Iago‚ in Shakespeare’s Othello‚ is a deceiving character because he tells lies in order to get what he wants. He interacts with people only to manipulate them‚ but most importantly he never reveals his true feelings or motives. Iago might say things that suggest what his motive is‚ but he soon contradicts himself with another suggestion making it extremely difficult to understand him. Although Iago’s true motives cannot be determined‚ some motives could be jealousy‚ the enjoyment of seeing people
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Othello Character Analysis In Othello‚ Shakespeare tells the story of the soldier Othello‚ a noble and respected man‚ whose insecurities enable him to fall prey to the overwhelming power of jealousy. Through manipulation and lies‚ Othello changes from a kind and faithful husband into a man completely taken over by jealousy‚ resulting in his downfall. This shift in Othello’s character is done by the antagonist‚ Iago. Iago’s cruelty to not only Othello‚ but all others around him‚ reveals his villainous
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attempts to suggest and or change someone’s thoughts and possible actions. In the novel‚ Othello by William Shakespeare‚ the known mentor of Othello is Iago‚ the primary villain of the book. Due to his intense persuasion and influence‚ the whole novel seems to be changed by his cutting personality. In the book‚ Othello‚ William Shakespeare successfully creates Iago‚ a rude‚ manipulative‚ harsh mentor of Othello‚ seemingly changing the plot line and outcomes of certain situations‚ in turn‚ relating
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punishment‚ we would all be much more evil than we imagine. In Shakespeare’s Othello‚ we tend to empathize with Othello‚ the honest Moor‚ in spite of being much more similar to Iago. We would like to imagine that Othello’s actions are human nature‚ but deep down we understand Iago’s behavior. Iago’s motivations for monetary gain through
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ensue if the society was aware of a middle class’s otherness. Iago was an “other” because he was certifiably insane‚ but he won the favor of Othello‚ who was blind to all of Iago’s psychotic plots. Iago worked hard to build up his reputation as being “Honest Iago” so nobody would expect him to plot against Othello. Iago is a self-proclaimed hypocrite who absolutely hates Othello but pretends to be loyal to trick Othello into thinking that Iago is "A man he is of honesty and trust" (I.iii.284).
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It is Iago who causes Othello’s downfall‚ not a tragic flaw in Othello. To what extent do you agree with this statement? In the play of ‘Othello‚’ we firstly see a perfect‚ loving relationship between two of the main characters‚ Othello and Desdemona. By the end of the play‚ this relationship that they share is completely destroyed as Othello is driven by the strong emotion of jealousy to kill his wife and then himself‚ after realising that he had done an unjustly thing. In a tragedy
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Every human being has a weakness and that weakness is pride. ‘Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted (Matthew 23:12‚ The Bible)’. Pride is a natural flaw that most people do not realize. Some can control it‚ while others let their pride blind them from logic and truth. Naturally‚ Macbeth has this attribute and he demonstrates it throughout the play. Shakespeare purposely introduces Macbeth as a proud character. The witches’ prophecies give him his confidence
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people; and of course‚ as long as you’re looking down‚ you can’t see something that is above you.” This quote correctly authenticates Oedipus’ tragic flaw in the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Beyond other factors‚ Oedipus’ pride through out the story blinds him from seeing many things that eventually lead us to believe his prevalent tragic flaw of all was his pride. First‚ Oedipus failed to believe Tiresias when he accused him of being the reason why Thebes was suffering. "You are the
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Hamlet tragic flaw is him trying to get revenge for his father after his uncle murdered him. Hamlet see’s his father ghost and he tells hamlet to kill his unlce and leave his mother alone‚ hamlet father ghost goes to hell at night but leaves it in the morning. After Hamlet see’s the goes the tragic starts to happen. Hamlet stress’s ideas of how to kills is uncle and when to kill him. At this point Hamlet starts to go crazy but now physco yet. Although he goes love crazy and Ophelia notice that
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Othello’s Tragic Flaw For every Shakespearean tragedy there is a grossly unfortunate sequence of events that eventually leads to a bloodbath. The reason for this bloodbath is the tragic flaw. The tragic flaw is the small character defect in the protagonist that‚ in most circumstances‚ wouldn’t have been a big problem if not for said events. People frequently mistake Othello’s tragic flaw. They jump to the seemingly obvious choice of jealousy or naivety. The actually tragic flaw will be revealed
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