Keep your friends close and your enemies closer In the play‚ Othello by William Shakespeare‚ one of the main characters Iago is a master of both deception and manipulation. One will see throughout the play how Iago manipulates people‚ even the mighty black war general‚ Othello. Desdemona‚ (I.iii.395) “Put money in thy purse.” Iago says Desdemona will soon lose interest in the Moor‚ (I.iii.384-387) “It cannot be that Desdemona should long continue her love to the Moor First‚ Iago betrays the
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love for Othello is unnatural‚ since‚ according to him‚ Desdemona would never fall for a black man who she "fear’d to look on." Of course‚ Brabantio couldn’t be more wrong about his daughter – Desdemona is in love Othello. It seems that Iago has played Brabantio perfectly. Iago knew that Brabantio was racist and‚ as previous passages demonstrate‚ he used Brabantio’s attitude toward the idea of a mixed marriage in order to rile the man against Othello. Brabantio repeatedly insists that Othello must have
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Does Desdemona do the right thing by marring Othello behind her father’s back? Desdemona does what she feels is right‚ therefore it doesn’t make her a terrible person. Everyone does things behind their parent’s backs. Plus‚ Desdemona is often treated like an object‚ as if she wasn’t capable of making her own choices. Instead of referring to Desdemona as a young adult which is what she is; people objectify her‚ and treat her like she isn’t capable of making her own decisions. People often speak about
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In this essay‚ I hope to prove that Eddie Carbone‚ the principal male character in this play‚ is to some extent responsible for his own death. However I am also hoping to ascertain fate and destiny’s involvement with the time‚ place‚ and situation in which he died. Factors which may have influenced Eddie’s opinions of certain circumstances will also be explored‚ such as social and historical backgrounds‚ communication between characters‚ relationships‚ fate and destiny‚ tragedy‚ and mirroring of
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Othello William Shakespeare’s tragic play is based on the contrast of the different characters to develop the plot; each character has remarkable depth of passion as an individual‚ one in particular though- Othello. Othello is a noble and brave Moor who is initially viewed as a courageous military hero. He is also a confident‚ courageous and trustworthy man‚ and that is why he has the honourable position as the army general of Cyprus. He is loved and respected by all. Except one! Through a series
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Mikhail Gorbachev and his reforms. They argued that Gorbachev’s Glasnost‚ (openness) and Perestroika‚ (restructuring) directly led to uprisings within the Soviet Union‚ and its Soviet republics that brought the downfall of Soviet Union. This is however a very shallow analysis of the downfall of the Soviet Union. For one to truly understand the fall of the Soviet Union one must understand the history of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)‚ and the political and economic situation of the former
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ENG 200 February 26‚ 2014 “Othello” Passage Analysis 883 “Othello” was a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1604. “Othello” describes a story of a well-respected Venetian general‚ Othello‚ whose life is destroyed by a deceitful and malevolent character‚ Iago. William Shakespeare created Iago to expose the evil cruelty lurking inside people who are not what they appear to be. Throughout the play‚ Iago is referred to as “Honest Iago” because he has deceived his friends into thinking
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July 11th‚ 2012 Othello’s Downfall Iago is the primary cause of Othello’s downfall. After reading this tragedy and seeing how manipulative‚ evil‚ and deceptive Iago was throughout the plot‚ this statement seems logical. But upon closer analysis‚ it is obvious that many other factors contributed to the downfall of Othello‚ and Iago was just one that stands out. Although Iago appears to be the primary reason for Othello’s downfall‚ it is actually a combination of Othello putting his trust in the
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human nature? Shakespeare represents the effects of revenge on human personality that he displays in his play Othello. The impact of revenge is very tragic as the main characters Othello‚ Desdemona and Emilia die whereas the main perpetrator‚ Iago‚ remains alive. Revenge is a very character driven attribute which is proven through the character of Iago and how he is able to manipulate Othello through his actions. Revenge changes Iago as he turns out to be a cunning person that uses Othello’s weakness
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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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