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    Deceptive Appearance

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    seeing the reality of their situations and help bring them to disaster. In “Othello”‚ characters are blinded by love‚ which makes them discern things that are not there. This mostly revolves around Desdemona‚ daughter of Brabantio and wife of Othello. Iago is one of the main causes of the characters’ ignorance as well. Desdemona’s love for Othello‚ ‘the Moor’ and a general in the service of Venice‚ is pure. Blinded by the love she has for Othello‚ Desdemona is truly convinced that Othello is not able

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    jealousy in Shakespeare’s Othello?’ Othello is a play which was written by William Shakespeare and believed to be written around 1603 and first performed by the king’s men. Othello is a tragedy which focuses on Othello - a Moorish captain‚ Desdemona‚ Iago his trusty companion he believes and his wife Emilia‚Cassio and Roderigo. ‘‘Disdemona and the Moor’ and the story of ‘Epitia’ – seemed to have inspired Shakespeare when writing Othello and Measure for Measure. Gli Hecatommithi is arranged in ten

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    contrary to the appearance. Iago from the play Othello‚ employs this exact strategy--appearing to be an honest man only to use this good reputation to get what he wants. Throughout the play‚ Iago capitalizes on the gullibleness of others and his reputation as a righteous individual. Whether it be a poor lovestruck young man‚ his fellow

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    Iago's tactics

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    Regarding the moments Iago makes use of various tactics to manipulate different characters; I agree his main technique is to use people’s virtue against them. It can be explained in the following with examples of Iago deceiving Roderigo‚ Cassio and Desdemona. Firstly‚ Iago has manipulated Roderigo based on their mutual trust and Roderigo’s faithful affection towards Desdemona. In act I scene 3‚ Iago manipulated Roderigo’s trust and brainwashing him to give his money to him‚ which seemed to be a

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    play Othello. Iago‚ who is the master manipulator in the play‚ exploits the weakness and frailty in the characters around him‚ through his use of the Seven Deadly Sins. These sins were used by the early Christians to educate and instruct believers concerning the human frailty of the tendency to sin. If these sins were committed it created the threat of eternal damnation for the sinner. The reader follows the characters to their tragic end through wrath‚ pride‚ envy‚ lust‚ sloth‚

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    a street in Venice. Iago and Roderigo are loudly conversing with each other. 2. Why do Iago and Roderigo wake up Brabantio? Why is Brabantio angry? Why does Iago slip quietly away once Brabantio comes down? Iago and Roderigo wake up Brabantio to spoil his happiness by telling him the Desdemona ran off with Othello. Brabantio is originally angry because he had told them not to come around him house‚ but is even more angry when he finds out that Desdemona is missing. Iago quietly slips away because

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    Othello‚ Cassio and Iago are soldiers‚ how important are soldiery values to the confiding tragedy? Amongst the play soldiery values deeply affect the personality traits and subsequent actions of the characters involved. Soldierly camaraderie plays a big part in affecting Othello’s irreversible loyalty towards Iago. This false trust makes Iago able to twist the truth and lie about Desdemona’s adultery with another soldier‚ Michael Cassio. Soldierly reputation also is an overriding theme in the story

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    Othello Essay

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    the gravest villain in literary times‚ Iago‚ whose evil cunning and masterful manipulation steamrolls the demise of honorable reputations; the destruction of intimate relationships‚ both brotherly and romantic; and finally‚ breaks down the sanity and conviction of stable men due to excessive need to protect ego and preserve personal pride. Iago’s control of people’s attitudes ultimately led to the downfall of honorable reputations. In the beginning‚ Iago states that he hates Othello because of

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    Deterioration In Othello

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    Year 11 Advanced English 2012 Assessment Task #1 Task: “The Moor is of a free and open nature‚ That thinks men honest that but seem to be so‚ And will as tenderly be led by the nose As asses are.” Iago – Act 1‚ scene III. Evaluate Shakespeare’s representation of Iago as central to an understanding of the text Othello. Othello by William Shakespeare is a tragedy that depicts the fall of an honourable man through the deliberate deception and manipulation of a dishonourable man

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    Coleridge regarded Iago as “A being next to the devil‚ only not quite the devil whose explanatory soliloquies were ‘the motive hunting of motiveless malignity’”. From your reading so far‚ to what extent do you agree with this view? Iago is one of Shakespeare’s most compelling and sophisticated villain. He is considered as such because of the trust that Othello puts in him and which he betrays while maintaining his reputation of an honest and reliable man. Shakespeare presents Iago as cynical‚ quick

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