“A STUDY IN EVIL - IAGO VS MOSCA” William Shakespeare‚ the greatest dramatist of his time‚ personifies evil through the character of Iago in his play ‘Othello’. The play was first performed around 1604-05 and printed in 1622. Whereas Ben Jonson‚ one of Shakespeare’s contemporaries‚ portrays a similar character through Mosca in his play ‘Volpone’ which was first performed in the year 1605. Iago has a mysterious character. He is quiet and yet alluring. “Shakespeare [himself] was obviously fascinated
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What was love to Romeo? Romeo was upset over a lovely beautiful woman named Rosaline‚ who did not return his love. He quickly forgot her when his eyes looked upon the beautiful young Juliet. Once again‚ Romeo is smitten by another lady in a matter of seconds‚ what kind of love is this? Love was not something Romeo felt in his heart‚ rather‚ it was a strong emotion‚ perhaps lust‚ he saw with his eyes. Romeo was a young man‚ his hormones were raging‚ and his eyes were wondering. He was whining about
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In Macbeth‚ one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays‚ Macbeth is faced with very tough choices and encounters several moral dilemmas. In act one‚ it is revealed to him in a prophecy‚ proven to be accurate on two other occasions‚ that he is to become king. Although there’s already a healthy and great king‚ Duncan‚ Macbeth – now convinced it is his destiny – begins to have indecent thoughts about how to make the thrown his own. His mind quickly brings him to the idea of murdering Duncan. He tells
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A Comparison of the Fight Scene in Act 3 of Shakespeare’s Play Romeo and Juliet’ in the Film Version by Zeffirelli (1968) and Lurhmann (1997) The play Romeo and Juliet’ is about two families who have been fighting for years. When Romeo falls in love with Juliet and Juliet falls in love with Romeo‚ there are many consequences‚ including the deaths of a member of each family Mercutio and Tybalt. I will be studying the fight scene where Mercutio and Tybalt die‚ and comparing‚ the two film versions
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The importance of this soliloquy shows the effects of the point of view on the tragedy. Macbeth’s motivations and struggles within himself to murder Duncan‚ very crucial parts to the story‚ are shown here in a soliloquy of dialogue to himself instead of being blatantly stated by the author. I think this stresses the weight of the decision and how much it troubled Macbeth‚ a clever tactic used by Shakespeare to further the major conflict of Macbeth vs. himself and the consequences of his actions.
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Before Macbeth gives his famous “Is this a dagger which I see before me” soliloquy‚ he has decided that he was not going to kill the king. Lady Macbeth wants to become queen‚ so she has an argument with Macbeth. During the argument Lady Macbeth says‚ “When you durst do it‚ then you were a man”‚ saying that Macbeth is not a man unless he kills king Duncan. Lady Macbeth’s words make Macbeth perplexed and he goes into his soliloquy where he debates whether or not to assassinate the king. After Macbeth
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novel Tragedy of Othello‚ Iago the antagonist‚ is a worker of Othello who gets consumed of jealousy when he doesn’t get promoted for the job he feels that he deserved and completely equipped for. Iago go forth with a plan full of revenge to get back at Othello. He is abusive to where he uses people to fall accordingly to his plan. Although being of villainous stature Iago also is very crafty being very strategic with every move he makes. Jealousy oh what a crazy drug. For Iago jealousy fueled him for
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Macbeth Act 3 Option two: In preparation for King Duncan’s murder‚ Macbeth is first pressured by his wife‚ Lady Macbeth to kill him to become King. Thinking of the royal seat has clouded his mind‚ making him uneasy and confused about his thoughts. Macbeth feels hesitant and guilty for having these murderous thoughts‚ because King Duncan had put his trust in him as a kinsman and a subject. Having this trust in him‚ and him staying at Macbeth’s castle made him think that he shouldn’t be the murderer
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Iago is a cruel and evil man who uses ways to ruin Othello and Desdemona’s relationship. Othello appointed Cassio‚ to be his lieutenant. Iago was mad when he heard about it‚ he believes that he should be the one for the position since he knows more. This started off with his jealousy of Cassio. When Othello and Desdemona got married without letting anyone knowing‚ Iago begins to plot his plan. He used Roderigo to help him throughout the process of his plan to bring down Cassio. He then told Othello
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Iago continually uses rhetorical strategies to manipulate others. He uses many devices to put false accusations into Othello’s head. In lines 330-447 in act 3 scene 3‚ Iago uses rhetorical questions‚ imagery‚ and sarcasm to make Othello believe that Cassio is having an affair with Desdemona. To make Othello question Desdemona’s love for him Iago uses rhetorical questions. When Othello says “…than answer my waked wrath!” Iago comes back with “Is’t come to this my lord.” Later he goes as far
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