A Potent Flavor of Tragedy In this essay I have looked at the contrast between Hamlet and Iago in their potency of completing actions and their use of power through speaking with others. I intend to show at the end how either extreme leads to their downfall‚ and in this way they can compare to each other through what happens to them in the end. I had some difficulty figuring out how to tie in implications throughout the essay and I did not know exactly what it meant to tie in an implication in
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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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Given CircumstancesThe given circumstances of Tartuffe are few‚ yet they are essential to the reading of the script. The time of Tartuffe is displayed through several ways: while no specific time is ever mentioned‚ we know that the play takes place sometime after 1640 because the currency mentioned (the Louis) was established in 1640. And since now specific time references are mentioned‚ we can assume the play takes in ’modern times’ i.e. during the time it was written (the 1660’s). The action of
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Tartuffe Questions Acts I-V Act I 1. Madame Pernelle is leaving because she is dissatisfied how everyone in the household is not paying attention to what she says because they are constantly chattering on and on. 2. Madame Pernelle is dissatisfied with Dorine because she is chatty‚ is “too saucy for a lady’s-maid”(14). She also claims Dorine to be interfering because she always has a say in something. Dorine’s having so many lines implicates that she is one of the more significant characters
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In William Shakespeare’s "Othello"‚ the character Iago is‚ at least in my point of view‚ the main and most interesting character. Iago is in virtually every scene in the play‚ and has his hands in almost all doings within the play. Iago is truly one of the greatest villans in literature. Iago is viewed by all in the play‚ with the possible exception of his wife‚ as an honest and trust worthy man‚ which could not be farther from the truth. Iago plays all the characters in the play like puppets. He
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done by the antagonist‚ Iago. Iago’s cruelty to not only Othello‚ but all others around him‚ reveals his villainous personality. Iago acts through selfish reasons alone‚ and stops at no lengths in order to get to what he wants. Through the character Iago‚ Shakespeare‚ in his play Othello‚ explores the concept of the evil nature of man and argues that one who is motivated purely by greed and the desire for power will ultimately face the consequences of his or her actions. Iago is one of the most interesting
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Unequivocally‚ Iago plays an important and major function in the tragedy of Othello. By the end of the play‚ Iago has been directly responsible for the deaths of Roderigo‚ Emilia and the protagonist and his love. Iago’s importance to the play is revealed by his contribution to the plot and his significance relative to other characters. Iago’s function‚ which invariably adds to the importance he has on the play‚ is to lead to the downfall of Othello therefore revealing the themes of hate‚ jealousy
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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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In the play Othello by William Shakespeare the antagonist Iago believes that he only told Othello his thoughts and “no more than what he found himself was apt and true”. In the end there is doubt as to who is responsible for the tragedy that occurs. This tragedy is where Iago murders Emilia and Roderigo and Othello murders Desdemona and commits suicide. The end of the play suggests that it is Othello who is responsible for the tragedy that unfolds as it was him that ended up murdering Desdemona and
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Examine the presentation of Iago in acts one and two. Sophie Shakespeare has created the character of Iago as the villain of the play. He drives the plot as he schemes and manipulated other characters. He fascinates and terrifies the audience with his revengeful plotting which he has no real motivation for. In Iago’s first big speech he is already moaning about not being promoted giving of a negative feel to his character and declaring his hatred for Othello. Within his first ten lines of the
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