as an exotic character‚ who shows an animalistic side. Roderigo says about Othello‚ “To the gross clasps of a lascivious Moor / …An extravagant and wheeling stranger”. (I. I. 126‚ 136). When Iago talks to Brabantio and tries to convince him that his daughter is with Othello he compares Othello to an animal. Iago says‚ “You’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse”.( I. I. 112). Or he also says‚ “Your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs” (I.I.116). In the movie Othello
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novel Tragedy of Othello‚ Iago the antagonist‚ is a worker of Othello who gets consumed of jealousy when he doesn’t get promoted for the job he feels that he deserved and completely equipped for. Iago go forth with a plan full of revenge to get back at Othello. He is abusive to where he uses people to fall accordingly to his plan. Although being of villainous stature Iago also is very crafty being very strategic with every move he makes. Jealousy oh what a crazy drug. For Iago jealousy fueled him for
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jealousy‚ trust and revenge. Throughout most of Shakespeare’s plays‚ evil characters are not uncommon‚ but in my own opinion‚ Iago has to be one of if not the most - interesting. Even though Iago might be described by some as being just "pure evil" or even "intolerable"‚ the truth still remains that people will read deeper into the play just to see what Iago will do next. Through his words and actions‚ which are carefully thought out‚ Iago is able to manipulate others for his personal benefit. Not only
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the characters of Iago and Krogstad played a major role and are mostly to blame for the disintegration of the marriages. I agree that it was a man in both cases that caused the relationships to crumble‚ but which man is really to blame? In Othello‚ Iago is a villainous person who is filled with hatred‚ jealousy and an undeniable lust for power. He influences and manipulates everyone close to him for the sole purpose of destroying their lives. Motivated by hate and jealousy‚ Iago begins his manipulative
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statement as his intention are sinister and pure evil. Iago reason with the audience saying he only doing this because Othello slept with his wife even though it is not confirmed‚ ‘I know not if’t be true’. This shows that he have little faith in his wife or using this as an excuse to hate Othello. He uses Desdemona kindness and innocent to create a trap for the other characters to fall into. Iago is using his jealousy and anger as an excuse to lash out evil. He is almost like searching for reasons in
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must be an outsider from humanity who somehow stands out from the seemingly equal community. In the case of Shakespeare’s Othello the outsider from humanity would be Iago for he truly stands out from the rest of society. Although Othello may be physically put out of the community‚ it seems that on an emotional and egotistical level Iago puts himself out of society further then Othello’s blackness does. He is not merely manipulative‚ as other villains are; he turns aspects of truth and good qualities
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Theme of Betrayal and Loyalty Through the Eyes of Desdemona‚ Othello‚ and Iago The play The Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice‚ written by William Shakespeare in the 1600’s‚ has many underlying and reoccurring themes. The major themes are betrayal and loyalty. During the entire play‚ every character is either betrayed or proved loyal. The Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice can be seen through the characters of Iago‚ Othello‚ and Desdemona. Othello and Desdemona have both been betrayed in
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Iago is a cruel and evil man who uses ways to ruin Othello and Desdemona’s relationship. Othello appointed Cassio‚ to be his lieutenant. Iago was mad when he heard about it‚ he believes that he should be the one for the position since he knows more. This started off with his jealousy of Cassio. When Othello and Desdemona got married without letting anyone knowing‚ Iago begins to plot his plan. He used Roderigo to help him throughout the process of his plan to bring down Cassio. He then told Othello
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So Iago is this extremely interesting‚ cunning‚ evil character. But over all of these trait’s Iago’s jealousy is what drives him to scheme and plot to take down othello and weave his elaborate web of destruction. Does anyone know exactly when in the play does Iago’s intense jealousy come into play? In the very 1st act scene one iago and roderigo are arguing in the streets and iago starts to rant about his hatred for Othello and how Othello passed him up over cassio for promotion to ancient
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The Triumphant Villain of Iago In analysis of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of “Othello‚” famed 20th century literary critic W.H. Auden suggests that all the dastardly deeds are of Iago’s doing‚ and that “everything he sets out to do‚ he accomplishes”. I personally agree with this stance‚ as well as Auden’s proclamation that Iago is a “triumphant villain”. To fully understand how Iago fits the role of the “triumphant villain‚” however‚ one must understand that there are two parts to this claim
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