... over for a promotion by his commander, he vows to destroy the Moor. If Iago is an artist of evil, then this scene is the finest canvas he paints. This is the crucial moment in the play, the scene where he, , deceives Othello and induces him to fall. He does so by expanding on the ... , warning him against jealousy ("the green-eyed monster") and insisting that he will not speak slander: "he that filches from me my good name / Robs of that which not enriches him / And makes me poor indeed" (III.iii.158-61). At the same time, he plays upon the insecurities of the honest, noble African ... ...

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... , "I know not if't be true, but I, for mere suspicion in that kind, will do as if for surety" (I.3.349-50).The impression this gave me after reading the entire play, was that Iago is so incredibly insane and paranoid that he will go to any lengths, even manipulating a general into killing his ... for Cassio's sake, the more this idea of the affair becomes believable for Othello. Also, the more he refuses Desdemona because of this, the more she pleads with him, thus creating an inescapable knot that never ceases to tighten around the three characters. However, for any of Iago's plan to w...

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... able to, "Pull the Strings-, of individuals around them and control these individuals at the highest level of manipulation. For example, if a person, in a corporate setting, was unhappy about the advancement of his/her fellow co-worker , because the boss favored the co-worker a little bit more, then this person can in ... fact be so manipulative that they are able to convince the boss that the ,newly promoted, employee has done something that should take away from the promotion. In William Shakespeare's play Othello, Iago is the puppet master of the play. As this master manipulator, Iag...

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... the Moor and the reader may suspect that Iago has issues with Othello and that it may only be one side of the story were being told. The imagery used paints a vivid picture in your mind. "Even now, now, very now, and old black ram is tupping your white ewe. Arise, arise! " From Iago's point of view (which is all we ... abused " This is the first hint that Brabantio thinks Othello may have used spells or witchcraft as a way of getting Desdemona to fall in love with him. Brabantio's assumption that she must have been drugged to fall in love with Othello stems not only from his racial bigo...

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... director has carefully chosen the costumes to help further develop the characters. Desdemona wears a dress of gold and white, which adds to her innocent angelic image. The Duke wears gold, blue and white, which are very royal colours. This shows that he is important and therefore what he has to say is equally important, especially regarding Othello. Othello wears red, white ... , and that he is neither trustworthy nor loyal. Character positioning is also used with Desdemona. In the courtroom, she is placed between Othello her husband, and Brabantio her father. She is torn between the two...

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... But I, for mere suspicion in that kind, Will do as if for surety (1.3.375-9) Someone who is jealous has no rational motive for doing something relating to their jealousy. Iago says there's a chance that the allegation about Othello sleeping with Emilia is false, but feels obliged to act ... am. (2.1.194-6) This speech comes shortly after Othello and Desdemona kiss. An occurrence which again seems to stimulate Iago and make him wish something bad upon someone. Shakespeare's use of soliloquies and asides proves crucial in revealing Iago's intimate thoughts. Both literary devices prove eff...

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... Yet with his lover, Bianca, a whore and a courtesan with no honour in the Elizabethan sense of the term, he uses imperatives such as "Take me this work out." and "Go to, woman". This may show that Cassio and Bianca are a more intimate couple than the others in the play ... , at least from a modern perspective, as pathetic, while from an Elizabethan audience's point of view she can be seen as an honourable character. Women like Hero were easily slandered as, in Elizabethan times, female sexuality was something feared by men. They were seen to have a dangerous power to tempt and seduce whi...

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... lodging lose this napkin And let him find it. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. This may do something. The Moor already changes with my poison- (Act 3, Scene 3, Line 322-326). Here Iago tells of how wife Emilia has picked up the ... what Iago has told him. Othello speaks to Desdemona using words with ambiguous meanings. While he is implying one thing, Desdemona thinks he is talking about something else. "This argues fruitfulness and liberal heart. Hot, hot, and moist." (Act 3, Scene 4, Line 34-35). Desdemona does not think much of ... O...

