Othello‚ Emilia finds the handkerchief that Desdemona dropped on the floor which was given by the protagonist‚ Othello. When Emilia finds the handkerchief
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and how people are driven by different passions‚ I am able to study this through different literature texts. The three characters I am going to study are ‘Briony’ in the novel Atonement by Ian McEwan‚ first published in 2001‚ but set in 1934-1999‚ ‘Iago” in the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ first viewed by an audience in 1604‚ and finally ‘Grenouille’ in the novel Perfume by Patrick Süskind‚ first published in 1985 and set in 18th century France. Since that all three texts are set in different
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creates his own erroneous fiction of his wife’s infidelity from Iago’s insinuations and merely circumstantial evidence. Indeed‚ Macaulay asserts that Othello “actively interprets Iago’s violation of the maxim of quantity” (272). Through this weakness‚ Iago is thus able to create “a simulated world to transform Othello’s perception‚ and ultimately his sense of himself” (Oatley 21). This is evidenced when
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characters of Othello and Desdemona. Being a moor Othello should be part of the lowest social class yet because of his position in the military his men need to show him respect while inwardly they despise him‚ this two faced behaviour can be seen in Iago. Desdemona on the other hand has been naturally born to high society but when she chooses to marry Othello she is ostracized and marked as a social outcast. Because of Desdemona’s gender she is abandoned by those in her own class while because he is
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“him” by Iago‚ the first mention of Othello leads the reader to believe that Othello does not hold a lot of merit or status with his portrayer‚ as he is not afforded the decency to be called by name. Another term frequently used to describe Othello‚ “Moor‚” (or “the Moor‚” “his Moorship‚” etc.) derived from the race of the general‚ is a label that clearly sets Othello apart from the white Venetians he keeps company with. Although some use it and mean no harm‚ when said by the likes of Iago and Brabantio
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