MAJOR ENGLISH WRITERS ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAY OTHELLO FAJRI KURNIAWAN 1010733020 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF HUMANITY ANDALAS UNIVERSITY PADANG 2013 Background of the author William Shakespeare is the most famous writer of plays in the English language. He was born in 1564‚ in Stratford upon-Avon and died on the 23rd of April‚ 1616. He wrote thirty-nine plays and hundreds of poems. His father William was a successful local businessman and his mother Mary
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a reason on why we cannot trust a person is for example the character Iago. In the beginning of the story he says “O‚ sir‚ content you I follow him to serve my turn upon him” (Act 1‚ Scene 1‚ Line 40). Iago is friends with Othello but he is going around his back and making him look bad. Othello is not aware of what Iago is doing because Iago suck’s up to Othello so Othello won’t suspect anything coming from Iago. In reality Iago is seeking revenge on Othello because
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life on Desdemona. Meanwhile‚ Iago is out to destroy Desdemona’s credibility‚ which would then contribute to the descent of Othello. This idea is further expressed when Othello adds‚ “Iago is most honest” (2.3‚ 7). Othello says this to Cassio when speaking of self-restraint and the party later that night. He too requires Cassio to keep an eye on Iago and the guards. It is made clear that Othello is too trusting because as he believes Iago is a trustworthy noble‚ Iago is meticulously planning to take
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considered an Illusion. One character in the story‚ Iago‚ is the mastermind behind the creation of this illusion that Othello has been tricked to believe. Additionally‚ two other foil characters in the play seem to symbolize this theme‚ as Desdemona represents the Illusion and Emilia illustrates the more realistic side of life. Shakespeare uses the character Iago as almost a second narrator for the fake reality that many of the characters are living in. Iago is a cunning and
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Iago ’s Play “O‚ beware‚ my lord‚ of jealousy!/ It is the green-eyed monster‚ which doth mock/The meat it feeds on” (1226). Before this unit‚ I would not have known that this quote came from one of Shakespeare ’s plays. I would even not have understood what it meant‚ nor how it could set the tone for all of the tragic events that would occur to the characters in his play. Although I first read this work in middle school‚ I feel that I have read a completely new story reading it years later. This
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Othello believes his wife (Desdemona) is having a affair with Cassio. For the simple reason Iago claims Cassio has been sleeping with Othello’s wife. Since Othello is so gullible‚ Iago leads him “by the nose”. Iago plants a seed of jealousy inside of Othello because apparently he has some insecurity. (“After sometime‚ to abuse Othello’s ear that he (Cassio) is too familiar with his wife. He hath a person
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of Othello is an example about how one person’s jealousy can take an entire social group down with it. Iago is the antagonist in this story‚ as he formulates a plot not only to take Cassio (the man who was promoted over Iago to be Othello’s second) down‚ and in the process many others go with him. He plants his jealousy in Rodrigo‚ and Othello. Convincing Rodrigo to provoke Cassio in a fight Iago tells him “Provoke him that he may; for even out of that will I cause these of Cyprus to mutiny; whose
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his job in a perfect manner. But he has a flaw that he is unaware of and is taken advantage by Iago whom claims to be Othello’s friend. Contrary is jealous himself that he did not get chosen for lieutenant‚ as Iago says “Till I am even’d with him‚ wife for wife‚ / Or failing so‚ yet that I put the Moor / At least into a jealousy so strong / That judgment cannot cure" (2.1.299-302) therefore this means Iago will make Othello jealous and create misunderstanding between Desdemona and Othello because he
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and analyzed in some of its characters like Iago and Othello. The main plot of this novel is the desire of Iago to ruin the marriage of Othello and his beloved wife Desdemona. The actual motives of Iago for wanting to ruin the marriage are not totally assured. One reason that can be speculated for his feeling of hatred and envy towards Othello is the fact that he suspected that Emilia‚ his wife‚ committed adultery with Othello. This is expressed when Iago says “…I hate the moor‚ and it is thought
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human nature. The intense relationship between Othello and Iago plays centre piece to the play and it is through betrayal of trust and manipulation leading to the downfall of the protagonist that relates to audiences and captivates their attention. Both characters are portrayed as the stereotypical binomial opposite’s positive vs. negative‚ good vs evil. Othello‚ the noble‚ honest and brave General represents good and virtue whereas Iago‚ his bitter‚ evil‚ misogynistic Officer represents everything
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