Kiana Bales Mrs. MacKenzie English 3U Monday‚ April 15‚ 2013 Abigail Williams and Iago: Master Villains Villains play a very important role in every literary work. Whether they exist as people‚ circumstances‚ or even nature‚ their purpose is to provide a problem to be solved by the “good guys”. Without villains‚ no piece of literature would be worth reading. Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Iago in Shakespeare’s Othello are master villains. Both antagonists are fuelled by
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Is Too Much Pride Bad 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
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belief that Desdemona has been unfaithful. Iago was the master-mind behind the plot of separating Othello and Desdemona‚ his hatred and jeoulousy helped him to gain Othello’s trust‚ therefore putting Othello in an uncertain position. Othello is partly to blame for his downfall as it is the way in which he distributes his trust‚ insecurity and jealousy which ultimately pushes him towards murdering Desdemona. Othello places too much trust in Iago which leads him to believe that Desdemona has been unfaithful
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their sexual desires. He subsequently articulates that he would rather be a toad than “keep a corner in the thing I love [f]or other’s uses.” This highlights the transformation from love to resentment and hatred that occurs within Othello regarding Desdemona. In addition‚ Othello contemplates what may have caused the betrayal of their love – whether it was as a result of: lack of conversation‚ his race or his
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sacrifice: their lives. Emilia can be categorized as such a character‚ whose martyrdom provided important insight regarding her views on honesty‚ marriage‚ and morals. Shakespeare introduces Emilia as a laconic woman with a bitter‚ worldly demeanor. Her views towards men and marriage in general are largely negative‚ stemming from her tumultuous marriage to Iago. Evidence of the couple’s unhappiness shows when Iago alludes to her frequent denigration of his behavior as Emilia “chides not with tongue
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“Much Ado about Nothing” Many of Shakespeare’s plays revolve around the common source of love and hatred. In “Othello” and “Much Ado about Nothing” there is an obvious love story between Othello and Desdemona and Claudio and Hero. In both plays‚ women have put shame on their families. Desdemona betrays her father by marrying a Moor and Hero was accused of cheating on her wedding day. In “Othello” women are degraded and are looked down upon‚ as inferior. Iago has the mind-set that women are only
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THEME 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
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believing that his own wife is having an affair‚ without any proof. Othello is so caught up In Iago’s lies that he refuses to believe Desdemona when she denies the whole thing. Credit must be given to Iago’s diabolical power‚ which enables him to twist the minds of his Friends and wife. In today’s
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ancient. Iago is married to Emilia‚ who is Desdemona’s servant. He is the antagonist in the play‚ he is portrayed as the villain and is a very sadistic person. Iago loved seeing others in pain. Watching others suffer
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to the young newcomer who stole his job. His feelings of resentment and jealousy towards Cassio lead him to hatch a plan. In Act one‚ Scene three‚ Iago reveals to Rodrigo his scheme to get Cassio fired by manipulation Othello. Involving his wife‚ Desdemona‚ Iago decides “to abuse Othello’s ear/That he
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