contextual values. It is these abstract ideas which seek to explain the human condition and thus remain intriguing to a modern viewer. Betrayal dictates the course of the play and is most prominent in that of Iago and Othello. The twist begins through dramatic irony as Othello says “Iago is a man of honesty and trust”. His fond accolades suggest a person of undeniable integrity and ‘canine’ loyalty; however the audience becomes aware of Iago’s malicious intent to strike down the Moor. This is a
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Othello killed Desdemona‚ Iago’s wife Emilia came in to explain about the attack on Casio that involves Roderigo as well as Iago. While Emilia explains she sees Desdemona. She questions Othello about what has happened. Othello tells Amelia that her husband helped him to recognize what a good liar Desdemona was and exposed her cheating. Amelia exposes that her husband Iago had Desdemona’s handkerchief and that her husband lied to him (Othello) about the handkerchief and that Desdemona was a good
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and Othello’s marriage is later approved by the duke‚ and her father. As their relationship progresses Othello gives Desdemona a handkerchief in representation of “marital fidelity” Desdemona views the handkerchief as a gesture of Othello’s love‚ and Iago uses the handkerchief as his source of manipulation. Although‚ the handkerchief is used in multiple ways either out of love‚ trust‚ or manipulation it plays an important symbol in the play Othello. Initially‚ the handkerchief is an important symbol
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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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definitions of black Othello‚ we cannot define it as a racist work since Shakespeare’s black hero is inwardly pure and innocent. He becomes the victim of a seemingly honest white character‚ Iago in the play. In the play Othello is always under attack due to his ethnic origins. On the night he runs away Desdemona‚ Iago and Roderigo alert Desdemona’s father Brabantio yelling: “Zounds‚ sir you are robbed/For shame put on your gown/Your heart is burst; you have lost half of your soul.” (I.i.83-5)
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man’s undoing by a foreign‚ intellectual and cunning villain (that is Iago). Othello is to be seen as a “nearly faultless hero whose strength and virtue are turned against him”‚ and that he and Desdemona had “every chance of happiness”. Leavis comes back at this idea by reminding the audience that “Othello is the chief personage-the chief personage that in such a sense that the tragedy may fairly be said to be Othello’s character. Iago is the subordinate and merely ancillary”. Evidence from other sources
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Shakespeare’s Othello and Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night‚ spectacle was relied upon to a lesser and greater extent respectively. This is because while Othello‚ was built around its complicated plot and the twisted machinations of one character‚ Iago; the other‚ Long Day’s Journey… was mainly dependent on its dysfunctional cast of characters for its audience appeal. The spectacle of race is one of the main visual elements that can be found in Othello as there is the continuous emphasis on
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In Othello‚ Cassio is a youthful‚ casual character. He is introduced in Act I‚ but does not make an appearance until Act II. Aside from Iago calling him Florentine‚ his background is unknown. He is the young‚ amateur man who gets the promotion Iago wishes to receive‚ which sets the plot into motion. Cassio is a passionate‚ inexperienced‚ and flirtatious character with much to learn‚ but no time to do so. Cassio uses his passion to demonstrate how much he values other people and things constantly
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Cassio The divine Desdemona Cassio She was never foolish that was fair Iago She first loved the Moor‚ but for bragging and telling her fantastical lies Iago She is full of the most blest condition Rodrigo She is indeed perfection Cassio Our general’s wife is now the general... for he hath devoted and given up himself to... her parts and graces Iago She is so free so kind‚ so apt‚ so blest a disposition Iago If I have any grace or power
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startling for Elizabethan audiences. This may have been the case‚ but through the representation of Othello we are able to see that some members of society such as the Duke‚ looked over his colour to assign him his position whereas‚ others such as Iago‚ look on his colour as a way to mock him. Hostility is shown to Othello by characters such as
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