associated with their respective downfalls and tragedies. Othello‚ however‚ is an anomaly. While he is flawed by his paranoia and pride‚ Othello is only unstable and destructive after intricate deception. Indeed‚ he seems maddeningly perfect to his adversaries. Even Othello’s greatest enemy‚ Iago‚ confesses in act I‚ scene i‚ "Were I the Moor‚ I would not be Iago‚" or rather‚ he would not want to be Iago if he could be a man like Othello. The Moor commander is constantly respected by Venetian senators
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Who is Iago? Iago poisons people’s thoughts‚ creating ideas in their heads without implicating himself. His first victim is Roderigo. Roderigo remarks‚ "That thou‚ Iago‚ who hast had my purse as if the strings were thine." [Act I‚ Scene I‚ Line 2] Throughout the play‚ Iago leads Roderigo‚ professing that ". . . I do hate [the Moor] as I do Hell pains." [Act I‚ Scene I‚ Line 152] He tells Roderigo to "Put money in thy purse" [Act I‚ Scene III‚ Line 328] so that he can win Desdemona with gifts. Iago
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Honest Iago: the Master of Deception Timothy Doan ENG3UE Ms. Waddell October 26‚ 2011 There exists two vital tools needed for complete manipulation: a charming personality and a sharp sense of persuasion. The combination of both these attributes will grant any individual with the rare gift to have anybody under their complete supremacy. In Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello‚ Iago is able to hone and master the immortal technique of manipulation as he pursues
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The timing of events is very important in Act III. Iago anticipates and manipulates the other characters so skilfully that they seem to be acting simultaneously of their own free will and as Iago’s puppets. For example‚ it takes only the slightest prompting on Iago’s part to put Othello into the proper frame of mind to be consumed by jealousy. Iago exploits Cassio’s discomfort upon seeing Othello by interpreting it as a sign of guilt: "Cassio‚ my lord? No‚ sure I cannot think it That he would steal
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How does Iago gain power over Othello in Act 3 Scene 3? Within Act 3 scene 3 of Othello ‚ the reader see’s a dramatic change within Othello. Othello goes from being the powerful military leader that he is in the previous acts to a man wrought with jealousy due to Iago’s influence. William Shakespeare shows how Iago’s achieves power over Othello through the use of emotive language‚ short sentences‚ dialogue and stage directions. In the beginning of the Act 3 scene 3‚ Iago plants the seed
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Iago is one of the main characters in the play Othello. His personality consists of being the personification of the moral behavior. Shakespeare goes a lot deeper than that‚ he gives Iago this colour that makes him more than just a stock character. Iago gains complexity throughout the play through having multiple motives‚ his ability to manipulate others and being generally just unsympathetic. Shakespeare shows us exactly what kind of person Iago is right from the beginning of the play. The reader/spectator
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In the play of Othello written by Shakespeare‚ the destructiveness of Iago’s evil deeds are compared and examined against Othello’s race for his downfall. Othello’s race is an important factor which leads to his downfall. Without race‚ Iago’s plans would not be as destructive. The collaboration of these two components therefore resulted in such a tragedy. Othello’s awareness to his race increases as the play moves on from Act 1 to Act 3. In Act 1‚ it is obvious that Othello’s race stands
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In both Shakespeare’s Othello‚ and Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ they pertain to racism and jealousy. Racism goes about when someone believes that they’re the superiority of a particular race. It’s treating people differently whether it’s positively or negatively just based on the color of their skin. As for jealousy‚ it’s more like an insecurity in which you feel or show envy of someone’s achievements and advantages or simply even just the person themself. In Othello‚ Jealousy is a major theme throughout
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All the main characters in Othello think Iago is honest‚ but they also see him as he presents himself to them. How do individuals see him and how does this help him control the action of the play? Iago plays the villain’s role in Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello and an entertaining one to the audience due to his multifaceted schemes throughout the play. Iago is notorious for his manipulative abilities and clearly uses his uncanny ability to register other character’s weaknesses and insecurities to pull
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Othello essay Othello in Shakespeare’s play Othello is manipulated to trust Iago rather than his wife. Iago uses fake evidence against Desdemona in an attempt to prove she is cheating on her husband. Iago uses racism and past experiences to persuade Othello into believing he is not good enough for his wife as well as her not being good enough for him. Othello choses to believe Iago over his wife for the reason that she has only her word to back up her story while Iago has hard evidence. Iago plants
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