Nicholas French Monday November 5th 2012 Ms. Waddell Othello Essay: Is There Textual Proof of Iago Being a Psychopath The character of Iago in Shakespeare’s “Othello” is fascinating; Shakespeare’s genius has created in Iago a truly evil and in the end despicable man. He has the dubious honour for being a main character‚ an antagonist too‚ in one of Shakespeare’s blood soaked tragedies and actually surviving the experience. A genius villain whose machinations and trickery brought about
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Cassio is Othello’s new lieutenant. This promotion upsets Iago‚ who feels that he would be a better fit for the job. In the opening scene of the play‚ Iago shapes the audience’s initial opinion by spending the whole first act of the play bashing Cassio and his lack of true military experience. During Iago’s rant‚ he tells us that he “never set a squadron in the field” (I.i.23). This creates an instant dislike of Cassio‚ and portrays him as weak and naive‚ a reputation that Iago takes advantage of
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Robert Frost manipulates the image of an ice storm in order to suggest the mistakes and regretful choices that are made throughout our lives‚ that can’t always be changed. Frost starts of his poem by writing‚ “ When I see birches bend left and right/ Across the lines of straighter darker trees‚/ I like to think some boy has been swinging on them”(1-3). Frost allows a picture of dense line of low hanging trees to be painted‚ the bent trees are a symbol of all the past mistakes frost has made that
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but it is the character of Iago that progresses the action within this play‚ Iago‚ the antagonist and his negative character traits transpire throughout the play. Iago is the master of manipulation who maliciously plotted to ruin several of the character’s lives. All of the major characters become pawns and eventually victims of Iago’s treacherous plot. Many characters were receptive to being manipulated by Iago but I will focus on his control of Othello and Rodrigo. Iago is a clever character who
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smile that “faced—or seemed to face—the whole external world;” the pauses in Nick’s descriptions—noted by the hyphens—emphasize the succeeding clauses that continue to shape Nick’s opinion of Gatsby. More importantly‚ however‚ these pauses serve to manipulate the passage’s fluency and mimic
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Title: The Silence of Iago Author(s): Daniel Stempel Publication Details: PMLA 84.2 (Mar. 1969): p252-263. Source: Shakespearean Criticism. Ed. Dana Ramel Barnes. Vol. 35. Detroit: Gale Research‚ 1997. p252-263. From Literature Resource Center. Document Type: Critical essay Bookmark: Bookmark this Document Full Text: COPYRIGHT 1997 Gale Research‚ COPYRIGHT 2007 Gale‚ Cengage Learning [In the essay below‚ Stempel examines Iago’s motives and the irrationality of evil which‚ the critic argues
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Analyse how Shakespeare 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
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Iago gets the power that he wants from misleading and taking advantage of them to further his plans. Usually in books‚ villains are created for the reader to hate‚ but Shakespeare has found some way to make Iago a villain worth being liked. I believe it is marxism because marxism has to do with the hierarchy between all the main characters they all have a certain role. The reason Iago jealous of cassio is the fact that he is othello’s right hand man and othello is general of the army of venice
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Iago the villain William Shakespeare‚ in his play‚ "Othello the Moor of Venice"‚ brings to life one of his most complex villains‚ Iago. Iago plays the ancient of Othello‚ who is the general of the Venetian forces. As an ancient‚ Iago is to be a loyal servant to Othello. However‚ Iago has grown bitter and contempt and uses his supposed loyalty as a wedge to cause Othello’s demise. It has been said of Iago that he is the devil incarnate or that he personifies the devil (pg. 244) this accusation
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stories of the house ’s family‚ the Linton ’s‚ and of the Earns haws of Wuthering Heights. Her narrative weaves the four parts of the novel‚ all dealing with the fate of the two families‚ into the core story of Catherine and Heathcliff. The two lovers manipulate various members of both families simply to inspire and torment each other in life and death. Heathcliff dominates the novel. Ruthless and tyrannical‚ he represents a new kind of man‚ free of all restraints and dedicated
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