In the play “Othello” by William Shakespeare Iago plays the master manipulator and manages to deceive many of the other characters especially Othello and Cassio. It can be said that his motives are based solely on his insecurities due to the fact his goal in the play was to ruin Othello’s life. He does this by using psychological manipulation on Othello’s thoughts and makes him believe that Cassio and Desdemona are fond of each other. Which basically means that he targets anyone that brings out his
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throughout the play. Verbal twists and the characters most importantly stress the act of evil. Iago‚ most of all is portrayed as the “villain” or “protagonist in the play. Shakespeare uses this character to set the basis of evil. Each plot point is spiraled further into tragedy due to the nature of Iago and his manipulative language towards the other main characters. Corruption overcomes the Venetian society as Iago uses his crafty skills of deceit. The plan to have Othello turn against the ones he loves
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disturbing man. Iago portrays himself as an innocent and rejected man with the use of powerful and emotive language such as ‘despise me’ and ‘abhor me.’ The abrupt language used by Iago enables the audience to witness his disgust after Roderigo accuses him of withholding some information from him about his own finances. Iago acts the innocent and threatened character by stating ‘if ever I did dream of such a matter‚ / Abhor me.’ The phrase ‘abhor me’ is a use of hyperbole used by Iago‚ where he exaggerates
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Turks were drowned at sea and no battle took place. Iago was Othello’s flag carrier and thought that his rank should be higher. So Iago plotted to ruin Othello’s life and it started with getting Othello’s lieutenant Cassio fired after a fight started by Iago. Iago was promoted to lieutenant and began to persuade Othello that his wife Desdemona was having an affair with Cassio‚ the recently fired lieutenant. Iago convinced Othello that this was true. Iago even planted evidence that drove Othello so mad
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possibility for the reason Iago wanted to bring down Othello could have been because Othello was black. It is feasible to think that Iago just couldn’t stand to see a black man in power and that he was a racist. A black man in a position of power would have definitely had a few people upset especially in those days. When Iago speaks to Desdemona’s father Barbatio‚ Iago refers to Othello as “the black ram” and “the devil”. These words that Shakespeare used could be a hint as to why Iago wants to bring Othello
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Shakespeare’s Othello depicts the misfortune of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice as he and many others are manipulated by Iago‚ the antagonist. Othello falls in love and elopes with Desdemona. Fueled by anger‚ Iago seeks revenge on Othello. With careful planning‚ Iago successfully tricks him into believing that his dear wife was cheating on him with his friend and lieutenant‚ Cassio. Along the way‚ Iago manages to manipulate and use Roderigo‚ also Othello’s friend‚ in order to succeed in his devious plan. before
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don’t know doesn’t hurt you. Throughout the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Iago will take steps to poison Othello’s mind against Desdemona and Cassio. Iago will start off by getting Cassio drunk and getting him fired for stabbing Montano. Then‚ he tells Cassio to get Othello’s trust back he will need to talk to Desdemona about what has happened so she can talk to Othello about accepting him back. Conveniently‚ Iago will lead Othello over to where Cassio and Desdemona are talking‚ so Othello will
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Othello. Some characters’ jealousy is fashioned by other characters. Iago is involved in much of this‚ creating lies and implementing confusing situations. He is consumed with jealousy of Cassio and masked with a hatred of Othello because he was not chosen as lieutenant‚ Cassio was. Iago is selfish in that he wants everyone to feel as he does so he manipulates the jealousy of other characters by betraying them to each other. Iago is a man blinded by envy and anger‚ with a goal in mind for everyone
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Just what is "evil" in Shakespeare’s play? Iagos will for "revenge" on Cassio‚ who has been promoted to a higher army rank than himself? Is Iago evil? Essentially‚ Iago could be described as the central trouble-making‚ ill-willed character of the play; he leads a lot of the characters into a state of confusion‚ convincing them to think poorly and wrong of other figures in ’Othello’ that are in fact innocent of their accused crimes. But does this make him an "evil" individual? Let us begin by defining
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Iago. Jealousy Iago’s jealousy is the catalyst of the play‚ as it is his jealousy that drives him to ruin Othello. It is evident in Act I scene I that Iago is jealous that Cassio got the position of lieutenant even though “That never set a squadron in the field‚ nor the division of a battle knows more than a spinster – unless the bookish theoric‚ wherein the tongued consuls can propose as masterly as he. Mere prattle without practice is all his soldiership.” (I.i. 21-27) Iago clearly thinks that
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