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    Othello racism – Othello tragedy Dustin Mills English 102 Dr. Elisabeth Sachs Othello Essay Honest Iago One of the most interesting and exotic characters in the tragic play Othello‚ by William Shakespeare‚ is honest Iago. At first Iago seems to be motiveless. However‚ the motivation behind his actions lie more in Iago’s quest for personal gain‚ as opposed to just being evil for evil’s sake. Iago’s greediness can be validated by examining his manipulation of Roderigo‚ Cassio‚ and most importantly

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    very manipulative process. The character of Iago‚ in William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ is a very devious man that manipulates the character of Othello through temptation. Iago has a plan to distort Othello’s marriage and trick Othello into believing that his wife‚ Desdemona‚ is having an affair with his former lieutenant‚ Cassio. Act III of this play is the prevalent point of Iago’s plan where he is really able to suck Othello in to his devious ways. Iago uses drawing attention‚ allurement‚ and rationalization

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    the pathology of evil can be pondered upon specifically when looking at Iago. The pathology of evil highlights that evil is an unforeseen disease proving that once you are infected it is impossible to fully recover. Firstly evil is developed and started to fulfill a specific purpose‚ the disease starts out small and only effects the primary host. In the play Othello Iago first turns evil to get the position of lieutenant. Iago says‚ "In personal suit to make me his lieutenant‚/ [o]ff-capp’d to him;

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    Iago's Exceptional Villain

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    puller is still unknown. Those villains are the perfect villains. Although he is an exceptional villain‚ Iago is not at the level of

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    magnificent ability and experience in deceiving fellow characters causing an extra twist to the plot. Iago is the main manipulator of reality to change the appearance of a situation into something that benefits him. This is seen when Iago tricks Othello into believing Cassio and Othello’s wife‚ Desdemona are having an affair. Iago tricks Roderigo into killing Casio through his manipulation of reality. Also‚ Iago thickens the lie by planting a gift from Othello to Desdemona in Cassio’s house and also pretends

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    article in “Iago‚ Heroic Tragedy‚ and Othello” by William Hazlitt. Hazlitt argues the wide margin in terms of character personalities between Othello and Iago and explores how their respective

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    marriage‚ an envious Iago uses cunning lies to sabotages their once healthy relationship. Reputation plays a vital role in this play; it enables or restricts certain characters‚ inevitably opening the doors to the tragic ending. Iago uses his reputation for honesty to gain the trust of certain characters‚ only to use it for dishonest purposes. Firstly Iago uses his honest reputation to manipulate Cassio‚ causing him to lose his position as Othello’s lieutenant. When Iago states‚ “ I know my price

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    play‚ we can learn to control our jealousy unlike the awful Iago‚ not to betray our peers the way Othello betrays Cassio‚

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    Scene iii: Lines 348 – 399 In this passage‚ Iago is trying to persuade Roderigo that they both have a common enemy‚ Othello‚ and that they should work together in their revenge against him. Iago wants revenge because Othello gave the promotion of lieutenant to Cassio instead of him. Roderigo wants revenge because Othello is married to Desdemona‚ the woman Roderigo is madly in love with. The passage then ends with Roderigo leaving the stage‚ leaving Iago alone to recite a soliloquy‚ revealing his true

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    honesty and trust‚ as seen in Iago’s character. During the first few scenes it would appear that Othello is close to Iago‚ but not vice versa. Othello is seen freely presenting Iago as honest. It is then revealed that Iago isn’t as honest as his name‚ but the complete opposite. The reason Othello calls him honest is beacause he trusts him. This trust comes from Othello viewing Iago as fair and righteous as well as knowing him for a while‚ as it seems the two are well acquainted. However‚ this is not

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