audience have responded to him? In Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’‚ the reader is introduced to the character Iago. There are many different interpretations of his character‚ was he a ‘skillful villain’? Or was he a ‘mysterious creature of unlimited cynicism’? Or just a ‘wronged man’ who is more sinned against than sinning? Iago indeed does show qualities for all of these different interpretations‚ Iago can be seen as a skillful villain and I believe that this is the strongest argument. his sly‚ manipulative
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in context and relation with them‚ who in their lives may symbolise a threat‚ die in the play. Caliban can be compared to Othello in the way that they are both the “noble savages” in each of the plays. Othello’s extreme thoughts provoked by Iago and consequential imaginings cause him to doubt Desdemona. The contemporary audience would have found this fascinating‚ as they would have seen how a person of a different ethnicity‚ such as Othello‚ felt towards a different social hierachy. With both
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charismatic are key features contributing to Power of the Individual. Contrary to the ambitions of Martin Luther King Jr‚ Iago (Othello) expresses a motiveless malignity which directs his disguised exhibits of power. He may have slight ulterior motives- jealousy for Cassio’s lieutenancy and revenge at Othello’s betrayal- but his want of power is purely selfish; Power of the Individual. Iago weaves an intricate web of lies and influence‚ convincing Othello that Desdemona is an adulterer‚ yet separating himself
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character Iago has a lot in common with the Joker from the movie the Dark Knight . A famous poet W. H Auden has a definition for a villain ‚ a motiveless malignant ‚ and a joker. The Joker and Iago have Auden’s characteristics. Iago and the Joker have many traits in common . They both have Auden’s characteristics of villain ‚ motiveless malignant‚ and joker The first characteristic theat
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His trust where he trust is absolute. If such passion as jealous seizes him‚ it will swell into a well night incontrollable flood. F R Leavis (1952): Othello has a propensity to jealousy and possess a weak character. William Hazlitt (1827): Iago is an example of the typical stage Machiavel who is an amoral artist who seeks to fashion the world in his own interest. Kenneth Burke: Desdemona is the an object of possession‚ while the possessor is himself possessed by his very engrossment
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In Iago‚ Shakespeare has Created an Engaging and Complex Villain who Governs the Actions of the Play. Discuss Shakespeare’s character of Iago is seen as one of the most intriguing and deceptive characters ever created. His menacing and complete control over the play and how he so easily toys with the course of the performance draws in all those observing his act and leaves his victims grasping for straws of reality amongst a bed of hoaxes. In order to understand how Iago operates one must first
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creates his own erroneous fiction of his wife’s infidelity from Iago’s insinuations and merely circumstantial evidence. Indeed‚ Macaulay asserts that Othello “actively interprets Iago’s violation of the maxim of quantity” (272). Through this weakness‚ Iago is thus able to create “a simulated world to transform Othello’s perception‚ and ultimately his sense of himself” (Oatley 21). This is evidenced when
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in depth this dimension of the drama. Francis Ferguson in “Two Worldviews Echo Each Other” describes the deception of Iago: how he paints as evil a guiltless association between Cassio and Desdemona: The main conflict of the play is a strange one‚ for Othello cannot see his opponent until too late. But the audience sees with extraordinary clarity. In Act II Iago tricks Cassio into disgracing himself‚ and then takes advantage of the guileless affection between Cassio and Desdemona to create
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Amber Grootenboer 0855189 Dr. J.F. van Dijkhuizen Literature 6B: Shakespeare: An introductory course 5 August 2011 How are relations between different ethnic groups represented in The Merchant of Venice and Othello? Now in the early twenty-first century we tend to associate racist attitudes as fallacious and inhuman. The Merchant of Venice and Othello can‚ therefore‚ present challenges to modern readers and audiences because‚ to a certain extent‚ Shakespeare presents relations
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Iago is one of the most notorious and mysterious villains of all time. He spends all of his time plotting against Othello and Desdemona‚ eventually convincing Othello that his wife has been cheating‚ despite the fact that Desdemona has been completely faithful. Iago’s capacity for cruelty seems limitless‚ and no motivation he gives for his actions seems enough to explain the incredible destruction he wreaks on the lives of the people he knows best. Although readers tend to think of evil people as
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