play written by William Shakespeare. Othello is a well-respected and noble general in the Venetian army. Iago‚ one of Othello’s “friends”‚ despises Othello simply due to the fact that Othello had recently given a Lieutenant Promotion position to Michael Cassio. Even though Iago had quite a bit of in-battle experience‚ Iago thought that giving such a promotion to someone who had no in-battle experience what so ever was an insult. Early on in the play‚ it is incredibly easy to see that Iago will do whatever
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against Othello for not appointing him to lieutenant. Choosing Michael Cassio instead‚ a ‘great arithmetician’ and ‘a Florentine’‚ only fuels Iago’s anger and jealousy (1.1.18-19). This theme of jealousy continues to resurface throughout the play. Desdemona‚ Othello’s wife‚ becomes a part of Iago’s master plan. Because Othello trusts Iago‚ Iago is able to manipulate Othello into believing that Desdemona is being unfaithful to him with Cassio. Unable to control his jealousy‚ Othello murders
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jealousy. The play is a good example of how jealousy can be fueled by circumstantial evidence and how it can destroy lives. For example in this play: Othello succumbs to jealousy when Iago convinces him that his wife is having an affair with her friend Cassio which leads to Othello murdering his wife for her betrayal and then commits suicide. In my opinion it is interesting that Iago uses jealousy against Othello because jealousy is the source of Iago’s hatred in the first place. The play takes on many
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| |Hierarchy - Apex of Power |-“Our great Captain’s captain.” |-Desdemona’s high status is before her time and creates| | |-"Cassio‚ I love thee; but never more be officer of |conflict as the societies were patriarchs. | | |mine"
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Othello Othello may have been relevant to the Elizabethans but it has little to say to a contemporary audience’. I believe Othello is still relevant to a contemporary audience‚ however modern individuals often view it on a different level to the people in Elizabethan times. Shakespeare wrote the play for an audience who accepted the racist stereotypes rampant in the play‚ oblivious to their own racism. Othello was a tragic hero‚ and Iago exploited his tragic flaw’‚ in this case being insecurity
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upon Othello as he was not chosen to be one of his lieutenant‚ and his love for Desdamona. For example‚ he says: ““One Michael Cassio‚ a Florentine‚ A fellow almost damn’d in a fair wife; That never set a squadron in the field”… This tells us that Iago is hateful towards Othello for choosing Cassio over him for the promotion‚ Iago believes he is more qualified than Cassio. However‚ even prior to this the first three lines of the play‚ said by Roderigo‚ also let the audience know that Iago
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not get the position he wanted or thought he had ‘deserved’ because Othello (being the General) had appointed Michael Cassio for this role – Cassio is one of Othello’s trusted soldiers and had been chosen due to his intelligence; the reason Iago is a villain is because he had planned to cause chaos Between Othello’s relationship with his beloved Desdemona by making him believe that Cassio was having an affair with her- this was in fact false. Iago
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‘Ultimately‚ in this Shakespearian drama‚ it is the representation of intense human relationships that’s captivates audiences’ Shakespeare’s plays are famously renowned for their intimate connections between character and responder‚ creating significant relationships relevant to audiences today. Othello focuses on relationships between lovers‚ families‚ friends and foes‚ to captivate the responder and express concerns and ideas of human nature. The intense relationship between Othello and Iago plays
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dost’ thou think?” However if Othello did promote Iago to be his lieutenant‚ Iago would’ve carried on loyally serving Othello. Seeing as Shakespeare hasn’t given an alterior motive given in this play as to why Iago would want to betray Othello‚ or Cassio. After all of the year’s he
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Deception in Shakespeare Beguilement. Deceitfulness. Duplicity. Insincerity. Trickery. Untruth. All of these words are synonyms for one: deception. Deception is officially defined as misleading “by deliberate misrepresentation or lies” (The Free Dictionary by Farlex). But how is it that lies are told and then identified? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have detected different areas of the brain are involved in telling a lie and telling the truth. “Sections of the
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