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    In Shakespeare’s play Othello one of the main characters is Iago. He is a kind and nice person. However‚ throughout the play lago becomes evil. His action throughout the play change and he shows who he truly is. Iago is an evil person who is greedy‚ dishonest‚ jealousy‚ liar‚ and manipulative. He have been lying to lots of people and cause death of people. Iago tells Roderigo about Othello’s marriage. Together they rat out Othello and Desdemona to Desdemona’s father.Iago warns Othello

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    All the main characters in Othello think Iago is honest‚ but they also see him as he presents himself to them. How do individuals see him and how does this help him control the action of the play? Iago plays the villain’s role in Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello and an entertaining one to the audience due to his multifaceted schemes throughout the play. Iago is notorious for his manipulative abilities and clearly uses his uncanny ability to register other character’s weaknesses and insecurities to pull

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    is flawed by his paranoia and pride‚ Othello is only unstable and destructive after intricate deception. Indeed‚ he seems maddeningly perfect to his adversaries. Even Othello’s greatest enemy‚ Iago‚ confesses in act I‚ scene i‚ "Were I the Moor‚ I would not be Iago‚" or rather‚ he would not want to be Iago if he could be a man like Othello. The Moor commander is constantly respected by Venetian senators‚ soldiers‚ and ladies alike‚ even after murdering his wife and committing suicide. This level

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    Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies‚ involving the manipulating Iago and the virtuous Desdemona. Iago ‚ who is a central figure in this play‚ uses different techniques to corrupt the protagonist of the play ‚ Othello. While it is clear that Iago corrupts Othello’s virtue and says that he will ‘turn the virtue into pitch and out of her goodness make the net that that will enmesh them all.’ the matter of Othello and Iago‚ it cannot fairly be maintained that Iago was the sole cause of the calamities that befell

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    situation of Cassio’s fight on the street in Act 2‚ he often looks to Iago for an explanation‚ often referring him as “honest Iago” through out act 2 scene 3. Othello believes Iago as a loyal‚ white Venetian man who would make the correct decisions. He gives no doubts on Iago’s judgment without any further hesitation as he trusts Iago entirely‚ not showing any signs of wanting to further investigate on the case. Thirdly‚ when Iago reveals to Othello of his suspicion that Desdemona is cheating on him

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    how Shakespeare portrays Villains through two well known villains called Iago from the tragedy Othello and Don John from the comedy Much Ado about Nothing. These villains are particularly excellent because they are not ‘Blood-thirsty’; they are devious and deceitful and operate with ‘sly treachery’. These Malcontents play on the emotions of other characters until they stop thinking in a rational way.​Throughout both plays‚ Iago and Don John are Machiavellian as they effectively destroy the minds of

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    Rosarina Garcia Iago and his Evil Road To Fulfill his Fantasy In the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Iago plays the role of the villain. Due to being insecure and being passed for promotion he creates this fantasy and does whatever he can‚ even goes to extremes to make his fantasy a reality. Throughout the play Iago deceives and manipulates everyone who stands in his way of making his fantasy a reality. Iago uses his intelligence and also trickery to do so. Iago is two-faced throughout

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    Honest Iago: the Master of Deception Timothy Doan ENG3UE Ms. Waddell October 26‚ 2011 There exists two vital tools needed for complete manipulation: a charming personality and a sharp sense of persuasion. The combination of both these attributes will grant any individual with the rare gift to have anybody under their complete supremacy. In Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello‚ Iago is able to hone and master the immortal technique of manipulation as he pursues

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    an argument with Iago and Roderigo‚ in which the audience first see Iago’s character emerging. In the opening scene‚ Iago displays his crude characteristics and language. Perhaps his most revealing declaration at this point is his proud boast `I am not what I am’. Though Roderigo is evidently meant to take this as reassurance that Iago only feigns allegiance to Othello for his own ends‚ the deeper implications of Iago’s words are soon to become apparent to the audience‚ for Iago uses Roderego’s

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    How does Iago gain power over Othello in Act 3 Scene 3? Within Act 3 scene 3 of Othello ‚ the reader see’s a dramatic change within Othello. Othello goes from being the powerful military leader that he is in the previous acts to a man wrought with jealousy due to Iago’s influence. William Shakespeare shows how Iago’s achieves power over Othello through the use of emotive language‚ short sentences‚ dialogue and stage directions. In the beginning of the Act 3 scene 3‚ Iago plants the seed

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