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    All the main characters in Othello think Iago is honest‚ but they also see him as he presents himself to them. How do individuals see him and how does this help him control the action of the play? Iago plays the villain’s role in Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello and an entertaining one to the audience due to his multifaceted schemes throughout the play. Iago is notorious for his manipulative abilities and clearly uses his uncanny ability to register other character’s weaknesses and insecurities to pull

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    Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies‚ involving the manipulating Iago and the virtuous Desdemona. Iago ‚ who is a central figure in this play‚ uses different techniques to corrupt the protagonist of the play ‚ Othello. While it is clear that Iago corrupts Othello’s virtue and says that he will ‘turn the virtue into pitch and out of her goodness make the net that that will enmesh them all.’ the matter of Othello and Iago‚ it cannot fairly be maintained that Iago was the sole cause of the calamities that befell

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    An Act of Betrayal in Hamlet Through King Claudius’s choice to murder former King Hamlet and marry Gertrude‚ he betrays his brother‚ Hamlet‚ and even his own morals. This act of disloyalty and deceit turns Claudius against the other characters‚ and leads to their eventual demise. In Act I‚ the ghost of King Hamlet proclaimed his anger towards Claudius‚ and spoke to Prince Hamlet of his “foul and most unnatural” death (Hamlet 1.5.25). In this exchange‚ the former king explained that his murderer

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    “A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.” Baba says these words to Rahim Khan while he is talking about Amir at the end of Chapter 3‚ and the quotation reveals important traits in both Amir and Baba. With these words‚ Baba sums up one of Amir’s major character flaws—his cowardice—and Baba shows how much value he places in standing up for what is right. Baba is reluctant to praise Amir‚ largely because he feels Amir lacks the courage to even stand up for

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    Also in The Great Gatsby many characters got betrayed. Gatsby betrayed his old life for a new and better life for Daisy. Everything that Gatsby ever did was for Daisy. He buys the house right across from hers and throws big parties hoping that she might show up. All of this just for Daisy. He fell in love with Daisy and he did everything to get her. Money and social class was important to Gatsby. He lied and told everyone that the came from a rich family when in reality‚ “his parents were shiftless

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    portrays the character of Iago as the catalyst of this tragedy. It is true that in Shakespeare’s Othello‚ Iago is portrayed as the catalyst and the foremost cause for the events that unfold. Shakespeare portrays this through Iago’s manipulation and power of words‚ and his continual playing on people’s weaknesses and strengths. This is represented through the impact that he has on other characters‚ in particular of Othello and Cassio. In Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the character of Iago is portrayed as one

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    Explore how Robert Cormier disturbingly conveys betrayal and its tragic consequences in his novel Heroes. Betrayal is one of the most awful acts that can commit a human being‚ it becomes even more awful when this act is committed by someone you love. In the novel “heroes” by Robert Cormier‚ the horrific betrayals that Larry Lasalle causes will tragically change the lives of Francis Casavant and Nicole Renard. At the beginning Robert Cormier is showing Larry as the most trustful men of all FrenchTown

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    unfortunate elements of the relationships that people have are jealousy‚ gossiping‚ and deceit. In the story Othello‚ many characters are affected by these qualities in the relationships they have with Iago. Of all the characters in Othello‚ Iago has the most influence on Othello in the story. Iago uses jealousy‚ gossip‚ and deception to have a negative influence on Othello in Othello.

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    In what ways does Iago manipulate others in the early scenes? Does he even manipulate the audience? Iago‚ is the machiavell of the play ’Othello’‚ described as one of Shakespeare’s most sinister characters. He is the real villain who in this story gets his revenge‚ using manipulation slowly climbing up the stairs of hierarchy to get to his general‚ who he hates. And the reason for that is not only not getting the position that he wanted but also his belief introduced by some rumour that Othello

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    How does betrayal or treachery help in developing the main character? What it reveals about the characters? Use a theme. How betrayal was a theme and how if affected the main character? William Shakespeare‚ one of the most influential writers in history‚ was renowned for masterfully elaborating themes of real life into his pieces of literature. In fact‚ his plays were able to transcend time‚ influencing the course of western literature because of their universal thematic. In one of Shakespeare’s

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