... only what Iago (his antagonist) presented to him, not what was really the situation. Besides the tragedy aspect of each play, both plays contain situational irony, where the audience knows what is happening is really in contrast to what the characters think is really happening around them. This is set up in ... one way or another, just as Oedipus the King was fated to fall. Situational ironies are coated throughout the entirety of both plays. The way situational irony is presented is different in each, but in one way or another, the audience knows the situation, and the main character d...

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... Desdemona defends herself from being called a "strumpet" by Othello, Othello is outraged and says "I cry you mercy then: I took you for that cunning whore of Venice." Line 129-132 The irony of Emilia talking about that she will bet her life that someone is meddling and making rumours to get some position. This is ironic because she is talking about this ... ...

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... that she has defiled. The arrival of Lodovico and Desdemona at this particular moment is highly dramatic, and the Messenger's greeting to Othello, "Save you, worthy General," is filled with irony, for Othello definitely needs to be saved from Iago's wicked hold. When Lodovico inquires after Cassio, who is now to become the Governor of Cyprus in Othello's absence, Desdemona answers ... ...

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... himself, which they certainly are. The implication is that civilised people are conniving and scheming people, and are in that sense understood to one another while this adds to the irony of the constant reference to Iago as "honest Iago". It also contrasts the Venetian way of social dealing with the open nature of Othello. Othello is clever, as his style ... ...

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... the elements necessary for his plots even extends itself to his bawdy treatment of women, with a series of jokes about the solely superficial pleasantness of women cloaking within it a deep irony, especially in the phrase "you are saints in your injuries-; Iago himself causes the most damage to those around him when he is appearing to be saintly' to them, so ... ...

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... considered outrageous in 1600's Venetian society such as disobeying one's father to marry a black Moor, is seen as a everyday happening and comes of no surprise. It must be noted the irony of the role of Bianca - a "courtesan- which in Shakespearean context, is a synonym for whore, a sexual gratification for Cassio. Bianca, the name meaning "white-, is one of the three women in ... ...

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