play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Othello hires Cassio as his first mate over Iago (who has been working longer and harder by Othello’s side.) This sets Iago off into a huge jealousy spiral and he plots a very tactical revenge scheme. He tricks Othello into thinking his wife‚ Desdemona is sleeping with Cassio. He also gets Cassio fired. Iago’s snakey plan works until the end and results in the death of Desdemona‚ Roderigo‚ Othello and himself; Cassio is one the only people to survive. The play is
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Othello Monologue/ Soliloquy Study B. Mitic Act II Response Shakespeare hints at jealousy from the very first act of the play‚ with Iago confessing his jealousy at Michael Cassio’s recent promotion to lieutenant. He asserts his opinion that Cassio is of less experience than him‚ with phrases such as “never set a squadron in the field” and “mere prattle without practice”. The latter phrase contains violent alliteration with the ‘p’ sound‚ giving the audience an insight into Iago’s frustration
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Jealousy led to many other factors in the play which lead to certain characters getting revenge for the wrong reason and pointless reasons. Othello had been convinced fully by Iago that his love Desdemona was a whore and had cheated on Othello with Michael Cassio Othello’s previous right hand man who he had took of the job due to being drunk while on the job. With this jealousy everywhere and mostly in Iago it had came around and effected him in a bad way and led to his downfall and lost his title as
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Jealousy is the most dominant theme of Othello. “Honest” Iago‚ the protagonist‚ is utterly absorbed with his jealousy of Michael Cassio because Cassio was chosen as lieutenant instead of Iago. He yearns for everyone to be as miserable as himself by implementing seeds of doubt resulting jealousy of other characters. His mind is clouded by animosity; Iago acquires for others to be justly jealous shown through Iago’s manipulation of characters‚ especially Othello. Shakespeare begins the story with
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Iago demonstrates his power of language through his manipulation of Roderigo‚ Michael Cassio‚ and Othello‚ for his use and liking. Iago shows off his power of language by manipulation of Roderigo starts
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when he is talking about Cassio getting promoted claiming that he deserved the job as lieutenant and he is far better than Michael Cassio in the battle field.
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resulting in his ultimate demise. The play starts with us learning that Othello has appointed Michael Cassio to be his new lieutenant in the Venetian army‚ leaving Iago angry with the decision. Feeling as though he deserved the promotion‚ he begins plotting a revenge plan with his partner Roderigo who is in love with Desdemona. The plan is to convince Othello that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio‚ hopefully driving him to kill the two alleged lovers. However‚ Othello is ordered to fight a
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William Shakespeare. Shakespeare effectively combines illusion with reality in the play‚ Othello. The illusion easily distorts the reality of the characters and their thoughts and actions. These illusions are evident in the main characters of Iago‚ Michael Cassio and Othello. This review will discuss the illusion versus reality that is seen in the play. Illusion being judgements of an individual from what is seen from the outside‚ and reality being the truth and what is on the inside. This review will
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relationship with Othello‚ however‚ was not as beautiful. Othello‚ appointed the general of the Venetian army‚ chose his lieutenant that day. His choice‚ however‚ did not fall in Iago’s favor. Instead of picking the war-seasoned Iago‚ he picked a Michael Cassio‚ a man who had never set foot upon the battle field. This automatically made Iago his Ensign. “It is evident that Iago felt jealous that night‚ and this jealously may have been his motives against Othello”‚ Dr. Seike
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produced does not just explore one’s path to solving the situation‚ but leads to others triumphing through adversities‚ or discovering corrupt identities. In the play‚ Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ Iago demanded revenge on Othello for making Cassio his lieutenant. Naive to the plan‚ Othello trusted Iago with all his heart and believed all the false rumours Iago had been spreading about Othello’s devoted wife‚ Desdemona. William Shakespeare explores the effect of
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