Critical- how Iago manipulates Othello by manipulating his trust Trust is the belief that someone is truthful‚ reliable‚ and honest. In the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ the character Othello shows a great amount of trust‚ which when manipulated‚ ultimately leads to his downfall. Trust is an honourable trait but in excess can be detrimental. In Othello‚ Iago uses several techniques of manipulation to shift Othello’s absolute trust from his wife‚ Desdemona‚ to himself. The first of these
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their negative situation. In the play “Othello” by William Shakespeare‚ the protagonist Othello chooses to commit suicide because he cannot stand his situation and feels guilty over killing his wife Desdemona for misunderstanding her because of lago’s lie. Although Othello’s suicide wasn’t based on a true story‚ in today’s society suicide is one of the most prevalent forms of death. People cannot choose when they are born and when they can die and so Othello should have found other ways to cope with
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Eamon Shannon Capt Hellmann English 211 – Othello Essay 22 September 2016 Othello: An Air of Racism William Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Othello‚ introduces race early on in the play indicating it will be an important motif throughout the rest of the play. During the course of Act 1‚ multiple discriminatory references to Othello’s skin color as well as his Turkish heritage sets the stage for how other characters as well as Othello himself will treat the “black moor” in the play. He is not seen as a counterpart
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To what extent can Othello be considered a ‘tragic hero’? The extent of which Othello is a tragic hero has been open to much debate; the basis on which he is judged falls to Aristotle’s established view of the crucial elements that distinguish whether a person is truly tragic. According to Aristotle‚ a tragic protagonist is a nobleman or person from high status‚ who contributes to his own demise and illustrates a flaw or weakness in judgment. The tragic protagonist must make a fall from a high
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read to understand the struggle. But one of the most interesting pieces to display this issue is Othello by William Shakespeare. For Othello was a
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on Othello: Act 1 1. There are three main reasons for why Iago hates Othello. The first being that Iago deeply believes that there used to be an affair between his wife Emilia and Othello. While there is no actual evidence to support the affair‚ the fact that Iago believes it happened supports the fact that he is very paranoid and might be searching for reasons to hate Othello. The second is that Othello denied Iago a promotion he believes he very much deserved. The fact that Othello gives
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totally controlled by an idea. In Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Iago gets the idea in his head‚ which poisons his mind and leads to his jealousy‚ eventually cause the death of Roderigo‚ Desdemona and Othello. Poison is used to damage or kill something. Shakespeare uses poison in Otello to show the reader the progress of destruction done by Iago’s words and actions. In the beginning of the play‚ when Iago talks to Roderigo‚ he explains that he is jealous to Othello‚ the Moor‚ gets a higher position
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very manipulative process. The character of Iago‚ in William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ is a very devious man that manipulates the character of Othello through temptation. Iago has a plan to distort Othello’s marriage and trick Othello into believing that his wife‚ Desdemona‚ is having an affair with his former lieutenant‚ Cassio. Act III of this play is the prevalent point of Iago’s plan where he is really able to suck Othello in to his devious ways. Iago uses drawing attention‚ allurement‚ and rationalization
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The tragic play ‘Othello’‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is one where the direct impact of themes such as jealousy‚ prejudice‚ and manipulation bring about the downfall of the protagonist Othello‚ a moor who is both a successful military leader in the city of Venice and the lover of the ‘Sweet Desdemona’. The Antagonist‚ Iago‚ weaves webs of deceit and denigrations on almost all of the characters and is portrayed as the puppet master‚ controlling the characters to his own end. The imagery associated
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Othello depicts this concept in a hyperbolized manner in which every character’s downfall is because of the nature of evil that lies within themselves. The nature of evil takes form within everyone as various traits. One being the green-eyed monster that surfaces more often than not. Jealousy is a dangerous force to be reckoned with seeing as it is one of the few things that can drive someone to do drastic things they would not normally do. Just as in Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the antagonist
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