a very long time. One particular villain‚ Iago from the play Othello by Julius Caesar‚ is a very famous villain. Iago was an extremely bad guy in this play and was always up to no good. The character Iago and his traits have influenced many more modern villains. Iago influenced other villains with his criminal traits of being evil‚ egotistical‚ and dishonesty. First of all‚ Iago influenced the Character A in the television show‚ Pretty Little Liars. Iago was truly evil and acted out of jealousy
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them which quite often reflect to the people around me is caused the human behaviour of evil. In the play Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ Iago plays a character of evil and destruction out of all the characters throughout the play‚ clearly characterising him as one as an unpleasant‚ heartless evil villain. Aiming to get whatever he wants‚ Iago performs his evil doings towards innocent characters throughout the entire play and is not caught doing things to his advantage up until the end. The
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Desdemona has been cheating on Othello with Cassio. Although the reader knows this is not the case‚ Iago wants Othello to believe it to be true. Another thing that can be examined is the significance of Desdemona’s handkerchief. There is a definite meaning for this item‚ and for that reason it is important to examine its use in the play. Finally the reader is lead to look at the overall attitude of Iago throughout the play. Taking all things into account; the deception on Iago’s part regarding Desdemona’s
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Iago character and motives In the play Othello‚ the character Iago proves to be one of the most interesting and mysterious character of any Shakespearian play. In Othello‚ Iago attempts to ruin the high ranking military officer‚ Othello‚ and Othello’s wife through a series of manipulation and cruelty. However‚ throughout the play‚ Iago never completely explains his desire to ruin Othello and certainly doesn’t provide legitimate cause to put so many of these characters through such torment. This
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Othello’s isolation‚ Iago‚ the play’s most paradoxical character‚ drives Othello to question everything he knows. Iago’s weapon is his ability to drive the other characters into a personal conflict‚ which leads the characters to have both an outer and inner life. Even though Iago and Othello’s duality is more clearly shown‚ most of the characters in the play display a personal inner conflict. Being a tragic hero‚ Othello falls victim to the loneliness and isolation that Iago drives him to. Almost
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psychological regard. Othello and The Dark Knight explore the concept of good versus evil The theme of appearance vs reality is represented in the characterisation of Othello’s Iago and The Dark Knight’s Joker. The deceptive nature of both characters is an essential element to plot development and characterisation of Iago and the joker as
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throughout history not only whether that is true‚ but even how to define the concept of free will. The story‚ Tragedy of Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare is a story about how antagonist—Iago – is deeply jealous of Cassio who was promoted by our protagonist‚ Othello who is also a high general in power. Iago then plans to backstab Othello and ruin his love with Desdemona. Based on Shakespeare’s focus on the character and his actions that developed the plot‚ it is shown he believes that freewill
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becomes to over whelming‚ do we project our thought and feelings on to our peers? I am using “Through the Literary Looking Glass: Critical Theory in Practice” by Sian Evans and “Othello” by William Shakespeare to analyse the characters Othello and Iago as well as the major theme jealousy through a Freudian lens. The aim of this psychoanalysis is to try and give a better understanding of the character’s motivations and unconscious‚ narcissistic desires. The theme jealousy is revealed by both these
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‘Othello’ the theme of appearance versus reality emerges in the play as Iago who is manipulating appearances works to deceive Othello who has difficulty distinguishing between what seems to be true and what really is true. The tragic plot of Othello hinges on the ability of the villain‚ Iago‚ to mislead other characters‚ particularly Roderigo and Othello by encouraging them to misinterpret what they see. Othello is susceptible to Iagos ploys because he himself is so honest and straight forward. In this
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Desdemona‚ daughter of a senator and is secretly married to her. Iago‚ his junior‚ jealous of his success attempts to destroy Othello and Desdemona and through his machinations obliterates love‚ honour and beauty. This passage marks the beginning of Act 1 Scene 2‚ and we see Iago come from badmouthing Othello to Roderigo and in this scene‚ he badmouths Roderigo to Othello. As in the first scene‚ the reader is sort of a voyeur‚ listening
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