insight into Iago’s character will be given In the first scene of the play‚ Iago claims that he despises Othello for the reason that he did not consider him for the position of Military Lieutenant but instead chose Michael Cassio. Iago further claims he is more experienced than Cassio who only knows the theoretical aspects of war. Iago undoubtedly appears to be anguished by this. He continues saying: “I follow him to serve my turn upon him.”[1] Iago’s duplicity is revealed by this statement and it
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such serious accusations. Although eventually Othello allows himself to be deceived by Iago‚ he truly believes he has witnessed concrete evidence before he turns against his own wife. While Iago’s master plan to destroy the lives of both Othello and Cassio is driven by envy‚ Othello’s mental breakdown is inflicted by jealousy. While envy is powered by desire for another’s possessions or social status‚ jealousy is a type of protective paranoia that people exhibit when they
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against Othello for not appointing him to lieutenant. Choosing Michael Cassio instead‚ a ‘great arithmetician’ and ‘a Florentine’‚ only fuels Iago’s anger and jealousy (1.1.18-19). This theme of jealousy continues to resurface throughout the play. Desdemona‚ Othello’s wife‚ becomes a part of Iago’s master plan. Because Othello trusts Iago‚ Iago is able to manipulate Othello into believing that Desdemona is being unfaithful to him with Cassio. Unable to control his jealousy‚ Othello murders
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play written by William Shakespeare. Othello is a well-respected and noble general in the Venetian army. Iago‚ one of Othello’s “friends”‚ despises Othello simply due to the fact that Othello had recently given a Lieutenant Promotion position to Michael Cassio. Even though Iago had quite a bit of in-battle experience‚ Iago thought that giving such a promotion to someone who had no in-battle experience what so ever was an insult. Early on in the play‚ it is incredibly easy to see that Iago will do whatever
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Othello Othello may have been relevant to the Elizabethans but it has little to say to a contemporary audience’. I believe Othello is still relevant to a contemporary audience‚ however modern individuals often view it on a different level to the people in Elizabethan times. Shakespeare wrote the play for an audience who accepted the racist stereotypes rampant in the play‚ oblivious to their own racism. Othello was a tragic hero‚ and Iago exploited his tragic flaw’‚ in this case being insecurity
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the play to sort through and wrestle with Iago’s conflicting statements about the value of reputation. Iago’s first revelation regarding on the value of reputation comes in act two‚ as Iago speaks with the distraught Cassio‚ who has just lost his lieutenancy. Iago tells Michael Cassio “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition‚ oft got without merit and lost without deserving. You have lost no reputation at all unless you repute yourself such a loser” (II.3.257-260). However only one act later
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Othello Study ------------------------------------------------- Othello (The Character) * The character of Othello is in many ways a paradox. * He simultaneously experiences deep and passionate love as well as terrible and violent hatred; he is a rootless “stranger/Of here and everywhere” who the world defines by his ethnicity‚ “Moor”; and‚ he is a man called “noble” who commits the most horrendous of sins‚ murder. * At the heart of these contradictions is a black man trying to
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believes that Desdemona is a victim under a spell of the Moor Othello. As the play progresses‚ Othello‚ who is overcome with jealousy‚ falsely accuses Desdemona of having an affair with his lieutenant and best friend‚ Michael Cassio. After acquiring “proof” that Desdemona and Cassio are having an affair‚ Othello becomes so enraged to the point that he kills Desdemona. In conclusion‚ it is pretty obvious that Desdemona is unjustly victimized. In the beginning of the play‚ Brabantio believes that his
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would always think in his best interest even after Cassio is appointed lieutenant instead of him. Iago uses his prior knowledge of Othello’s character and the trust Othello places so entirely in him to his advantage and creates conflict between Othello and Cassio and‚ consequently‚ between Othello and Desdemona as well. Iago convinces Othello that Cassio has been sleeping with Desdemona‚ Othello’s wife‚ and Othello believes him – not Desdemona or Cassio – because of how craftily Iago presented himself
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