Text Idea: The play Othello‚ Shakespeare Text Type: Monologue Purpose: providing a theoretical insight into Iago’s thoughts once he had been captured and was thrown into a prison cell. Iago: How did I end up in this rotten hell-hole of a cell? I could have sworn that I had everyone caught and under my spell. Everyone came to me‚ asking me what went wrong‚ asking for solutions‚ for help in their plans. Yet here I am shackled up behind the rusty old bars surrounded by only concrete walls. And after
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Othello by William Shakespeare‚ is a play that takes place on an island called Cyprus. During act three‚ Cassio is disappointed by his behavior that caused him to lose his position. He even pays musicians to play tunes for Othello in an act of humbleness. Othello seemed to be bothered about the music‚ so he offered some money to the clowns to pay for the musicians to go away. As time went by‚ Cassio is using his usual manners with Desdemona‚ constantly complimenting and praising her with undying
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The Tragedy of Othello written by William Shakespeare features many dynamic characters throughout the play. However Othello himself changes the most throughout the play due to the lies and rumors that he is hearing. Othello starts as a completely loyal high ranking general in the Italian army who appoints Cassio to lieutenant and secretly gets married to the senator’s daughter named Desdemona. Upset by Othello’s choice of lieutenant‚ Iago begins feeding Othello lies about what is happening between
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The Handkerchief also goes through an almost pseudo-personification as it takes on a life of its own by acting as a sort of possessed object and rebelling against the audiences expectations by taking over the plot. When interrogating his wife about the missing handkerchief Othello explains its origin as a gift an “Egyptian to my mother give” so she could have the love of Othello’s father but this love would be lost if she ever lost it or gave it away (3.4.66). He also states that the woman who gave
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The Real Meaning behind Othello’s Handkerchief “Now I know I’ve got a heart‚ because it is breaking” A quote in the Wizard of Oz said by the Tin Man also known as Tin Woodman. Tin Man asked for a heart in his attempt to be human by learning to love. But little does he know is that a heart isn’t to be played with and trust isn’t something that should be tossed around either. The heart is a symbol in which Tin Man’s heart slowly drifts away as he gets comfortable and is unsure how to restore order
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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 have no choice but
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The question regarding whether the play should be called Iago instead of Othello is an intriguing discussion which has valuable arguments on both sides. Although the play is called Othello‚ Iago deceived and ruined Othello’s life. It can argued that if you titled the play ‘Iago’ then the audience would be more observant to his dominant role and would weaken Iago’s manipulation and plotting of events. However‚ Iago influences the destruction of Othello and Iago’s power over other characters increases
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monster itself: jealousy. In Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ Iago’s words and actions cause Othello to change and to stop loving Desdemona; as a result‚ Othello and the people around him plunge into chaos. After much manipulation from Iago‚ Othello‚ like a coin‚ flips sides and hates Desdemona. When Desdemona leaves with Emilia‚ Othello says that “when I love thee [Desdemona] not‚ / Chaos is come again” (3.3.91-92). This clearly shows that Othello is in love with Desdemona and has no doubt
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the play Othello‚ Iago uses certain steps to help him in his plan to manipulate Othello to go against his wife Desdemona and his co-worker‚ Cassio. These steps help him greatly in his plan to deploy Othello against Cassio and Desdemona. Iago plays upon Othello ’s own fears and reinforces those fears with lies and hints to help him with his plan. First‚ Iago lies to Othello and makes him believe that Desdemona is cheating on Othello with Cassio. The next step Iago takes to manipulate Othello is when
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influence Othello in his speech and emotions. Iago uses symbolism throughout the play in order to suggest that Desdemona is having an affair. Furthermore‚ the “ancient” repeats specific words that impact Othello’s sense of hearing and vision to achieve his goals. Finally‚ Iago also uses repetition to suggest precise ideas to Othello. Symbolism allows Iago to plant the idea in Othello’s mind that his wife is cheating on him. Throughout the entirety of the play‚ Iago uses the handkerchief‚ to indicate
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