a concern about his marriage with Desdemona. In this scene‚ Othello is a highly respected man who has been promoted to a high office‚ despite the prejudice he has encountered. In the court he states that he is not a good talker when he says ‘Rude am I in my speech’; which shows that he is an honest and valued man. However he is eloquent speaking in Iambic pentameter‚ and is in fact a great speaker. Throughout this scene‚ it is discovered that Othello and Desdemona had run away together to get married
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toad And live upon the vapor of a dungeon Than keep a corner in the thing I love For other uses.”(page 54‚ line 270-273)‚ which show’s us that without proof‚ he is already doubting Desdemona and the love that they have shared. If Othello‚ would have overcome his pride at this moment in time and simply asked Desdemona to explain‚ this problem could have easily been resolved. This teaches reader’s a lesson that too much pride can also cause destruction and that with communication problem’s can generally
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Othello by making him believe that his wife‚ Desdemona‚ is having an affair with his lieutenant‚ Michael Cassio. In the beginning of the play‚ Roderigo who is in love with Othello’s wife‚ Desdemona‚ comes to Iago for help. Iago manipulates Roderigo by promising him Desdemona’s attention and love if he “put money in thy purse‚” as Iago says. Roderigo gives money to Iago in the mistaken belief that Iago is using his money to help him get to Desdemona‚ but Iago is using it to finance his own plan
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love of Desdemona. He works against Othello by attempting to destroy him mentally‚ since Othello isn’t that wise. As Iago says‚ “I follow him to serve my turn upon him” (pg 1250). As he says this‚ he is almost turning and addressing the crowd about how much he hates Othello. As Iago builds more and more hatred and jealousy towards Othello‚ he begins to add other characters into his monster and tricky acts. He also becomes to realize that his friend Roderigo has a crush on Desdemona‚ so he manipulates
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“Othello”‚ there are many scenes of conflict between the characters and Shakespeare presents these conflicts in a number of different ways. The most notable conflicts are between the main characters: Othello‚ Iago and Desdemona‚ among others like Roderigo‚ Cassio‚ Brabantio‚ Emilia and Bianca. Firstly‚ one way that Shakespeare presents conflict is making Othello a black person in a European‚ colour-prejudiced society. This makes room for remarks of racism and discrimination from the other characters
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manipulates Roderigo into helping him with the promise his love of Desdemona‚ Othello’s wife. Through his serpent tongue‚ Iago is able to drive the plot by steering other characters towards feelings of jealousy‚ rage‚ and the like‚ causing them to act in a certain way that they
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because Iago’s motive for his plan is his love for Desdemona‚ and Roderigo attacks Cassio because of his love for Desdemona. Roderigo is blindly in love with Desdemona and will do anything to woo her. Iago is able to convince him that "by making him uncapable of Othello’s place‚" he will have a greater chance to court Desdemona (4.2.262-263). Roderigo’s intense emotions towards Desdemona allow him to be easily manipulated. His love for Desdemona blinds him from what is right and what is wrong. Iago
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honestly trying to help them. He says "When devils will the blackest sins put on they do suggest at first with heavenly shows." Iago is saying just before he commits his sins he puts on his most heavenly face. Iago also prays on Roderigo’s love for Desdemona and his jealousy of her Marriage to Othello to use Roderigo as an unsuspecting accessory to his evil plans to destroy Cassio and Othello. This is displayed in act 1 scene III where Iago is speaking to Roderigo. Iago “Go make money. I have told you
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final plan in motion. He convinced cassio to spend more time with desdemona to get her to get othello to give cassio his rank as lieutenant back. “ I’ll tell you what to do. Othello’s wife has a lot of influence now. He’s completely devoted to her. Go open your heart to her…. I bet my lucky stars your problem will be forgotten” Iago says to Cassio. This was the start of his evil plan getting set up by getting cassio to be with desdemona more. The next step was to get othello to notice it then to get
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destroying Othello’s life. The deviant plan includes IAgo feeding Othello lies to potentially make him go mad as the result of his jealousy. He continuously does this regarding Desdemona and Cassio. It’s quite obvious that Iago looks at this as some sort of revenge. He suspects Othello has also slept with his wife Emilia‚ “I hate the moor…”(1.3. 329-433). To really make sense of it all‚ Iago
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