seeking of vengeance between the two main characters of Othello and Iago. Throughout this play‚ the similarities and differences between these flawed individuals is illustrated through their self inflicted tragedies. Both of the main characters are caught in serious wrongdoings making them similar in nature. Their differences lie in each’s awareness of the situation. Othello is caught for the brutal murder of his innocent wife and Iago is ultimately caught committing murder and reeking havoc throughout
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Iago/Othello: The Main Character The whole Iago verses Othello on who’s the main character of this tragedy has been going on for decades. Iago is a manipulative‚ revenge seeking‚ nefarious villain; although he seeks all this attention he is not of great importance in my opinion. Othello is the main character in Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Othello for a number of reasons some of them being; without him there would be no play everything revolves around him‚ the title of this play is his
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as jealousy death evil and manipulation. the antagonist of the play Iago demonstrates the pinnacle of evil‚ he is the very thing which is evil‚ he is essentially devil in this play. the protagonists Othello is a good guy start off with you then comes to the flaws in nature. desdemona and other characters of the play show the effect of
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Macbeth’s vaulting ambition‚ though it is what brings him to his height of power‚ it is also what leads him to his downfall. Vaulting Ambition is one of Macbeth’s flaws; it disables him to achieve his utmost goals and forces him to face his fate. Without this ambition‚ though‚ Macbeth never would have been able to achieve his power as King of Scotland or have been able to carry out his evil deeds. In these instances‚ ambition helped Macbeth do what he wanted to do. But‚ consequently‚ Macbeth’s ambition
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the stage and on film hundreds of times. The stage and film portrayals equate and differentiate from Othello in Shakespeare’s Othello. Othello is a powerful character who‚ despite a major flaw‚ the reader cares for and is the one the reader wants to be victorious. From the beginning of the novel‚ one sees Iago‚ Othello’s ensign‚ start to plot against Othello for not appointing him to lieutenant. Choosing Michael Cassio instead‚ a ‘great arithmetician’ and ‘a Florentine’‚ only fuels Iago’s anger and
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Another flaw of Oedipus that leads to his self-destruction is his excessive self-pride. He made it his mission to find the killer of Laius in order to end the misery that the plague in Thebes caused. He was sure of himself that he will save the land‚ ironically not realizing that he is the one at fault. He sees himself as being all mighty since he presumably escaped his fate. He was able to save Thebes from the Sphinx so he thinks history can repeat itself and he can be a hero ones again for his
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Because revenge is unjustified‚ it is easier for Iago to perform evil actions because he is the play’s villain; whereas‚ it is difficult for Hamlet to perform evil actions because he is a protagonist. Shakespeare’s placement of character traits creates a large impact on Iago and Hamlet’s revenge strategies. Because Iago is an antagonist‚ committing evil crimes is what his persona is meant to do. Villains are primarily ones to hold solely evil traits with little room for sympathy or improving one’s
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In William Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ Iago is seen by many as an honest and trustworthy person‚ though in reality he is a man of deceit and malevolence. This duplicitous nature of Iago’s is arguably one of Shakespeare’s most intriguing antagonists. From the outset‚ the audience is immediately drawn in by his sinister‚ yet unclear motives by revealing to them – “I am not what I am”. Iago is truly an evil character: he is extremely immoral and wicked‚ associating himself with the devil. He shows no
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Iago views women as subordinate and the inferior sex; they are nothing more than objects to him. When he talks to Emilia and Desdemona and insists that women are manipulative and lustful. First he describes them in different situations and implies how manipulative they are. When they are out in public or at home‚ he claims they are “pictures out of doors/Bells in your parlours‚ wild-cats in you kitchens” (109-110). He is saying that they are beautiful and pretty as pictures in public; they have
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Little Marvin was never anything special. Actually he was‚ Marvin was an unusually small mouse that seemed to have no talent‚ especially in the athletics department. In comparison to his strong athletic sisters and brothers‚ he was a shy little mouse who always had his nose burrowed in a book. He was constantly pushed around by the other mice due to his small size and was never was able to‚ or even confident‚ enough to fight back. Instead‚ he vowed that one day‚ he would be able to accomplish a
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