In Shakespeare’s play‚ Othello‚ the character Iago engages in a tactical game of chess‚ where he manipulates the characters like pawns and uses them to obtain his selfish aspirations. Iago exploits Cassio’s inability to hold alcohol and ruins his reputation‚ persuades Othello to murder his beautiful and beloved wife‚ and convinces the ignorant Roderigo to attempt to kill Cassio – all with his persuasive‚ yet deceitful diction. Iago’s duplicity results in the death of four characters‚ including the
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Trickery and deceit were one of the common themes in Shakespeare’s play “Much Ado About Nothing”. There’s many examples where trickery and deceit were used as a malicious act‚ also as a good natured act. Don John used a evil intentioned deception by trying to destroy Claudio and Hero’s relationship. While Leonato and Hero deployed a plan with the assistance of Leonato and The Prince to make Benedick and Beatrice fall in love with each other. Hero used both trickery and deceit by faking her death
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Iago gets the power that he wants from misleading and taking advantage of them to further his plans. Usually in books‚ villains are created for the reader to hate‚ but Shakespeare has found some way to make Iago a villain worth being liked. I believe it is marxism because marxism has to do with the hierarchy between all the main characters they all have a certain role. The reason Iago jealous of cassio is the fact that he is othello’s right hand man and othello is general of the army of venice
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Iago is the exemplification of a scheming and shrewdness character in a play. He is guileful and sharp‚ conniving‚ and sexist. He demonstrates no sensitivity after he coerces individuals that trust him‚ and he spends the total of the play arranging and executing their downfall. He assumes a vital part in the play as the opponent‚ and without him‚ there would be no contention. As a matter of first importance‚ Iago’s most helpful and maybe most vital credit is his capacity to think rapidly and serenely
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Out of revenge‚ Iago successfully planted a seed of jealousy into Othello’s mind when in the garden he insinuated that Cassio and Desdemona were having an affair. Iago implied to Othello to check on his wife‚ Desdemona‚ one morning and see what she was up to. Othello decided to go‚ when he and Iago got to the garden of Othello’s house‚ they saw Cassio‚ who ran away from Desdemona after seeing Othello. Cassio was asking Desdemona if she can ask Othello to forgive him for the incident of the night
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Shakespeare’s Othello is considered to be a timeless text with the key themes that are incorporated into the play still relevant in today’s society. The text’s central themes are racism‚ honesty and jealousy‚ themes that are still seen in contemporary society‚ therefore making the text just as relevant today as in the Elizabethan era. Racism is a widely explored theme in Othello and is mainly delivered throughout the play by Iago. In the Elizabethan era‚ black men were considered to be lesser men
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Iago is known as an very compulsive liar‚ he is power hungry‚ and he also enjoys evil for evil’s sake‚ Jealousy is his thing. He wants what Cassio has so he seeks to destroy Cassio’s reputation. So he is willing to do anything to gain control and power. He wants to seek revenge on Othello and on Cassio as well. Iago is a very selfish and controlling man and doesn’t care about anyone else but himself. Iago doesn’t love his wife‚ he uses her to execute his plan to destroy not only Cassio but Othello
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In this passage from William Shakespeare’s Richard III‚ Richard ingeniously portrays himself as a transparent man through creative wordplay and deceitful actions. As such he is able to effortlessly manipulate Hastings into initiating his own death. Throughout the passage‚ Hastings continuously misreads Richards’s true character and as a result‚ foolishly ignores the many warnings given to him. He was ignorant to the fact that he is but another stepping stone towards Richards’s journey to the crown
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Throughout act 3 scene 3 Iago’s manipulation through the power of language gradually destroys Othello’s sanity and takes control over his full mental and emotional state. He does this by using his skills an orator to create an illusion that Desdemona is ‘directly in love’ with Cassio‚ thus attacking his emotional vulnerability. Iago advances his attack on Othello due to his opportunistic behaviour and gradually destroys his dignity‚ putting him into an uncontrollable rage. At the beginning‚ we
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Explication Othello: 3.3. 258-271. “Why did I marry? ......I do beseech your Honour.” 1. Determine the context of the passage. Othello is doubting Desdemona‚ and Iago is trying to plant the idea that Desdemona has a hidden agenda with trying to persuade Othello to reinstate Cassio. 2. Describe the passage in its most overt form. (Does it rhyme‚ does it repeat phrases‚ words‚ etc. This passage does not have a rhyme scheme. The only repeat phrases that seem to really
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