Shakespeare jealousy is the driving force behind the conflict between some of the characters. Othello was never a jealous person‚ until Iago planted the seed that Cassio and Desdemona were having an affair. This consequently led to Desdemona’s and also his own death. Roderigo was so desperately in love with Desdemona‚ he was jealous of Othello being the one she truly loved. Iago launched his plan against Othello because he was jealous that Cassio was made lieutenant instead of him. Jealousy greatly impacts
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Iago is delusive‚ he changes the contour of reality‚ he implies things so that a person can think otherwise about a thought‚ and finally‚ Iago is clever with timing and his word of choice. Iago manipulates and acts like he is favoring the person that he’s talking to by knowing what to say and when to say it. In her article‚ “ When chaos is come again: narrative and narrative analysis in Othello‚” Marcia Macaulay states that Iago “commences with an imperative‚ follows
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Name: Block Act V‚ scene i 1. Explain what the following speech illustrates about Iago’s character. IAGO: I have rubb’d this young quat almost to the sense‚/ And he grows angry. Now‚ whether he kill Cassio‚/ Or Cassio him‚ or each do kill the other‚/ Every way makes my gain. Live Roderigo‚/ He calls me to a restitution large/ Of gold and jewels that bobb’d from him‚/ As gifts to Desdemona;/ It must not be. If Cassio do remain‚/ He hath a daily beauty in his life/ That makes me ugly;
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unsophisticated‚ compared to many other people. This is why Iago‚ is able to manipulate him so easily. Iago told Roderigo‚ "O‚sir‚ content you. I follow him to serve my turn upon him "(I‚ i lines 38-9). Iago is saying‚ he only follows Othello to a point‚ and upon reaching it he will not follow him any longer. This is the first sign of how deceitful Iago will be. Iago has his own evil agenda in mind and he will use his reputation of being "honest Iago" to influence Othello. The Moor‚ as many
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betrayal‚ trickery and how envy can be taken to another level. Most will say the theme of Shakespeare’s “Othello” is deception. Othello is a black general in the service of Venice. Othello promotes a man named Cassio to be his right hand man in his army. Iago‚ the protagonist of the story though that he was going to get the promotion of lieutenant‚ but when he did not he became furious and seeks revenge on Othello. This was the turning point of the play when in almost every incident a degree of deception
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In Othello‚ Iago used Roderigo‚ tricked Othello‚ and mistreated the female characters in the play. Iago helps develop the theme of jealousy throughout the play by exploiting some of the major characters. The truths about some characters are shown clearly to the audience which helps them establish their opinions and feelings about them. Shakespeare uses pathos to get his reader’s point of view of a character. In the beginning of the play‚ the audience was able to discover that Iago was misusing
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How does Shakespeare present disturbed characters? Othello is a tragic hero whose jealousy is cleverly manipulated by the maleficent Iago‚ transforming him from a noble figure to a disturbed murderer. In keeping with the tragic genre‚ Shakespeare depicts a sequence of events through which bring about Othello’s decline. The playwright slowly escalates the emotional intensity of the play as Othello becomes more obsessed and less rational. The audience experience a range of emotions as the emotional
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of him. Roderigo‚ because of love‚ gets jealous and ends up losing all his money. Iago‚ the villain in this play‚ falls prey to jealousy because of his pettiness from not getting a promotion and having certain suspicions that may or may not be true. In William Shakespeare’s “Othello”‚ Iago states‚ “Oh‚ beware‚ my lord‚ of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on”(3.3.170-172). This quote talks about how Othello doesn’t want to know any rumors that Iago has‚ but
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one does not see. The acts of treachery and betrayal in Othello help to develop this theme through character development. Such acts include: how Iago deceives Othello by being his friend and enemy at the same time. Othello betraying his wife’s love and trust. Emilia (Iago’s wife) betraying her very own husband for justice. Finally Iago’s betrayal of Roderigo‚ using him and his money for his evil plans‚ and then killing him. Through ought all of these acts of treachery and violence and betrayal a common
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He shows that once they are jealous‚ men are easily manipulated and lose all ability to use logic or reason. Throughout the play‚ Shakespeare shows the audience how easy it is for jealousy to be fuelled by circumstantial evidence. It is easy to manipulate others using circumstantial evidence‚ especially to make them jealous. Shakespeare’s Othello contains a didactic warning‚ telling the audience of the volatile nature of jealousy. Shakespeare seeks to explain how minor flaws in human character can
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