Emilia‚ whom he later stabs in a final act of cowardice and Michael Cassio who holds the rank of lieutenant‚ which is essentially what Iago wants. Iago starts derailing Othello at the very beginning of the play by going to Brabanzio and trying to stir him and turn him against Othello‚ this is shown by his many animal epithets such as “Even now‚ very now an old black ram is tupping your white ewe.”- Act 1 scene 1 lines 88-89. He
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uncertainties in Othello’s mind. These include the idea that Desdemona is being unfaithful with Cassio‚ and that Cassio isn’t loyal. Othello’s most fatal flaw is his jealousy. There are many instances in the play where Othello is convinced by Iago that something is true‚ when in reality it is far from it. The most important instance of these stands out when Othello forces Iago to tell him what he thinks about Cassio and Desdemona. At first‚ Othello has his doubts and points out that there is no proof. Othello
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Iago talks about how his honour got hurt when Cassio got the promotion‚ and Iago did not. During Iago’s soliloquy‚ he explains what he thinks Cassio is. He says “Forsooth‚ a great arithmetician‚ One Michael Cassio‚ a Florentine‚ (A fellow almost *insert d-word here* in a fair wife) That never set a squadron in the field‚ nor the division of a battle knows
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as well as Iago‚ and Roderigo. The chaos begins to build with Iago’s hatred for Cassio because he received the Lt. position instead of him‚ “One Michael Cassio….” (1.1. 21-34). He develops a plan to rid Cassio while also 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
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destroying reputations to build his own and gain power. Throughout this entire play he is constantly deceiving people for his own personal gain. Iago’s overall goal in this play is to sabotage othello out of power and getting rid of his right hand man Cassio‚ so that he can become a general and he manipulates everyone on his journey for power. This envy and greed that Iago posses is the reason it all goes down in flames for everyone. Iago is character that has an incredible unquenchable thirst for power
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play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Othello hires Cassio as his first mate over Iago (who has been working longer and harder by Othello’s side.) This sets Iago off into a huge jealousy spiral and he plots a very tactical revenge scheme. He tricks Othello into thinking his wife‚ Desdemona is sleeping with Cassio. He also gets Cassio fired. Iago’s snakey plan works until the end and results in the death of Desdemona‚ Roderigo‚ Othello and himself; Cassio is one the only people to survive. The play is
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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; and‚ by the faith of man‚/ I know my price; I am worth no worse a place/.…One Michael Cassio‚ a Florentine...‚ [t]hat never set a squadron in the field/ [n]or the division of a battle knows/ [m]ore than a spinster; unless the bookish theoric." (Othello‚ 1.1.9-24) This shows that Iago is expressing his anger by saying he knows he is
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Othello Monologue/ Soliloquy Study B. Mitic Act II Response Shakespeare hints at jealousy from the very first act of the play‚ with Iago confessing his jealousy at Michael Cassio’s recent promotion to lieutenant. He asserts his opinion that Cassio is of less experience than him‚ with phrases such as “never set a squadron in the field” and “mere prattle without practice”. The latter phrase contains violent alliteration with the ‘p’ sound‚ giving the audience an insight into Iago’s frustration
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Jealousy led to many other factors in the play which lead to certain characters getting revenge for the wrong reason and pointless reasons. Othello had been convinced fully by Iago that his love Desdemona was a whore and had cheated on Othello with Michael Cassio Othello’s previous right hand man who he had took of the job due to being drunk while on the job. With this jealousy everywhere and mostly in Iago it had came around and effected him in a bad way and led to his downfall and lost his title as
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when he is talking about Cassio getting promoted claiming that he deserved the job as lieutenant and he is far better than Michael Cassio in the battle field.
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