Perhaps the most interesting and exotic character in the tragic play "Othello‚" by William Shakespeare‚ is "Honest" Iago. Through some carefully thought-out words and actions‚ Iago is able to manipulate others to do things in a way that benefits him and moves him closer toward his goals. He is the main driving force in this play‚ pushing Othello and everyone else towards their tragic end. Iago is not your ordinary villain. The role he plays is rather unique and complex‚ far from what one might
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Personal Response- ID Passage: Othello Part 1: Theme The prevalent themes in this passage are jealousy and love. In the first couple of lines‚ Othello talks about how he must kill Desdemona before she seduces more men‚ demonstrating the jealousy he feels towards her since he believes she is cheating on him with Cassio. A second theme‚ love‚ begins to emerge as Othello continues to contemplate murdering Desdemona. His love for her causes him to grow
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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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it is apparent in Othello. Two characters like Iago and Othello fight a silent battle except Othello has no clue about Iago’s powerful despise and envy to him. It is clearly evident that Othello symbolizes a hero while Iago adores the role as a villain. Their inconsistent characteristics are what separate the two from each other. Throughout the beginning Acts I and II of Othello‚ Othello and Iago differ greatly in their integrity and devotion towards others. Othello portrays himself as
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for Your Health? In literature‚ the tragic heroes Oedipus and Othello allow the pride they have to cause their own demise by putting too much emphasis on the lives they have created for themselves. Oedipus‚ who blinds himself after finding out he has killed his birth father and married his birth mother‚ refuses to believe he has truly fulfilled his fate because he is so proud of what he has accomplished since he left Corinth. Othello demonstrates his pride by believing that the people closest to
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In Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Iago is a character who lets his jealousy get in the way‚ betrays‚ and manipulates Othello and wants revenge of not being Othello’s ensign. Iago personality of not getting what Iago wants causes Iago to Betray‚ manipulates‚ and becomes jealous of Cassio who supposedly took Iago’s spot of being Othello’s ensign. Jealous is one of Iago’s important character trait that causes Iago’s jealousy of Othello giving Cassio the title of being Othello’s ensign. Iago spends
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of those plays have been made into movies. One such play that has been made into a movie is “Othello.” The play “Othello” is one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. It is about a black general in the Italian army‚ Othello‚ and what happened between him and his wife‚ Desdemona. The main villain in this play is Iago; who is a soldier under Othello’s command. Iago tells Othello numerous lies about Desdemona and Othello’s friend‚ and former right-hand man‚ Cassio. Shakespeare covers quite a few of the
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ANALYSIS The Theme of Love Othello loves Desdemona as an extension of himself. His marriage is sustained by an idealized vision of Desdemona serving as the object of his exalted romantic passion. When he destroys Desdemona‚ Othello destroys himself. The act is a prelude to his actual suicide. Iago’s mode of temptation‚ then‚ is to persuade Othello to regard himself with the eyes of Venice. He is made to accept the view that he is‚ himself‚ alien and that any woman who loves him does so perversely. In
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Racism in Othello Racism seems to be a big concern in Shakespeare’s tragic play‚ Othello. Because the hero of the play is an outsider‚ a Moor‚ we have an idea how blacks were regarded in England‚ in Elizabethan times. There are many references that bring about the issue of racism from the very beginning to the end. In the tragedy‚ where Othello is coming from is not mentioned‚ yet through the descriptions the reader is informed that he belongs to one of the Eastern nationalities such as African
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Honor Being one of the central themes in Othello and Hamlet‚ honor is used in very strange ways by Shakespeare. He has a way of showing how his characters can be very honorable or have a lack there of. He displays how honor is interwoven with personal integrity and how acts of attempting to keep a reputation can be confused with the acts of personal integrity. Lastly‚ he also displays how honor relates to the foresight seen by his characters. Honor can be connected to almost any actions made by
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