In the beginning of the play Othello has it all‚ a beautiful wife‚ he’s a general so he has power and respect but by the end of the play Othello is destroyed by jealousy. Iago hates Othello as he says in his soliloquy (Act 1 Scene 3). He suspects that Othello has slept with his wife and makes a plot to destroy him. Iago is also jealous of Othello because Othello just promoted Cassio who Iago thinks is a "pretty boy". He tells this to the audience as Shakespeare is using dramatic irony to engage
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In Venice they do let God see the pranks they dare not show their husbands. Their best conscience is not to leave ’t undone‚ but keep’t unknown” (Shakespeare‚ A3/S3/ P9) With this quote‚ Iago is trying to convince Othello that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. In the story‚ Othello is going to have a lot of emotion in the way of his reasoning
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would have been a huge deal back then.Characters like Iago would help use racism to make Othello question his marriage to Desdemona. Iago‚ one of Othello’s right hand man was actually his worst enemy. Iago was jealous that Cassio go the promotion and not him. Iago would destroy the marriage of Othello and Desdemona‚ and he even dismantles his own marriage too. One of the first racist remarks toward Othello was to Brabantio‚ Desdemona father. Iago said to Brabantio “Even now‚ now‚ very now‚ an old
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viewpoints. Iago’s viewpoint is the major focus in this play. Jealousy has eventually driven Iago to become an extreme racist person. He uses many racist terms‚ such as Moor to describe Othello or to get his attention. His big ego also driven him to think that he shouldn’t be outranked by Othello in the military and that Othello and Desdemona shouldn’t be together. During the time period
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Othello doesn’t investigate Iago’s accusations about his wife cheating on him‚ but why? Why doesn’t Othello look into it? Why does Othello believe everything Iago tells him is true? Why doesn’t Othello seek his own proof of Desdemona’s betrayal? I’ll tell you why. Throughout the entire play‚ Iago does everything possible to gain the trust and respect of Othello. Iago begins to tell Othello everything that has happened between Cassio and Desdemona. Again Othello seems a bit skeptic about believing
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The text Othello was a play written by Shakespeare. The main themes in this text were; appearance vs reality‚ honesty as a weapon and jealousy. These themes were strongly portrayed by the interaction of the main characters Iago and Othello. Iago was the one behind all the chaos that occurs in the text‚ yet nobody realised that he was to blame until it was too late. Iago plays the role of “the perfect villain” by using honesty as a weapon against Othello by gaining his trust. Once this was achieved
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deceitfulness of the main character‚ Iago‚ toys with the mind of Othello‚ generally leading Othello into having the jealous thoughts towards his peers and an hateful heart towards his wife‚ Desdemona. At the beginning of the story‚ Othello makes it apparent to the other men in the story that he is okay with Desdemona’s independence‚ and is actually proud of that in her and makes it apparent that‚ her independance is a feature that attracted Othello to Desdemona. “ But to be free and bounteous to her mind;
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Othello is changing and thinks that Desdemona is cheating on him. He is black and older so he understands why Desdemona would be cheating on him. Desdemona is trying to eat Othello to take Cassio back and is being annoying about it. She keeps asking Othello when are you doing to have dinner with him to talk to him. When are you going to just let him back in. Cassio is worried that Othello is not going to let him have his spot back. Cassio told Desdemona that even if he does not give him his spot
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Othello is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the early 17th century. Shakespeare focuses around several major themes‚ including jealousy‚ appearance vs reality‚ prejudice‚ manhood and honour; womanhood and sexuality. There are multiple examples of how these concepts change‚ and are represented. Although different critics have different interpretations‚ through the use of these critical analyses we can gain a further understanding of how the central ideas change and begin to develop throughout
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you. Throughout the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Iago will take steps to poison Othello’s mind against Desdemona and Cassio. Iago will start off by getting Cassio drunk and getting him fired for stabbing Montano. Then‚ he tells Cassio to get Othello’s trust back he will need to talk to Desdemona about what has happened so she can talk to Othello about accepting him back. Conveniently‚ Iago will lead Othello over to where Cassio and Desdemona are talking‚ so Othello will have no choice but
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