How is Iago presented throughout Othello and what do we learn about his motives? From the onset of Othello‚ the audience is unknowingly subject to Iago’s manipulative customs. Despite being a stereotypical Shakespearian antagonist‚ Iago is a complex‚ two faced‚ yet three dimensional‚ character. Despite being an eponymous play‚ suggesting Othello’s importance‚ his absence in light of Iago’s presence allows the audience to be influenced and therefore misled by Iago’s representation of Othello Iago
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Poole is significant as he is the one character in the novel that has seen Hyde the most as far as the reader knows. However‚ when he calls Utterson for help as his master has locked himself in his room‚ he is ambivalent about who he thinks is in the room. First he argues that it is his master wearing a mask and after alternating his views a couple of times‚ he is suddenly certain that it is Hyde by saying “I give you my bible-word it was Mr Hyde!”1. If Poole knows him so well (Hyde existed for while
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Why was Stalin able to defeat his political rivals so easily in the years 1924-1929? Stalin started his prominent rise in the leadership of the Soviet Union in 1924 after Lenin died of Neurosyphilis and a Stroke. During Lenin’s final years as leader of the Bolshevik party‚ Stalin was one of the main men to take care of him‚ which is one of the reasons why Lenin made him the General Secretary in 1922‚ a job which later on in his career greatly helped Stalin further his cause to become the dictator
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Othello- is a general of the army in the city of Venice‚ Italy. He is respected by many people but not to the fullest because he is a Moor. He marries Desdemona in secret but later is caught because Iago snitched on him to Brabantio‚ Desdemona’s father. Othello is later sent to Cyprus by the Duke but arrives late because of a sea storm. During his stay he is lied to by Iago into thinking that Cassio‚ Othello’s lieutenant‚ is having an affair with Desdemona. This makes him really pissed off and believes
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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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Why was it so difficult to establish a stable parliamentary democracy in Italy in the 40 years after unification? After the merger of Italy‚ several complications that stirred the fresh nation‚ who had to deal with a series of troubles that invariably affected the poorer Italians‚ especially in the south while disallowing the power in Rome to fully consolidate. Italy had to face a series of social‚ economic and reform issues as well as dealing with the poverty and unceasing emigration that took
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portrays the character of Iago as the catalyst of this tragedy. It is true that in Shakespeare’s Othello‚ Iago is portrayed as the catalyst and the foremost cause for the events that unfold. Shakespeare portrays this through Iago’s manipulation and power of words‚ and his continual playing on people’s weaknesses and strengths. This is represented through the impact that he has on other characters‚ in particular of Othello and Cassio. In Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the character of Iago is portrayed as one
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Othello is one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies‚ involving the manipulating Iago and the virtuous Desdemona. Iago ‚ who is a central figure in this play‚ uses different techniques to corrupt the protagonist of the play ‚ Othello. While it is clear that Iago corrupts Othello’s virtue and says that he will ‘turn the virtue into pitch and out of her goodness make the net that that will enmesh them all.’ the matter of Othello and Iago‚ it cannot fairly be maintained that Iago was the sole cause
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Gettysburg‚ a small town in Pennsylvania was the site for one of the most deadly battles in the civil war. Gettysburg is like a wagon wheel because the roads connect to it like the spokes on a wagon wheel. This site has been attributed to tons of ghost stories. This battle was very significant. If the confederate had won this battle the whole war would have changed. I am about to tell you is the story of why the battle was so significant. First‚ let’s take into account that the battle of Gettysburg
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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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