How does Iago Convince Othello to Kill Cassio and Desdemona by the End of Act Three? Act Three of Othello begins with Othello having no doubts at all concerning his wife’s fidelity and the happiness of their marriage‚ and ends with him almost totally convinced of her false guilt of being in an affair despite having very little evidence to prove it and no reason to want it to be true. His complete certainty comes rather from the manipulative skill of his ensign Iago who uses three principal broad
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Elizabethan types of Villain in his plays Othello and Much Ado about Nothing and J.A. Cudden described them ‘devilish’ and an ‘evil machinator or plotter’. Throughout Shakespeare’s plays Villains are in general antagonistic; they are against the good‚ innocent people in the play. This normally leads to a grave misfortune of others and often death. I am going to explore how Shakespeare portrays Villains through two well known villains called Iago from the tragedy Othello and Don John from the comedy Much
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In William Shakespeare’s "Othello"‚ the character Iago is‚ at least in my point of view‚ the main and most interesting character. Iago is in virtually every scene in the play‚ and has his hands in almost all doings within the play. Iago is truly one of the greatest villans in literature. Iago is viewed by all in the play‚ with the possible exception of his wife‚ as an honest and trust worthy man‚ which could not be farther from the truth. Iago plays all the characters in the play like puppets. He
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In William Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ Iago is seen by many as an honest and trustworthy person‚ though in reality he is a man of deceit and malevolence. This duplicitous nature of Iago’s is arguably one of Shakespeare’s most intriguing antagonists. From the outset‚ the audience is immediately drawn in by his sinister‚ yet unclear motives by revealing to them – “I am not what I am”. Iago is truly an evil character: he is extremely immoral and wicked‚ associating himself with the devil. He shows no
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In the play Othello by William Shakespeare the antagonist Iago believes that he only told Othello his thoughts and “no more than what he found himself was apt and true”. In the end there is doubt as to who is responsible for the tragedy that occurs. This tragedy is where Iago murders Emilia and Roderigo and Othello murders Desdemona and commits suicide. The end of the play suggests that it is Othello who is responsible for the tragedy that unfolds as it was him that ended up murdering Desdemona and
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“Literary Villains: Iago and Krogstad” In “Othello” and “A Doll House”‚ the two plays resulted in destruction of two families due to one’s jealousy and revenge. The antagonist in “Othello” is Iago who served as Othello ancient in the play was against him from the start. Iago had several motives for plotting against Othello‚ because they did not give him the rank of Lieutenant and he did not approve of the marriage between Othello and Desdemona. In “A Doll House”‚ Krogstad was an employee of
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Act 1 in Othello ----Sally Fu RACE William Shakespeare’s Othello explores the issue of race in his portrayal of the protagonist as a Moor which represents his tending marginal role in a Venetian society. In the play‚ characters are judged again and again based on appearances and outward characteristics. The protagonist’s different ethnic background provides a platform for probing ideas of racial conflict. This is exposed initially through the title of this play‚ “Othello‚ the Moor
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the climax of the play‚ as Iago completes his manipulation of Othello and decides that he must now let nature run its course. The scene depicts Othellos declining mental condition as Iagos supposed evidence‚ which in some parts has descended to complete lies‚ begins to take its effect on the once great general. The latter part of Act 3 Scene 3 is the climax of the play. It is here where Iago finally convinces Othello of his wifes dishonesty with Cassio and after which Iagos just needs to let nature
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In the play Othello by William Shakespeare the current state of affairs is disturbing. Schemes‚ lies and murder are what now defines the characters. Iago is to blame for this chaos. At the beginning of the play Othello was the noble stature‚ a person that was well respected and a person that people could look up too. As the play goes on and Iago’s plan becomes reality Othello achieves human flaw. While the audience wishes to believe in Othello‚ his errors cause them to slowly lose hope. Iago’s deceiving
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Analyse the Methods Iago Uses to Persuade Other Characters in Othello to his Point of View. Iago uses some excellent‚ persuasive methods to deceive his characters into thinking that his point of view is correct. Iago’s plots are made to sync in with the general design of the play‚ in that it is upon these contrived situations that all the tragedy is born from. The characteristic feature of all of Iago’s plots is that they seek to undermine attitudes and positions of others. He either plants seeds
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