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... lodging lose this napkin And let him find it. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. This may do something. The Moor already changes with my poison- (Act 3, Scene 3, Line 322-326). Here Iago tells of how wife Emilia has picked up the ... what Iago has told him. Othello speaks to Desdemona using words with ambiguous meanings. While he is implying one thing, Desdemona thinks he is talking about something else. "This argues fruitfulness and liberal heart. Hot, hot, and moist." (Act 3, Scene 4, Line 34-35). Desdemona does not think much of ... O...

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... Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery, of my redemption thence And portance in my travels' history . She loved me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I loved her that she did pity them. This only is the witchcraft I have used:" During Act 1, scene 3 Othello is brought before the Duke ... O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves!" After Iago hints to Othello that there might be something going on with his wife and Cassio he says this quote. Iago warns Othello that jealousy is the green-eyed monster with mocks the meat it feeds...

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... these next thirty lines, love and jealousy, sexual desire and creaturely differences - these seem to be the major subjects of deep and ambivalent interest. OTHELLO: Give me a living reason she's disloyal. *Note: for the sake of saving space, O=Othello, C=Cassio (The scene takes place in a poorly light room made out of cold, grey ... let us hide our loves!" Iago attempts to control O's anger by assuring him that the information he is going to disclose is not something he wants to tell O, but rather something he must tell as a friend. O stops his advance upon hearing Iago's words, and caref...

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... been time for the truth to emerge. Another opportunity to avoid death was when Othello basically said " Pray I"m going to kill you " and she sat there. She could have ran or screamed or something to escape. D ) An Elizabethan Reaction : If I lived in Elizabethan times I probably wouldn't get the opportunity to witness Shakespeare or even ... Am l the motive of these tears, my lord If haply you my father do suspect an instrument of this your calling back, lay not your blame on me : if you have lost him , I have lost him too. " Shakespeare used very emotive language in this part of the tex...

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... by confiding in Desdemona with any of her dilemmas. "DES. I have heard it said so. O, these men, these men! Doet thou in conscience think, --tell me, Emilia, -- That there be women do abuse their husbands In such gross kind? EMIL. There be some such, no question. DES. Wouldst thou do such a ... found this napkin: This was her first remembrance from the Moor: My wayward husband hath a hundred times Woo"d me to steal it; but she so loves the token, For he conjur"d her she should ever keep it, That she reserves it evermore about her To kiss and talk to. I"ll have the work ta"en out, And gi...

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... honorable man. However, a subtle flaw that Othello possesses is soon exposed: his gullibility. Though unnoticeable in the beginning, Othello's gullibility causes him much trouble as the play progresses, starting as something innocuous that increases to corrupt him. As Othello's minor flaw of gullibility begins to grow and become more apparent, the flaw deteriorates Othello's character and results in his very own ... portrayed Othello as a dignified and admirable man. Therefore, Othello is not pulled into Iago's lies all too soon. " I draw the smallest fear or doubt of her revolt; / For ...

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... did not create those ideas, he merely manipulated and chanelled them. Othello describes Brabantios additude and friendliness towards him in this quote. Her father loved me, oft invited me, Still questioned me the story of my life From year to year-- the battles, sieges, fortunes, That I have passed. (1.3, ln 149-152) Brabantio enjoyed ... would not have gotten the impression that he loved him. As soon as Brabantio learns about Othellos secret he is outraged. His anger may have something to do with how Iago puts it to him, but the seeds of hate were already planted, Iago merely watered th...

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... , even though it is clear that Othello, Iago, and Desdemona are three different types of people with different types of personalities. Let me first explain to you Desdemona, Othello's beautiful and loyal wife. In the beginning of the play, she runs off to get married to Othello, a moor, and it seems like there is no trouble in paradise for the happy couple ... is thought to be cheating and Othello becomes enraged. Desdemona is the most loving character in the story. The only hate she displays is rightful towards Othello when she senses there is something wrong. She is always supportive o...

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... be hanged, and then to confess-I tremble at it. Nature would not invest herself in such shadowing passion without some instruction. It is not words that shake me thus. Pish! Noses, ears, and lips. Is't possible? Confess!-Handkerchief! - Oh, devil!" (IV.I.35-43). After watching Desdemona laughing with Iago during ... an important role in his conviction. Lastly, at the beginning of the play Iago reveal the reason he will plot against Othello: "Thou art sure of me:-go, make money:-I have told thee often, and I re-tell thee again and again, I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted; thine hath ...

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... Othello. " .O thou foul thief, where hast thou stowed my daughter? Dammed as thou art, thou hast enchanted her, for I"ll refer me to all things of sense, if she in chains of magic were not bound- (p.2121 line 63-66). Enraged, Branbanzio lashes out against Othello. He mind is clouded by rage ... yelled to him in the night by Rodrigo and Iago. When he approaches the duke with his affairs the scene is described. "She is abused and stolen from me, and corrupted by spells and medicines bought of mountebanks. For nature so preposterously to err, being not deficient, blind or lame of ... that ...

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... skin tone. This proves her ability to look beyond the physical and love Othello for what he is inside. Desdemona's pure love for Othello is expressed when she says to him: That I did love the Moor to live with him My downright violence and storm of fortunes, May trumpet to the world: my ... support By his dear absence. Let me go with him. (1.3.247-258) This quote is stating that she will love him regardless of what he does. If he goes to war she will always be there for him and support him. She completely and selflessly pledges her life to serving him. She would never be dishonest or dec...

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... herself to her husband, without disrespecting him. In her mind a women should never disrespect her husband, or suggest that he is wrong. In her mind when he calls her a "Strumpet", she has to be asking herself why would he call me such a name if it is impossible for a wife to have that title given by her own husband. That is exactly what ... that the traditional role of women must sometimes be ignored in order for a woman to make her beliefs more important than her husbands. She had the strength to stand up to Iago, something that Desdemona would not had been able to do. She probably wo...

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... having a fit. He must not be disturbed, for he will soon come to his senses. He asks Cassio to return shortly, for he has something important to tell him. Iago proceeds very cautiously. As soon as Othello revives, Iago tells him to hide behind the curtains and, from there, ... killed immediately. Iago promises to help him. He will undertake to murder Cassio that very night; Othello must strangle Desdemona in the very bed that she has defiled. Othello agrees. Lodovico and Gratiano, messengers from Venice, arrive, accompanied by Desdemona. Lodovico hands Othello a letter from the Duke with ...

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... the play Desdemona is innocent and unsuspecting, and cannot understand what is the cause of Othello's jealousy. She always remains faithful to Othello; even when she is dying and asked to name her murderer she does not mention his name, she simply says, " Nobody- I myself. Farewell. Commend me to my kind lord. O, farewell! " (Act 5, scene 2, lines 125-126). This quote shows Desdemona's virtue and loyalty ... ignorance, and done from the simple motive of desire to please her husband. In this emotion she has something in common with Desdemona, in wanting to please her husband. Emilia rema...

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... saw Othello, Desdemona, and Cassio as enemies, linking all three in his plan of revenge. Just by reading about their close friendship, it wasn't hard to tell that something was going to ruin it, given that this story is a tragedy. Iago then foreshadows his plans for Othello to Roderigo, "O, sir, content you. I follow him ... dost; And for I know thou'rt full of love and honesty and weigh'st thy words before thou giv'st them breath, therefore these stops of thine fright me the more. For such things in a false, disloyal knave are tricks of custom; but in a man that's just, they're close di...

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... with his desire to kill Desdemona and the morality of it. It becomes clear that he knows what he is about to do is wrong: "Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars" (5.2.2). Here Othello is referring to God or heaven as "chaste stars" watching him and he ... well as how he views himself and his own power: "If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, I can again thy former light restore Should I repent me" (5.2.8-10). On the surface, Othello is continuing to compare Desdemona's life to the light of his torch and reasoning that if he were to put out the ... where it doth love" (5.2.20-23)....

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... her father. In their eventual encounter, Brabantio advised to Othello to be weary, to "look [at] her " for "if thou hast eyes to see; she has deceived [me] and may thee " (I.iii.292-293). At the time, Othello arrogantly dismissed such an accusation, betting "[his] life upon her faith " (I.iii.294). So, it is not unreasonable to say ... that Othello had an undeniable trust in Desdemona's loyalty. However, from this dispute, an uneasiness in Othello slowly surfaces as he begins to subconsciously accept something he's been avoiding in ... .197). Othello, stuck in a mental dilemma, still re...

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